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Apollo is the Bay Area's unsurpassed special
event band. Whether your party calls for
quiet dining or soul stirring rhythm and blues,
Apollo can custom tailor the music for your
event to satisfy all who attend. Apollo's
personnel have had experience playing with
everyone from James Brown to Mel Torme
and several are former members of the
Zazu Pitts Memorial Orchestra, the
renowned San Francisco party band.
Apollo is the small band with the
big band sound and is the very best value
for your budget. They can accommodate
your event with duo or trio formats,
provide ceremony music and/or light
cocktail jazz. With all that your event
means to you, be assured that Apollo will
help to make it a successful and memorable
one.
BIOS
Nancy Wenstrom Catania (vocals/guitar) has played
professionally for 25 years. She has recorded two solo
albums and has written songs for Marty Balin and Zakia Hooler. Guitar Player Magazine called her a "mature
musician who knows her instrument well" and S.F.
Examiner's Phillip Elwood wrote,"Wenstrom looks and
sings with strength and dedication". She has toured the
country playing and recording with Zasu Pitts Memorial
Orchestra and has performed with Grace Slick (American
Bandstand, Solid Gold) Huey Lewis, Bob Weir, Big
Brother and the Holding Company, The Spinners, Maria
Muldair and Chris Isaak.
John Fittipaldi (vocals/drums) has been singing
and drumming professionally since the 1970's. He has
played with John Lee Hooker, Glenn Frey, John Hall and
has opened shows for Santana, Little Feat, Tower of
Power and Johnny Rivers as a member of Warner Bros.
recording act, the Dynatones with whom he toured the
country with extensively for several years.
Nate Ginsberg (Keys/Bass) has been playing since
1974. He has toured and/or recorded with Herbie
Hancock, Steve Miller, Todd Rundgren, Norton Buffalo
and Jesse Colin Young,
Brad Catania (trumpet/arranger) started playing in
1977 and has played with Bob Hope, Jack Jones, Buddy
Greco, James Brown, Lou Rawls, The Temptations, Mel
Torme, Patti LaBelle, The Four Tops, Rosemary Clooney,
Frankie Valli and Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra.
Tony Corman (sax) has played professionally since
the1970's and has played with Full Faith and Credit, the
Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Brazillian artists Celia
Malheiros and Oxente, the Bay Area Jazz Composers
Orchestra and Three Tenors No Opera.
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