Advance Tickets $20 (coming soon at eventbrite) $25 at the door
Sing Acoustic opens at 3pm, come early to secure a good seat and enjoy a meal!
This collaboration with John Bunzow adds new depth to John’s original songs. Their first show blew everyone away!
Renato is now a firm fixture in the music community throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. He has recorded and/or performed with many notable local greats (Mel Brown, Tom Grant, Michael Allen Harrison, David Ornette Cherry, Dan Balmer, Alan Jones, Sweet Baby James, Louis Pain, Ron Steen) as well as many nationally known talents (Esperanza Spalding, Bernard Purdie, Arturo Sandoval, Curtis Fuller, Javon Jackson, James Carter, Clarence Clemons, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Grant Green, Rob Paparozzi of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Bruce Conte and Mic Gillette of Tower of Power, Teddy Edwards, horn section for Harry Connick, Jr,). He has performed in all of the major festivals in the area and was the featured artist and poster-musician for the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival in 2006.
Renato has several self-produced CD albums which have all garnered glowing reviews: Blues for Ama; Generations; Straight Ahead; and Nice to be Home. Renato has also been featured on hundreds of recordings for others. In addition to performing and recording, Renato is an in-demand instructor of saxophone and Jazz studies. He has taught for over a decade at the Mel Brown Jazz Camp at Western Oregon University; Battleground High School; Skyview High in Vancouver; and Lincoln and Grant High in Portland. Renato has toured with Kris Kristopherson & Merle Haggard.
John Bunzow is an inspired and innovative American roots singer/songwriter/guitarist of depth, substance and groove.
“John destroys the boundaries between great rock, country, r&b, and soul music by owning his noteworthy sound with respect to the great artists who came before.” Ray Kennedy, Five time Grammy winner. Producer, Engineer, Musician (Steve Earle, Billy Joe Shaver)
He counts among his “Mt. Rushmore of influences,” Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Tom Waits, Mike Bloomfield, Albert King, country picker Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Webb, Randy Newman, Steve Earle, and Jerry Garcia, among many.
For fans of Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, James Taylor, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band