VINCE GIORDANO'S NIGHTHAWKS
Genres: Classic (1920s) Jazz, Big Band, Swing • United States

New York-based band, playing jazz in the styles of the 1920s and 1930s for films and television from discogs Grammy-winner Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks have played in New York nightclubs, appeared in films: The Cotton Club, The Aviator, Finding Forrester, Revolutionary Road, and HBOs Boardwalk Empire, and for concerts at the Town Hall, Jazz At Lincoln Center and the Newport Jazz Festival.  Other recording projects include soundtracks for Terry Zwigoff’s Ghost World,Tamara Jenkins’ The Savages, Robert DeNiro’s The Good Shepherd, Sam Mendes’ Away We Go, Michael Mann’s film Public Enemies, andJohn Krokidas’ feature, Kill Your Darlings, along with HBO’s Grey Gardens and Todd Haynes’ HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce and an upcoming Haynes’ film called Carol. The Nighthawks are also seen and heard in the USA Network series Royal Pains and in the PBS series Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook. Born in Brooklyn, Giordano’s passion for this music and the people that made read more...