Joey Giambra (musician)
Joseph G. Giambra (October 31, 1933 – May 14, 2020) was an American jazz musician. He was from Buffalo, New York and was Italian American. Early life. Giambra was born in Buffalo in 1933 on Georgia Street. His elementary school teacher Anne Rodenhoffer sparked his interest in music and drama in the old P.S. No. 2. While attending Hutchinson Central High School, he formed a band. Career. Giambra was a trumpeter, composer bandleader and actor in New York. He joined the Buffalo Police Department in 1963 and earned a degree in criminology from SUNY Buffalo State at age  44. He also owned two restaurants, the Hard Times Cafe, which started in Allentown and moved to Hertel Avenue, and the Rib Crib, on East Chippewa Street. He appeared in the films "Hide in Plain Sight", "Buffalo '66", "Prizzi's Honor", "Nighthawks" and "Marshall". Personal life and death. He was married to Shirley and had two children. Giambra died from COVID-19 in Buffalo, New York, during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state).