website associated_acts article_title background instrument birth_date genre origin name occupation
http://www.richiecannata.com billy marc anthony al jardine tommy shaw joel the beach boys celine dion jennifer lopez richie cannata
 non_vocal_instrumentalist saxophone , flute , clarinet , keyboards 3 march 1949 pop , pop rock , rock long island , new york u.s. richie cannata musician
richie cannata

richie cannata -lrb- born march 3 , 1949 -rrb- is an american music producer , multi-instrumentalist and studio owner .
he is most notable for playing saxophone in billy joel 's band alongside liberty devitto , russell javors , and doug stegmeyer .
after leaving the band in 1981 , he opened cove city sound studios in glen cove , new york .
artists including celine dion , billy joel , jennifer lopez and marc anthony have recorded in cannata 's studio .
cannata played in tommy shaw 's band in the mid-80s , performing on shaw 's first three solo albums .
he also played for taylor dayne in the late 80 's / early 90 's .
in the mid-1990s cannata toured with the beach boys , playing saxophone , woodwinds and synthesizers .
in 2006 , cannata toured again with joel , and was part of his record-setting 12-show run at madison square garden .
in december 2013 cannata and sean j. kennedy 's educational jazz improv play-along series `` improvising and soloing in the pocket '' -lsb- book/cd/dvd -rrb- was released by carl fischer music to critical acclaim .
the series includes books for all instruments , and features music from cannata 's 2011 solo album `` richie cannata '' , featuring cannata and julio fernandez , guitarist of jazz fusion/smooth jazz group spyro gyra .
on october 23 , 2014 , cannata , devitto , and javors -lrb- with stegmeyer , posthumously -rrb- were inducted into the long island music hall of fame , primarily for their work with joel .
