Trumpet and Vocals
Musically, Joe had extensive experience on the East Coast playing in ragtime and Dixieland bands, lounge acts, Souza marching bands, salsa groups, jazz ensembles and for many years led his own band, Reunion Blues. Groups he has performed with include the High Street Hijackers, The Sunshine People, Southern Comfort, the Desert City Six, the Capitol Band, Stumptown Jazz, the Anything Goes Jazz Band, the International Pirates and for the last five years has cruised the Columbia River on the �Queen of the West� sternwheeler with the Riverboat Jazz Band.
Joe's biggest fan is his wife Sandi (and vice versa) who is a Pacific Northwest native and a superb dancer. Her specialties are charleston, tap, and hula. The Lazzaros often entertain together at jazz festivals and with the Seattle based International Pirates. Sandi can be seen performing, giving charleston lessons, or leading a second line parade twirling an umbrella.
Joe and Sandi's hobby (and challenge) is to sample every Tiramisu recipe the Northwest has to offer and for the record, the Lazzaros spell their last name with two Zs like in pizza.
