POTSDAM -- Community Performance Series has added jazz guitarist John "Bucky" Pizzarelli to the 2010-11 Guest Artist Series-renowned.

He will perform in concert with friends at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24, 2011, in Hosmer Concert Hall at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music.

Bucky Pizzarelli & Friends will feature renowned jazz musicians Russ Kassoff on piano, Ken Peplowski on clarinet and saxophone, Jay Leonhart on bass and Dennis Mackrel on percussion. The evening will showcase the artistry of these veteran musicians, who are all virtuosos on their respective instruments and have worldwide experience performing swing jazz--considered to be a truly American art form.

For more than six decades, Bucky Pizzarelli has been a celebrated jazz musician, performing on some of America's greatest stages. He performed as a staff musician with NBC and ABC, and has had appearances with the Les Paul and George Barnes at Carnegie Hall. He has also performed at the White House alongside such greats as Benny Goodman, Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Frank Sinatra.

In addition to performing on world tours, Pizzarelli has recorded his own solo albums, as well as with musicians such as Eddie Daniels, Zoot Sims, Joe Venuti, Bud Freeman, Slam Stewart, Butch Miles, John Bunch, Stephane Grappelli and his son, previous CPS guest artist John Pizzarelli.

Tickets can be purchased by visiting the CPS Box Office, located in the lobby of the Snell Music Theater, SUNY Potsdam, or at Northern Music & Video in downtown Potsdam. Tickets start at $13 for youth, $20 for seniors and students and $22 for adults. Tickets are available by calling the CPS Box Office at 267-2277 or by purchasing online at www.cpspotsdam.org.