Joe Negri is a legend in Pittsburgh music. Joe Negri is a legendary jazz musician and educator who has managed to seamlessly cross the lines between performer and educator. Joe is the ideal professional guitarist/educator, whether he’s at home with the symphony or in the classroom at Carnegie Mellon University or Duquesne University teaching young children through his “Jazz in the Neighborhood” program or performing with a quartet at a club or society party. Millions of children over many generations will remember Joe as Handyman Negri on the PBS show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Jazz guitarists see him as a skilled, knowledgeable, straight-ahead, flexible player who is an elder-statesman and has a common sense approach to music. from http://benedettoguitars.com
