Italian American Musical Family
According to Laura E. Ruberto (2010):
- "Vincent Anthony Guaraldi ... was born in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco and raised out in the Avenues, surrounded by an Italian American musical family, especially on his mother’s side. According to the pianist’s son Dave Guaraldi, Vince was adopted by Tony Guaraldi, after Vince’s mother, Cannella Guaraldi, née Marcellino, split with his biological father, Vince Delaio (sp?). Guaraldi’s maternal grandfather hailed from Sicily and at least some part of his family emigrated first to New York before coming west.
- "And although it was his mother who arranged for his piano lessons as a kid, it was his uncles, Joe, a violinist, and Muzzy, a singer, who introduced him to the world of professional music."
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