Davide Pannozzo
Guitar · Bandleader
Italian-born, New York-based blues guitarist. Featured on SiriusXM and Blues Magazine. Collaborations with Robben Ford, Kirk Fletcher, Matt Schofield, Mark Lettieri.
In The Pocket Series · Iridium NYC · August 6, 2026
One Night.
This Lineup.
Davide Pannozzo with Will Lee, Shawn Pelton
& Etienne Stadwijk — the rhythm section behind David Letterman,
Saturday Night Live, and decades of New York’s deepest grooves.
It happened on August 6. We got the night on tape — and I’m sending you the live take of The Subway Song from it.
Free · The Subway Song, live
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The Band
Four players. One stage. One night.
This is not a regular gig. It’s the rhythm section that built modern New York — backing the artists you grew up hearing, now playing my music for one show only.
Will Lee
Bass
Bass player on the Late Show with David Letterman for over 30 years. Sessions with Steely Dan, James Brown, Bee Gees, Carly Simon, Donald Fagen.
Shawn Pelton
Drums
Drummer for Saturday Night Live for over three decades. Recordings with Sheryl Crow, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, Levon Helm.
Etienne Stadwijk
Keys
Keyboardist with deep credits across modern jazz and fusion — known for work with Roy Hargrove and the New York jazz session circuit.
About The Series
In The Pocket at Iridium
Iridium has been the heart of Broadway’s jazz scene for over thirty years — the room where Les Paul played his Monday night residency for fourteen years, the stage where the city’s most respected players come to share music.
The In The Pocket Series brings together the rhythm section musicians who built the sound of modern New York with artists they don’t usually share the stage with. One band. One night. No second chance.
On August 6, that band was mine.
“He makes the guitar have a conversation.
If Miles was still with us, I’d bet Davide
would be getting the call anytime now.”
— Music Republic Magazine
August 6, 2026
The room, that night.
Hear It
Brush With The Blues.
Shot from a table on August 6. It’s a phone, not a soundboard —
but that’s the room, and that’s the band.
The Recording
August 6.
Iridium NYC.
The Subway Song, recorded live that night
1650 Broadway, New York
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