Ken Battista Band - bio page - Ken Battista, Anna Silvestera, Vince Zinno, Richard Plunkett, DiGiambattista, CDs, Bio Info, Schedule,

A versatile percussionist and session player who’s worked the circuit at home and on the road for more than 30 years. His performances include club dates with recording artists Archie Bell, Karen Young and Len Barry of the Dovells, as well as a weekend workshop with legendary jazz trombonist Urbie Green. Vince has been influenced by drummers such as Ringo Starr, David Garibaldi from Tower of Power, L.A. session giant Harvey Mason and Irv Cottler, who kept time for 3 decades with the great Frank Sinatra.

Vince led his own society orchestra for 20 years before joining KBB in 2010, where he continues to enjoy performing for live audiences in every musical style.

	Annamarie Silvestera - Featured Vocalist Annamarie began her professional singing career at the age of 16 performing at weddings and special events with a Philadelphia based society band. Born with perfect pitch and a natural instinct for music, it is apparent to everyone who hears her sing, that she is a special talent. In March 2006, Anna released her debut CD, "Forget to Remember". The CD features 10 songs written by Battista with the title track wining the annual United Kingdom Songwriting Contest. In 2011, a live performance of Anna was featured on MTV.com with over 60,000 views. Even a popular Philly DJ has sampled several of Anna's vocal tracks for his Deep House Club mixes. Anna's talents have added a powerful, dynamic and fresh element to the KB Band, singing everything from Etta James and Adele to Lady GaGa and Katy Perry. She is a new talent with an “old soul”.
	*Ken Battista - Sax, Keyboards and Vocals* Ken Battista has been performing, songwriting, producing and recording music for the past 30 years. In that time, Battista and his band have carved out their own musical niche in society event entertainment. In the past twelve years, The Ken Battista Band has arguably become the Philadelphia areas top wedding and event ensemble, consistently compared to the larger and heavily marketed 6-12 piece “Show Bands”. Today’s price/value and talent conscience clients have made Battista’s band busier than ever, insuring them as one of the most sought after Philadelphia groups for Weddings, Anniversaries, Corporate and Media events. Ken has Produced 15 cd’s including 9 cd’s of original material available via Apple iTunes. His discography includes 4 solo cd's, 2 KB Band cd's, Anna Silvestera's Debut cd, 2 Christmas cd’s and 4 cd’s by sons Dominic and Mac. The boys recorded their first song at ages 5 and 6. “I Love You Mom” was featured on Philly’s WXPN radio station as one of their top Ten Mothers Day songs. To date, it remains one of the most down loaded iTune songs in the Battista catalogue. In an industry where “word of mouth” is the best advertisement, The Ken Battista Band continues to stand out from the crowd. They pack the dance floor at every event with a solid foundation of talent, experience, versatility and professionalism that is prevalent from the first song of the night to the last.
	Vince Zinno - Drums, Vocals A versatile percussionist and session player who’s worked the circuit at home and on the road for more than 30 years. His performances include club dates with recording artists Archie Bell, Karen Young and Len Barry of the Dovells, as well as a weekend workshop with legendary jazz trombonist Urbie Green. Vince has been influenced by drummers such as Ringo Starr, David Garibaldi from Tower of Power, L.A. session giant Harvey Mason and Irv Cottler, who kept time for 3 decades with the great Frank Sinatra. Vince led his own society orchestra for 20 years before joining KBB in 2010, where he continues to enjoy performing for live audiences in every musical style.
	Richard Plunket - Guitar, Vocals Richard started playing guitar at age 10 and played his first professional gig at age 13. Growing up in West Chester, PA exposed him to the guitar and vocal styles of soul music and the Philly sound as well as music coming out of Detroit (Motown), Chicago (Chess Records) and Memphis (Stax Records). After playing soul and R&B music extensively throughout his early years, he incorporated other guitar styles into his playing including: Carlos Santana, Chet Atkins, Earl Klugh, and many others. After graduating college with a computer science degree, Richard toured with show bands, country bands, classic rock bands, cover bands, horn bands, and extensively with wedding bands throughout the Philadelphia area. In the mid 1980s, Plunket found himself in a Ken Battista lead R &B band called Just Friends. Richard and Ken both agree that playing together in Just Friends was just downright fun. They went their separate ways, but after a few years they were reunited again in the Ken Battista Band/2008. And guess what, it’s just as much fun as before! Soul music is often a natural progression into Jazz. Richard began studying Jazz in the 1980s and continues a serious study program today with world renowned Jazz guitarist Jimmy Bruno. You might catch some of Richard’s finger-style Jazz guitar during a first set. As diverse as his musical experiences have been, you will always hear those "sweet soul music" guitar influences in almost everything he plays.