What a journey it has been. I am entering my sixth month of “retirement” and I have released a CD and made a music video. When I wrote my first blog and asked you to “come fly with me” even I didn’t know the excitement I was in for. One thing I wanted to make [...]
George A. Santino, a resident of Woodinville recently retired from Microsoft after a 20-year career. Rather than lounging on a golf course somewhere, Santino has taken up an encore career in music. He has released his first single "Thats Life" that reached #1 on Amazon Jazz Swing Hot New Releases and has recorded a full-length [...]
George A. Santino’s debut album “Come Fly With Me,” a work of Sinatra covers in his own unique crooner style, is available today on iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby, with physical albums available on GeorgeASantino.com. His first single “That’s Life” debuted in the number one position on the Amazon’s Hot New Releases in Swing Jazz [...]
George A. Santino of Woodinville has spent most of his life pressing on as a father and a businessman - until now. With the kids grown up and the mortgage paid off, this 56 year-old retired Microsofty is having a little fun of his own. You might even say he’s got the world on a [...]
There are the cynics, the skeptics, even the non-believers. “People tell me at 55 I’m kind of old to start a career as a singer.” But George A. Santino says that won't stop him from pursuing his life long passion to perform. “You do it when you are ready and when you do it you go [...]
Former Microsoft employee and Seattle native George A. Santino recently made his debut music video for his first album, “Come Fly with Me,” at The Bravern's John Howie Steak and The Manor in Everett. The album is a collection of Frank Sinatra covers in Santino’s own crooner style. Read More
The first major release from modern-day crooner George A. Santino brings back the spirit of Sinatra as With an H faithfully recreates a full big band sound. George's expert vocals along with talented instrumentalists Ben & Valerie St. John, Dan Haeck, Laura West.. Read More
In my last blog I mentioned that in addition to everything else I am doing I am writing a book. As my web site mentions I grew up in the projects of South Philly. We were very poor and we wanted a better life. We worked hard to get out of there but there were [...]
Live at tasting room Apex Alder Ridge in Woodinville! Host LB Dutchess & Co-Host Jason Rendon of Seattle wine exchange are excited to bring you Guest Host's Cynarah Alcantara Marketing Consultant & fashion industry expert and Chef Kirsten Helle of Mesa De Vida to talk healthy eating with wine and interview musician George A Santino [...]
Most working jazz musicians hold down a day job, usually in the software industry, to pay the bills. At night, it’s their time to play. George A. Santino did things in reverse. An aspiring singer and a natural on the stage, Santino shelved that dream to provide for his family. He couldn’t have picked a [...]
