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Mario Romano: The Journey So Far
by Edward Blanco
Argentinian-born, Canadian-based pianist Mario Romano delivers his fourth album as leader with The Journey So Far, essentially a compilation project that takes tracks from previously recorded albums and presents them in new light. A successful real-estate developer with a strong musical background, Romano spent most of his life building a business career and after achieving uncommon success, returned to jazz after 2010. He has since become an integral part of the Canadian jazz scene and has created a high-profile with ...
read moreMario Romano Quartet: Valentina
by Edward Blanco
Canadian pianist Mario Romano--founder and president of the Castlepoint Group--is well-known in the Toronto Italian-Canadian community--not so much as a pianist, but as a major player in the real estate development industry. Valentina, is Romano's first album as a leader, returning to jazz music after nearly four decades of deferring to development deals. While unfamiliar to most jazz audiences, during the early '70s he was a highly regarded young gun on the Toronto jazz scene. A serious and committed musician, ...
read moreMario Romano Quartet: Valentina
by Larry Taylor
Canadian pianist Mario Romano has an interesting history in jazz. An up-and-coming performer in the 1970s, he took a hiatus from the jazz scene when his Toronto construction business became a big success. Now in 2010, he returns to the scene with the release of Valentina. Playing with gusto and creativity, he seems not to have missed a beat over the years; still, at the keyboard, Romano owes a lot to seventies contemporaries including McCoy Tyner and ...
read moreAlma Records' November Releases Include Volume Four in the Label's In-The-Moment Series of 'One Take" Recordings, Once Again Featuring Joe DeFrancesco, And Auspicious Debut From Pianist Mario Romano
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One Take, Volume 4 Brings Together Talents of Joey DeFrancesco, Robi Botos, Vito Rezza and Phil Dwyer Valentina, from Romano's Quartet, Features Pat LaBarbera, Mark Kelso and Roberto Occhipinti Alma Records will close out 2010 with inspired November 9 releases from newcomer Mario Romano and B3 virtuoso Joey DeFrancesco. The critically acclaimed Joey DeFrancesco returns to the Alma fold for One Take: Volume 4 , the latest in the label's series of CD/DVD releases that captures the spontaneous energy and ...
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