Jazz Articles about Jon DiFiore

About Jon DiFiore

Album Review

The attraction of a flower is more than its appearance at first sight. Each petal in a flower represents a nuance that adds to the fascination of the flower as a whole and so it is with drummer Jon Di Fiore's album Petals. Every composition on the album is penned by DI Fiore and reveals different aspects of his artistry and taken as whole they form an organic unity. Fiore finds inspiration from many sources: classical music, ...

Album Review

Jon DiFiore: Patience

Read "Patience" reviewed by Daniel Lehner

by Daniel Lehner
August 20, 2012

Patience is typically defined as the capacity to tolerate delay without getting upset. This works quite well as a debut album title for New Jersey-born drummer Jon Di Fiore. Patience makes an excellent case for being unhurried, the same way a person might wait to speak to say something worthwhile. Di Fiore's compositions, fleshed out by a cast of veterans like trumpeter Joe Magnarelli and tenor saxophonist Rich Perry, and up-and-comers including pianist Billy Test, bassist Adrian Moring and saxophonist ...