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Mario 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 ...
Mario 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 ...
Joey DeFrancesco / Robi Botos / Vito Rezza / Phil Dwyer: One Take, Volume Four
by Edward Blanco
In 2003, Toronto-based musician/producer Peter Cardinali birthed the idea of assembling a group of jazz musicians at the very top of their game and letting them jam in the studio--rolling the tape with no rehearsals, no overdubs and no edits--essentially recording their music in one take. One Take, Volume Four is the fourth album in a ...
Joey DeFrancesco / Robi Botos / Vito Rezza / Phil Dwyer: One Take: Volume Four
by Larry Taylor
One of the great pleasures of jazz is entering a club to hear expert musicians come together and play impromptu, with no rehearsals. Such a situation is created in One Take, Volume Four. This is the fourth recording in the series to feature world acclaimed organist Joey DeFrancesco with three expert Canadian musicians; ...
Roberto Occhipinti: A Bend in the River
by AAJ Italy Staff
Quarto album nelle vesti di leader per Roberto Occhipinti. Il bassista e compositore, nato in Canada da genitori siciliani, nel suo percorso artistico si è immerso più volte nella musica afrocubana, e questo A Bend in the River - per determinati aspetti - non fa eccezione, anche se nelle sette tracce qui proposte si possono evidenziare ...
Hilario Duran Trio: Motion
by Jerry D'Souza
Hilario Duran continues to essay his skills as a pianist and composer of remarkable virtuosity on Motion. The compositions open a vista of stylistic opportunities, into which he delves with relish and focus, as he drives his creative forces to a new high. Duran's father, Hilario Duran Sr., was part of the “Movimiento del ...
State of AAJ: July 2010
by Michael Ricci
Dear fellow AAJ contributor, 2010 is shaping up to be the most important year in All About Jazz's 15 year history and I wanted to share our progress since our March newsletter.Index The State of AAJ Label Profile Assignments: Interested? Track Reviews Wanted The AAJ Store: Check Us ...
My Romance
By Kristy
Label: Alma Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: My Romance; It Could Happen To You; In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning; Blackbird; It Never Entered My Mind; A Sleepin' Bee; I Remember You; Taking A Chance On Love; You Don't Know Me; Just One Of Those Things; Teach Me Tonight; Bye Bye Blackbird.
A Bend in the River
Label: Alma Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Umbria; A Bend in the River; That's That; Naima; Chamacos; Garotte; Marta.
