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Brian Blaker

The Nook

By Vince Tampio

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: Dangerous Cucumber; The Nook; Fresco; Two Dollar Breakfast Special; Split Orange; Dear Old Stockholm.

Vince Tampio: The Nook

by Geno Thackara
September 22, 2018

There's always something reassuring about the pleasingly familiar, whether it's a favorite shirt, a nice helping of comfort food or the coziness of a frequent neighborhood hangout. Philadelphia's Tattooed Mom Bar fits the bill for Vince Tampio and a few good friends. Besides evoking that welcoming atmosphere with its title and cover, The Nook's classic-sounding bop ...

Live at PafA

By Vince Tampio

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2017
Track listing: Brainless; Distracted by Mannequins; Thicksters; Gloom; Sphere;

Vince Tampio: Live at PafA

by Matthew Aquiline
February 21, 2017

The long-standing practice of incorporating non-Western instruments within a jazz setting is further evolved on up-and-coming trumpeter and composer Vince Tampio's self-produced album Live at PafA. More specifically, the Philadelphia/New York-based musician culled various percussion instruments from Eastern Europe alongside an Indian tanpura for a performance of five original compositions recorded live at the Pennsylvania Academy ...