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Roberto Occhipinti: A Bend in the River

Read "A Bend in the River" reviewed 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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Hilario Duran Trio: Motion

Read "Motion" reviewed 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 ...

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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 14, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 7 8 Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott East-West Trumpet Summit (Origin) 280 152 +128 10 71 1 4 2 9 10 Trombone Shorty Backatown (Verve Forecast) 205 144 +61 0 57 2 9 3 2 2 Dr. Lonnie Smith Spiral (Palmetto) 199 176 +23 5 ...

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Article: Live Review

Roberto Occhipinti Trio Redefines Saturday Afternoons at Toronto Pub

Read "Roberto Occhipinti Trio Redefines Saturday Afternoons at Toronto Pub" reviewed by Neal Colgrass


Roberto Occhipinti TrioDora Keogh PubToronto, CanadaDecember 19, 2009 Hilario Duran and Roberto Occhipinti Few world-class jazz trios play at neighborhood pubs. But Toronto has lost two of its most popular venues--goodbye Top O' the Senator; au revoir Montreal Bistro--and several smaller places are helping to kick-start the scene. Why ...

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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.

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Article: Album Review

Roberto Occhipinti: A Bend in the River

Read "A Bend in the River" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


A dark vision of the world and this time is, perhaps, the most accurate one today. So when an account of artists' contributions to raising the world's level of awareness is written, bassist Roberto Occhipinti's fine A Bend in the River will rank as one with the clearest reflection of that vision. Of course none of ...

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Yemaya

Label: Alma Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Maracatres; Mank; Yemaya; El Otro Tipo; A Ilha; The Shadow; Herbie's Mood; Bernardo's Tango; Yambu (for Pancho Quinto).

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Article: Album Review

Roberto Occhipinti: Yemaya

Read "Yemaya" reviewed by John Kelman


Roberto Occhipinti, a bassist who has comfortably straddled an increasingly tenuous line between classical and jazz worlds for many years, has become more ambitious in style and scope with each successive release. On Yemaya, the Toronto native ups the ante from his superb mini-big band release The Cusp (Modicamusic, 2003) by enlisting a string quartet, a ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Roberto Occhipinti: Where Rivers, Bunnett and the Classical Meet

Read "Roberto Occhipinti: Where Rivers, Bunnett and the Classical Meet" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz


Trinacria Modica Music 2000 Roberto Occhipinti covers the spectrum reflected through the prism of music such as that of Sam Rivers, Jane Bunnett, and European Classicism. In 2000, the bassist released Trinacria (Modica Music) with fellow former “Bunnettero” Hilario Durán on piano. Their cool and swinging treatment of Herbie Hancock’s “One Finger ...


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