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Sink or Swim

Label: Fresh Sound New Talent
Released: 2005
Track listing: For RPMS; Heaven's Dew; San Francisco Style; Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28, No. 20; Upstate; Lotus; Three's A Crowd; Nardis.

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Article: Album Review

Sink Or Swim is the debut album by saxophonist Gian Tornatore. He and his band, featuring Jon Anderson on piano and Fender Rhodes, Zack Wallmark on bass, and David Christian on drums, create music rife with exploratory brooding. Particularly with the pulses of the Fender Rhodes in the mix, the album calls to mind the late ...

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Gian Tornatore: Sink or Swim

Read "Sink or Swim" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel
March 26, 2005

Sink or Swim features saxophonist Gian Tornatore's fine tenor and soprano saxophone work along with excellent support from Jon Anderson on piano and Fender Rhodes, Zach Wallmark on bass, and David Christian on drums. Tornatore's tone is clear as a bell and his compositions display a quiet intelligence that's refreshing to behold.The CD is ...

Album

Sink or Swim

By Gian Tornatore

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. For RPMS 2. Heaven's Dew 3. San Francisco Style 4. Prelude in C Minor Op. 28, No. 20 5. Upstate 6. Lotus 7. Three's A Crowd 8. Nardis

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Gian Tornatore: Sink or Swim

Read "Sink or Swim" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
April 8, 2004

The development of jazz as an art form can be expressed in terms of study, technique, and application, but the real proof in the pudding is whether the music moves the listener. Saxophonist Gian Tornatore's debut recording, Sink or Swim, exhibits these qualities in an impressive fashion. On the academic end Tornatore is a graduate from ...