REVIEWS:

MUSIC: Playlist for early March
Roberto Occhipinti - A Bend In The River
www.macleans.ca - March, 2009.

Roberto Occhipinti - A Bend In The River
www.thewholenote.com - February 1, 2009.

Roberto Occhipinti - A Bend In The River
By Stanley Fefferman - www.thelivemusicreport.com - January 2009.

Roberto Occhipinti - A Bend In The River
By Kerry Doole - www.exclaim.ca - February 2009.

Roberto Occhipinti - A Bend In The River
By Raul D'Gama Rose - www.allaboutjazz.com - February 15, 2009.

Roberto Occhipinti - A Bend In The River
By Raul D'Gama Rose - www.latinjazznet.com - January 16, 2009.

NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES ARTICLES:

Bob Bernotas "Just Jazz" e-newsletter: "On three of the seven tracks in this ambitious project, Canadian bassist-composer Roberto Occhipinti and three brilliant Cuban musicians — alto saxophonist Luis Deniz, pianist David Virelles, drummer Dafnis Prieto — are supported by a string quartet plus winds. Three others add a forty-piece string orchestra from Moscow. All of hem offer a thoughtful, fluid blend of jazz, classical, and world music."

M.D. from The National Post , wrote: "In the company of an inventive Cuban trio, a string orchestra from Moscow and friends including drummer Tony Allen, the Toronto bassist and producer (Gorillaz, Odessa/Havana) navigates poly-rhythmic jazz with as many turns as the River Meander itself. The playing? Impressively fluid."

Roberto Occhipinti - A Bend in the River CD release party
By Christopher Butcher - www.thelivemusicreport.com - Nov. 12, 2008.

LATEST NEWS: Occhipinti brothers to receive Sicilian award - Toronto musicians Michael and Roberto Occhipinti will be in Ragusa, Sicily to be honoured with the prestigious Ragusani nel mondo prize for their contribution to the Canadian music scene. Read more

UPCOMING GIGS:

Michael Occhipinti's Sicilian Jazz Project
September 12: Guelph Jazz Festival

A Bend In The River CD Release Party in Toronto.
See Slideshow. Photographs by Al Kay.


Roberto Occhipinti Quartet at The Rex. Nov. 12, 2008.

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