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Dominick Farinacci

Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci was named the very first Global Ambassador to Jazz at Lincoln Center by Wynton Marsalis, working to further integrate music into communities around the world in culturally collaborative ways. He graduated from The Juilliard School in 2005 launching his career in Japan with a prolific run of eight albums, later releasing four more globally. He has performed in more than 120 cities in 14 countries around the world, was a featured guest on ABC’s Good Morning America, and is a TED Speaker. Music icon Quincy Jones says of Dominick’s accomplishments in performance, recording, education & advocacy, “This kid is 360 degrees!”

Dominick has been successful in his personal endeavors on bringing music into the community through Arts and Wellness & Education. He was invited by TED to be a TED Speaker at the 2014 TED MED conference at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. He is a featured performer for the Cleveland Clinic in both Ohio and Abu Dhabi, and organized the very first jazz performance for patients in Abu Dhabi in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic and the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation. For Dominick, music and health go hand in hand, most recently organizing panel discussions around patient-doctor communication through music with Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.

Dominick has been a leading advocate in music education development, most recently featured at the Community College Association of America in D.C. He served as Music Consultant to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, and is Artist in Residence at the Gill and Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio. His educational reach recently expanded to the GCC, in schools such as Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar Music Academy, the American School of Doha among others.

His most recent recording “Short Stories” is produced by four-time Grammy Award winning producer Tommy LiPuma. This was Tommy & Dominick’s first collaboration, and was recorded in their hometown of Cleveland at the Gill and Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts. Dominick is signed to Mack Avenue Records.

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Album Review

Kent Engelhardt & Stephen Enos: Madd For Tadd

Read "Madd For Tadd" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The masterworks on this second edition of Madd for Tadd are presented on two discs, one of which bears the name of one of composer/pianist Tadd Dameron's classic themes, “Our Delight." Oddly, the other is named for the only non-Dameronian item on the menu, “Central Avenue Swing," written by saxophonist and Dameron chronicler Kent Engelhardt who adapted the composer's tasteful charts for a big band and co-leads the ensemble with trumpeter Steve Enos. Although he is most ...

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Interview

Dominick Farinacci: Sharing Stories

Read "Dominick Farinacci: Sharing Stories" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Dominick Farinacci, a trumpeter from Cleveland, is a strong improviser with a wide, round tone. It's suited for his predilection for the melodic side of the music. But his vision of music extends beyond the act of playing and the art of performing--something he has done around the globe for years, carving out a successful career after being mentored by Wynton Marsalis. Farinacci truly envisions music as something that can bring people in a community, from diverse backgrounds ...

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Live Review

Dominick Farinacci Sextet: Half Moon Bay, CA, April 1, 2012

Read "Dominick Farinacci Sextet: Half Moon Bay, CA, April 1, 2012" reviewed by Bill Leikam


Dominick FarinacciDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaApril 1, 2012Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci brought his New York-based sextet to the Douglas Beach House to give the nearly packed house a special treat. His band was Kris Bowers on piano, Yasushi Nakamura on bass, Greg Wyser-Pratte on drums, Keita Ogawa on percussion and Christian Tamburr on vibraphone. The afternoon, and on into the evening, consisted of pieces from his albums Lovers, Tales and Dances (Koch, 2009), Dawn of ...

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Album Review

Dominick Farinacci: Dawn of Goodbye

Read "Dawn of Goodbye" reviewed by Lewis J Whittington


No lyrics necessary. The black and white cover photos of Dominick Farinacci's Dawn of Goodbye evokes the early 1960s, but the trumpeter is not just striking a pose. He may only be 28, but the tone of his trumpet is that of a multi-era jazz soul. Farinacci's concept for this collection, sans lyrics, is an instrumental narrative collection of standards that tell bittersweet love stories, and it displays an understated theatricality--from show-stopping to back alley film noir. ...

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Dominick Farinacci: Dawn Of Goodbye

Read "Dawn Of Goodbye" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


After recording seven CDs for release in Japan, Julliard-trained trumpeter Dominick Farinacci finally dove into the U.S. music market with Lovers, Tales & Dances (Koch 2009). While that album found some success, both commercially and artistically, it might not have presented a true picture of Farinacci's artistry and personality. The participation of an all-star cast, an international and broad range of songs, and the presence of strings, turned it into a finely polished affair, but the album found Farinacci reaching ...

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Dominick Farinacci: Lovers, Tales & Dances

Read "Lovers, Tales & Dances" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


The mass appeal of a jazz recording does not necessarily compromise its value or its artistic integrity; it simply means that the artist has mastered the difficult task of balancing the creative and the commercial. Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci has done just that on his debut album, Lovers, Tales & Dances. Farinacci sounds a lot like Clifford Brown, with the same lyricism albeit without the same range, mastery and fluidity. Some of the material also hints at Brown's ...

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Festival

Tri-C JazzFest Announces Lineup for 2020 Virtual Festival

Tri-C JazzFest Announces Lineup for 2020 Virtual Festival

Source: All About Jazz

Tri-C JazzFest The best of Northeast Ohio’s jazz talent will be livestreamed over two summer nights in a virtual edition of the 41st annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, presented by KeyBank. More than a dozen acts in a lineup announced today promise to keep the music pumping during this free event Friday, Aug. 21 and Saturday, Aug. 22. The performances will begin 7 p.m. each night and run approximately 90 minutes on various online platforms. The virtual festival will feature pre-recorded ...

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Music Industry

Dominick Farinacci Debuts Songbook Watch Party: A Live Online Streaming Show to Showcase Jazz Artists and Musical Collaborations

Dominick Farinacci Debuts Songbook Watch Party: A Live Online Streaming Show to Showcase Jazz Artists and Musical Collaborations

Source: All About Jazz

Internationally acclaimed trumpeter Dominick Farinacci debuts Songbook Watch Party, an interactive online music experience boasting newly filmed collaborations with musical artists from around the world. Beginning May 3, 2020 Songbook Watch Party will simulcast every Sunday night at 7PM EST on multiple streaming platforms such as ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube. “The goal of Songbook Watch Party,” states Farinacci, “is simple: to generate income for the artists, and to create for the audience that sound of surprise and fun that is ...

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Atlanta Jazz Festival Shines Spotlight On New Faces Of Jazz

Atlanta Jazz Festival Shines Spotlight On New Faces Of Jazz

Source: Karen Hatchett

Atlanta, GA: “The 36th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival will shine a spotlight on the wealth of emerging talent in the jazz world as we celebrate Generation Next,” states Camille Russell Love, Director of the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. “We have always presented the best and brightest on the scene and this year we continue that mission with a focus on where jazz is right now and where it’s heading. Audiences will enjoy a wide spectrum of styles ...

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Event

Dominick Farinacci And A Monster Truck Driver Deliver Toys To Bring A Smile To Children's Faces Who Were Devastated By Hurricane Sandy

Dominick Farinacci And A Monster Truck Driver Deliver Toys To Bring A Smile To   Children's Faces Who Were Devastated By Hurricane Sandy

Source: Daniel Malkin

A massive truck load of toys will be donated to the St Francis De Sales school. The school and the surrounding area was heavily affected by Hurricane Sandy. Dominick and other amazing musicians will perform a FREE concert for the children and anyone else in attendance. All of the toys and money raised will be donated to the people affected by this tragedy. Toys will be distributed to the children by Dominick and Kevin following the concert. Dominick and his ...

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Education

Young Artists Residency in Cleveland

Young Artists Residency in Cleveland

Source: The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins

Dominick Farinacci About 15 years ago my old friend, pianist-educator Eric Gould invited me to speak to his students at a Saturday morning music education program at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C). When I arrived the students were running down a chart, then they took a break before my talk. As they broke the kids were bouncing off the Walls like normal 13 year olds... all except for one young guy. From hearing the kids earlier, this particular serious looking, dark-haired ...

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Recording

Recent Listening: Domnick Farinacci

Recent Listening: Domnick Farinacci

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey

Dominick Farinacci, Sounds In My Life (Keystone). When I first heard Farinacci five or six years ago, he was one of two trumpet students featured on a Warren Vaché instructional DVD. In his solo on a blues, I was intrigued that he seemed to be reflecting in a personal way a school of trumpetplaying notable for the subtlety of its beauty. Some of the trumpeters in the 1950s whose characteristics of tone, fluidity of ideas and lyricism bound them together ...

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Dominick Farinacci's "Lovers, Tales & Dances" Released February 24th

Dominick Farinacci's "Lovers, Tales & Dances" Released February 24th

Source: Susan Blond, Inc.

Young Trumpeter Poised To Help Shape Next Generation Of Jazz Artistry U.S. Debut Lovers, Tales & Dances In Stores February 24, 2009 (E1 Music) New U.S. Tour Dates Announced “Dominick's tone shines...he is reminiscent of Clifford Brown and Miles Davis." --Russ Titelman February 20, 2009 (New York, NY) -- Fresh off two sold out concerts at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola (Jazz @ Lincoln Center), young trumpeter Dominick Farinacci is set to release his highly anticipated debut U.S. album, Lovers, Tales ...

"A trumpeter of abundant poise" - NY TIMES

"This kid is 360 degrees!” - Quincy Jones

"Farinacci is a clear, declarative and forceful player.” Ben Ratliff, NY TIMES

"I believe Dom Farinacci is a 'musical treasure' and was ordained to be with us. His interpretation and his technical talent are outstanding and I see a long successful career for this young man." - Jerry F. Sharell, President/CEO, Society of Singers

"Some of the most gorgeous, passionate and haunting playing I’ve heard in some time." -Gary Walker, WBGO

"Dominick's tone shines...he is reminiscent of Clifford Brown and Miles Davis." - Russ Titelman, producer

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Madd For Tadd

Self Produced
2023

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Short Stories

Mack Avenue Records
2016

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Dawn Of Goodbye

eOne Music
2011

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Smile

M&I Jazz
2005

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