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Jazz Musician Database

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Trio Tapestry by Joe Lovano
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Swallows & Swans by Florian Ross
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Imaginary Friends by Ralph Alessi
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Crosswinds by Christoph Irniger
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East Of The Sun by Michael Kocour

Jazz Birthdays

Lajos Dudas
b.1941
clarinet
Randy Crawford
b.1952
vocalist
Gordon Grdina
b.1977
guitar
Jimmy Jewell
b.1945
saxophone, tenor
Shirley Crabbe
b.1963
vocalist
Irma Thomas
b.1941
vocalist
Bonnie J Jensen
b.1965
vocalist

Crosswinds
Christoph Irniger
Intakt Records
Imaginary Friends
Ralph Alessi
ECM Records
Picture in Black and White
Tessa Souter
Noa Records
Trio Tapestry
Joe Lovano
ECM Records
Rhythm Kaleidoscope
Frank Macchia
Cacophony

Jazz Story

I love jazz because it's an area of music where I am free to incorporate everything I've experienced in music, including multiple genres and global cultures, and creatively express myself as a composer and improviser
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I love jazz because it's an area of music where I am free to incorporate everything I've experienced in music, including multiple genres and global cultures, and creatively express myself as a composer and improviser. I see jazz as a “big tent” music, and have tried to avoid worrying about what of style of music I play so much as do I express the various styles I've absorbed in a way that is honest and personal. As a guitarist, it means I cover a lot of different sounds, and as a composer it means I draw on a lot of different influences quite freely.
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By Michael Occhipinti
Member since: 2008

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