New Jazz Releases for the Week of 3/22/2011

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Carmen Cuesta, Jazz, Mitchel Forman, New Releases, Nicola Conte, Noah Haidu

Greeting’s jazz enthusiasts, as always it’s a pleasure to return with more new music releases. With each visit, you’ll discover a montage of new jazz recordings featured at Amazon.com that encompasses a generous diet of nuances which includes a wealth of complex and distinctive styles, textures, melodies, and rhythms exalted by a host of definitive and creative voices in the world of jazz.

New Jazz for 3/22/2011

For more details, please visit Amazon.com for a complete list of this week latest jazz releases!

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Flux Music Essentials … [Blade, Conte, Laws, Occhipinti & Neame]

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Brian Blade, Hubert Laws, Ivo Neame, Jazz, Nicola Conte, Roberto Occhipinti

Flux Music Essentials

Greeting’s fellow jazz aficionados, I’m back in the mix with another tantalizing yet satisfying blend of original jazz that’s shaken and stirred to perfection from the shelves of “Flux Music Essentials.”

Roberto Occhipinti - Yemaya

Roberto Occhipinti -||- Yemaya – [Alma Records, 2008]

Bassist Roberto Occhipinti was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 25, 1955. He comes from a prominent musical family that includes two guitarists; younger brother Michael and cousin David. Michael Occhipinti is a well known sideman and co-founder of NOJO – the Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra.

At the University of Toronto, beginning in 1972, Roberto Occhipinti studied under Thomas Monohan, was mentored by Joel Quarrington and especially the acclaimed jazz bassist Dave Young. He was a member of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in the mid-70s, the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in the early-to-mid ’80s, the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra in the mid-to-late ’80s, was principal bassist with the Esprit Orchestra from 1986 to 1994, and long standing member of Arraymusic from 1979-2000. –Michael G. Nastos/Roberto Occhipinti.com