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| What's New
Forty Revolutions, the new CD by guitarist/composer David Occhipinti, was nominated for a 2007 Juno Award in the contemporary jazz category. The David Occhipinti quartet was nominated for acoustic group of the year at the National Jazz Awards. David was also nominated for guitarist of the year. Guitarist/composer David Occhipinti released his new quartet CD, Forty Revolutions, on October 2, 2007. You can now order David's CD's with a credit card directly from the Discography/Purchase page. You'll be directed to Paypal from there. Lead Sheets are also available. Forty Revolutions is also now available on MP3 from iTunes. There are new audio clips of the new CD and of "Four Pieces for String Quartet". New Reviews (from CODA, JAZZTIMES and more....) of Forty Revolutions and interviews from the tour... Click on performances for details of all upcoming events. you can also visit the myspace page. |
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Brief Bio |
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| Guitarist/composer David Occhipinti lives in Toronto, Canada. He has four CD's featuring his own compositions: David Occhipinti (1997), Syzygy (1999), Intersection (2003) and Forty Revolutions (2007) which was nominated for a Juno Award.
David has 2 duo CD's out with saxophonist Mike Murley. Duologue (2002) was nominated for a Juno Award, a National Jazz Award and a Canadian Music "Indie" Award. Duologue Vol.2 was recorded in 2005. David has composed for string quartet and other chamber ensembles. David studied in New York with the legendary jazz guitarist Jim Hall during the mid 1990's. David has toured in Canada, the US, Europe and Japan. David Occhipinti teaches guitar and ensembles at the University of Toronto and at Humber College. |
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Excerpts from Reviews |
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| (Forty Revolutions)....
"Occhipinti's rare achievement is to say something new and moving in an idiom that could be considered exhausted, while also demonstrating that jazz played softly can have a mighty impact" "The fourth album of original music from guitarist Occhipinti, who toured its suave, sophisticated music throughout Canada this past October, will surely make a number of 2007's top ten lists. It's a meticulous tapestry of tonal nuance and understated passion. A glowing, seven-tune album that should grace any guitar lover's rack - any jazz lover's rack in fact." -CODA MAGAZINE "Excellent chamber jazz from some of Canada's best conceptualists" -JAZZEAST RISING "(Intersection)...It's definitely music for today, streamlined yet atmospheric...a listener hears the rare but gratifying combination of lyricism and cutting edge music." Geoff Chapman -THE TORONTO STAR |
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| "With an exploratory compositional and playing style that incorporates influences from a variety of sources, David Occhipinti has delivered his strongest effort to date. Intersection positions him as one of Canada’s finest young composers and performers, and bodes well for the future."
-PLANET JAZZ |
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| "...couldn't ask for a better showcase than his eponymously titled debut... a postmodern acoustic date that thrives on the guitarist's memorable, contemporary-sounding tunes...while recalling the impressionistic, delicate beauty of Occhipinti's hero, Jim Hall."
-JAZZIZ Magazine |
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