Roberto Occhipinti
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| Born | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., March 25, 1955 Expression error: Unrecognized word "march".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Roberto Occhipinti (born March 25, 1955) is a Canadian jazz bassist and composer.[1] He is most noted as a two-time Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year, receiving nominations at the Juno Awards of 2006 for his album Yemaya[2] and at the Juno Awards of 2009 for A Bend in the River.[3]
Early life and education
Occhipinti was born and raised in Toronto. He studied music at the University of Toronto, where he was mentored by Joel Quarrington and Dave Young.[4]
Career
Occhipinti is a frequent collaborator with his younger brother Michael Occhipinti, in the Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra and Creation Dream.[5] Their cousin David Occhipinti is also a Juno-nominated jazz musician.[1]
One of relatively few Canadian musicians who have had notable success in both jazz and classical music, he has also frequently performed as a member of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Opera Company.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 James Hale, "Roberto Occhipinti". The Canadian Encyclopedia, April 9, 2007.
- ↑ "Juno nominees". St. Catharines Standard, February 16, 2006.
- ↑ Nick Patch, "Brothers Michael and Roberto Occhipinti competing in same category for Juno". Canadian Press, March 5, 2009.
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- ↑ Roger Levesque, "Not every muse holds a guitar, Belec discovers; Local musician inspired by keyboard and horn players". Edmonton Journal, April 26, 2007.
- ↑ Mark Miller, "'I've always wanted just to play jazz'". The Globe and Mail, November 30, 2005.
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