Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci's "Dawn of Goodbye" + NYC CD Release Party!

"This kid is 360 degrees!" - Quincy Jones

"One of the most gorgeous, passionate and haunting recordings to cross my desk in some time." - Gary Walker, WBGO

Dominick Farinacci - Dawn of GoodbyeOne of the cool things that I like about the blog and the new world that it has opened up to me is the discovery of new artists and music! I received information yesterday about a trumpeter named Dominick Farinacci's new album and upcoming CD release party in New York City.

I scanned through the info as I was not familiar with Mr. Farinacci. But, after doing some preliminary research, I found out that he is well regarded by some in the jazz community's upper echelon. Plus, I found 3 videos of a performance at NYC's Smalls Jazz Club where he was a member of the Aaron Diehl Quartet. The videos gave me an idea of his playing style and technical ability. Wynton Marsalis and saxman Victor Goines were special guests. 

So, here's a little on his background: "Cleveland native Dominick Farinacci has had a tremendous amount of success both nationally and worldwide.   When he was only 17 years old, Wynton Marsalis heard him play in Cleveland and invited Dominick to New York City to perform with him on a special PBS broadcast "Live from Lincoln Center." Shortly after that Dominick was one of 18 artists worldwide invited to be a part of the inaugural class of the Jazz Studies Program at The Juilliard School. 

While attending Juilliard, Dominick balanced his studies with his professional career, signing a 7-CD recording contract with a Japanese record label that sky-rocketed his career throughout Japan.  His CDs placed number 1 on the jazz charts in Japan and garnered him the "International New Star Award," an honor previously awarded to Diana Krall and Christian McBride.  While enjoying success abroad, here in America he was awarded 1st place honors in the Carmine Caruso International Trumpet Competition, received from Disney the "New Star Award," and has continued to make a name for himself, touring the country headlining the major clubs and festivals." 

Listen to exclusive tracks from his new album Dawn of Goodbye by clicking here

The CD Release Party for Dawn of Goodbye will be held on Monday July 25th, 2011 in New York City at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at the Lincoln Center. Set times are 7:30pm and 9:30pm.

The members of the quintet that evening will be Dominick Farinacci [trumpet, flugelhorn], Dan Kaufman [piano], Yasushi Nakamura [bass], Lawrence Leather [drums], and Keita Ogawa [percussion].   

Special Guests on the performances include: Jonathan Batiste [piano], Aaron Diehl [piano] and Guilherme Monteiro [acoustic guitar].

Here are the videos that I mentioned earlier. There's approximately 35 minutes of music on the three videos. The quality could be better (the camera used didn't do exceptionally well in the low light but the video quality isn't bad). These were recorded at Smalls Jazz Club in March of 2011. 

Enjoy!