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Ernesto Cervini
Born in Toronto in 1982, Cervini graduated from Canada’s Royal Conservatory of Music with degrees in classical piano and clarinet performance before focusing his energies behind the drum kit. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, Cervini laid claim to a diverse musicianship, one that has taken him to some of the hippest, most prestigious stages across the globe. Along with Abundance (Anzic Records), Cervini has released 2 previous sextet albums (JUNO-nominated Rev in 2017 and the eponymous Turboprop in 2015) and three quartet albums; There (Anzic Records), Little Black Bird (Orange Grove, 2009) and Here (self-released, 2006). Cervini also co-leads the Juno-nominated trio Myriad3, with pianist Chris Donnelly and bassist Dan Fortin as well as TuneTown with Kelly Jefferson and Artie Roth. As a sideman, Cervini’s studio experience includes JUNO-nominated albums with the Tara Davidson Quintet and Carn Davidson Nine as well as a recent date as a member of the Joel Frahm Trio, and many others. Cervini began his work as a publicist by launching Orange Grove Publicity in 2014 and has quickly become one of the most sought after jazz publicists in Canada.
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Ernesto Cervini: A Canadian Songbook
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by Hrayr Attarian
Composer and drummer Ernesto Cervini is a stalwart of the Canadian creative music scene both as an artist and promoter. His ninth release as a leader, the captivating A Canadian Songbook, is a collection of seven intricate pieces, composed by him and other compatriots. Cervini, at the head of his sextet Turboprop, deftly balances collective harmony and individual expressions and delivers all with refreshing spontaneity. The leader starts off his arrangement of pianist James Hill's Skeletons" with sparse ...
read moreErnesto Cervini's Turboprop: A Canadian Songbook
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by Dan McClenaghan
Toronto-based drummer, Ernesto Cervini has a T" theme going with the groups he leads. There is the funky, forward-thinking Tetrahedron. Then we have the terrific trio (bass, drums and saxophone) TuneTown. And the third: Turboprop, presenting their fourth album, A Canadian Songbook, which digs into the musical soul of their home turf. Turboprop is a sextet with a powerhouse three-horn front line, featuring three of Canada's finest, Tara Davidson on alto saxophone, Joel Frahm on tenor saxophone, and ...
read moreNew Releases From Ernesto Cervini, Gary Urwin, Charles Pillow, And More
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by Bob Osborne
On this show we present new releases from Ernesto Cervini, Gary Urwin, Charles Pillow, Last Oak Out, Ayumi Ishito, Doug MacDonald, Joe Webb, Gui Duvignau, Ivo Perelman with Barry Guy & Ramon Lopez, Jason Stein with Marilyn Crispell Damon Smith & Adam Shead, Klaus Kugel & Pavel Hruby, Recabarren Menares Vazquez, Bobby Wellins, and, Yes! Trio. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop Skeletons" from A Canadian Songbook (TPR Records) 01:02 The Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra Day in ...
read moreTeri Parker: Shaping the Invisible
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by Dan McClenaghan
Here is how to take an artistic vision to the next level: Find a room with a lock on the door. Step inside. Engage the lock. Examine the work of those who came before you. Then begin the process of your own creativity. This worked for pianist/composer Parker--so says her sophomore recording, Shaping The Invisible. Parker is a Toronto-based musician. Her debut album, 2017's self-produced In The Past (review here) is a highly engaging and beautifully ...
read moreThe Schwager/Oliver Quintet: Senza Reza
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by Edward Blanco
Canada became the first country beyond the USA to have developed its own vibrant jazz scene. What do major jazz artists like Oscar Peterson, Maynard Ferguson, Gil Evans, Rob McConnell and Diana Krall have in common? They're all Canadians, like the players of The Schwagger/Oliver Quintet presenting their debut on Senza Resa, an Italian phrase meaning No Surrender," which conveys the approach to the music from five of Canada's most exciting award-winning jazz musicians. The album represents the ...
read moreNicky Schrire: Nowhere Girl
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by Dan Bilawsky
The search for identity is a sine qua non of any artist's experience and development. But for a musician like Nicky Schrire, it goes much deeper than most. Born in London, raised in South Africa, studying and entering the professional ranks in New York and working back through her initial points of origin before relocating to Toronto in 2020, this noted vocalist-composer has established herself as a globetrotter of the first order. Stylistically, as with geography, Schrire hits multiple points ...
read moreWillliam Carn: Choices
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by Dan McClenaghan
The short tune Breathe" opens Choices, sounding like something holy, in a futuristic, science-fiction way. This is how Canadian trombonist William Carn introduces his album. It is a do it from home," mostly remotely recorded set, reminiscentto go back over half a century of Paul McCartney's first solo album McCartney (Apple Records, 1970). McCartney's impetus for recording his do it yourself" project was the crumbling of the Beatles. Carn's do it yourself" Choices came about due to the isolation and ...
read moreDrummer/Composer Ernesto Cervini Flies High With His New CD Turboprop
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Available On Anzic Records - February 3, 2015 On February 3, 2015, Anzic Records proudly releases the much-anticipated fourth recording from drummer/composer Ernesto Cervini, titled Turboprop. On the heels of his third album, There, which featured his quartet recorded live at the Cellar Jazz Club in Vancouver, BC, Cervini added two incredible musicians to the fold to create an exciting new sextet he calls Turboprop. The band is comprised of his working quartet with Joel Frahm (tenor saxophone), Adrean Farrugia ...
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Anzic Records To Release "There" From Drummer/Composer Ernesto Cervini
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Featuring Joel Frahm, Adrean Farrugia & Dan Loomis Available September 27, 2011 On September 27, 2011 Anzic Records proudly releases the much-anticipated new recording from drummer/composer Ernesto Cervini, There. Recorded live at the end of November, 2010, at Cory Weed's Cellar Jazz Club in Vancouver, There, features Joel Frahm (saxophones), Adrean Farrugia (piano) and Dan Loomis (bass) and Cervini (drums.) The album follows up Cervini's previous recording distributed by Anzic Records, Little Black Bird (2009),which received heaps of ...
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Jeremy Steig Trio (Fri) Rez Abbasi's Bazaar (Sat) Ernesto Cervini Quartet (Sun) at the Cornelia Street Cafe
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York 212-989-9319 between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St. This Weekend At The Cornelia Street Cafe Fri Mar 09 9:00PM & 10:30PM JEREMY STEIG TRIO (Jeremy Steig, flute;Cameron Brown, bass;Anthony Pinciotti, drums) Come and hear the HOTTEST jazz flutist playing in NY. Jeremy Steig has played with Bill Evans, Art Blakey, ...
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Primary Instrument
Drums
Location
Toronto
Willing to teach
Advanced only
Credentials/Background
Teaching Experience Private Piano, and Drum Students (New York, NY) 2005-Present Numerous Masterclasses and Clinics (New York and Toronto) 2003-Present Musical coaching for members of Nickelodeon’s Naked Brothers Band (New York, NY) 2005 - Present The Manhattan School of Music (New York, NY) 2004 - Present Jazz appreciation presentations to students around the U.S. via live internet broadcasting The Lucy Moses School (New York, NY) 2005-2006 Private clarinet lessons PS 290 (The Manhattan New School) (New York, NY) 2003 - 2005 Group clarinet lessons to students in grades 4 and 5. Toronto Faculty of Music (Toronto, ON) 1999 - 2003 Private lessons on piano, clarinet and drums as well as group theory lessons
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Music
Part 1: The Road
From: MagpieBy Ernesto Cervini
Skeletons
From: A Canadian SongbookBy Ernesto Cervini
Segment
From: Shaping the InvisibleBy Ernesto Cervini
Traveler
From: Nowhere GirlBy Ernesto Cervini
Love Is For The Birds
From: Nowhere GirlBy Ernesto Cervini
Get Up
From: ChoicesBy Ernesto Cervini
Hell's Angels
From: Songs of the Doomed: Some...By Ernesto Cervini
Surprised By Joy
From: JoyBy Ernesto Cervini
Omer's World
From: The Bright SideBy Ernesto Cervini
Blue Gardenia
From: Entering UtopiaBy Ernesto Cervini
Stro
From: TetrahedronBy Ernesto Cervini
The Monks of Oka
From: There From HereBy Ernesto Cervini
My Shining Hour
From: AbundanceBy Ernesto Cervini
Granada Bus
From: RevBy Ernesto Cervini
The Windup
From: TurbopropBy Ernesto Cervini