Dominick Farinacci will look to light up the Lincoln Center in New York City when he brings his sweet trumpet to the 3rd Annual Coca-Cola Generation in Jazz Festival tonight Monday, October 1.
Born in Cleveland Ohio, the jazz musician first took up the trumpet at age six after failing to make his school band as a drummer, on suggestion of his music teacher Farinacci decided to give the brass a go and he has not looked back ever since.
"I remember hearing a recording of Louis Armstrong playing A Kiss to Build a Dream On and wanting to sound just like him," said Farinacci.
Based in New York City Farinacci also cited Harry James as one of his inspirations. "Harry James' You Made Me Love You had a similar effect on me, so I learned their interpretations by, ear, and tried to make my sound like their sound."
The artist knew he wanted to be a musician and as he got older he put steps in place to achieve his goal. While he was in the eighth grade he had already formed his own band and getting a few shows along the way.
"Playing gigs around town allowed me to start hanging out with many of the older musician-some of whom were my teachers in the Saturday program-and they started to see that I was really serious about playing."
Farinacci moved west to California where he audition for the High School Grammy Awards All-Star Big Band and got accepted into the program. Another claim to fame came when he received the prestigious Yamaha Young Performing Artist Award.
Now he has matured into a gem of a performer. "This kid is 360 degrees!" said the great musician Quincy Jones.
At tonight's show the trumpeter will be accompanied by Yasushi Nakamura, bass; John Davis, drums; Rogerio Boccato, percussion; along with Charenee Wade, on vocals and Christian Tamburr, vibes.
After coming of his dream debut album "Lovers, Tales and Dances," produced by legendary three time Grammy winning producer Russ Titelman fans in NYC could be in for a real treat.
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