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Festival Season will be a busy season!
Ernesto will be very busy performing 10 gigs during the 10-day Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, as well as performing at a special out-of-town festival! -
Myriad Alberta/BC tour upcoming
In May 2012, Myriad will be leaving Toronto for the first time to tour Western Canada. In the summer, the trio plans to record their debut album, to be released in November. -
Canadian and European Tours a Success!
The Ernesto Cervini Quartet just returned from 2 extremely successful tours; a 10-day, 6-city European Tour and a 22-day, 15-city Cross-Canada Tour. -
“There” released on September 27th, 2011
On September 27, 2011 Anzic Records proudly releases the much-anticipated new recording from drummer/composer Ernesto Cervini, "There", recorded live at Cory Weed’s Cellar Jazz Club in Vancouver, BC.
ABOUT
Drummer Ernesto Cervini is making a name for himself as a consummate bandleader and in-demand sideman, repeatedly praised for his deeply musical, infectiously energetic talents. Time Out New York encapsulated Cervini as “a buoyant drummer as well as a sharp composer and bandleader,” while the jazz bible, Downbeat described his fluid style as one that “exemplifies `float like a butterfly, sting like a bee’.” The drummer released There, his third album as leader of the Ernesto Cervini Quartet, in fall 2011. Reviewing the album, Modern Drummer magazine said: “Cervini recalls such old-schoolers as Art Blakey and Billy Higgins. . . It’s his robust, magnetic personality that fascinates consistently.”
In just a few years, the Ernesto Cervini Quartet has earned a reputation as one of North America’s most exciting modern jazz groups. Featuring drummer-leader Ernesto Cervini, saxophonist Joel Frahm, pianist Adrean Farrugia and bassist Dan Loomis, the Quartet released the live album There in autumn 2011. Of the recording, The Ottawa Citizen said: “On There, you can practically hear the musicians smiling and reveling in their creativity and musical repartee. Some superb, high-energy, spur-of-the-moment music.” A review in The WholeNote added that the band is “blazing a path through contemporary jazz with smart new ideas and a burning intensity that shouts to be heard. An album that has be one of 2011’s best.”
MEM3 is the culmination of 8 years of close musical and personal friendship between three musicians from three different parts of the globe. The trio consists of Michael Cabe on piano from Seattle, Washington, Mark Lau on bass from Sydney, Australia and Ernesto Cervini on drums from Toronto, Canada. Their debut album Pennsylvania Grey is made up of original compositions from all three musicians as well as one traditional hymn. The group’s sound is influenced by the trio sounds of the great Oscar Peterson, Peter Erskine and EST.
Myriad is a contemporary piano trio from Toronto featuring three young musicians/composers who are in demand as sideman and bandleaders in Toronto and across Canada; Chris Donnelly on piano, Dan Fortin on bass and Ernesto Cervini on drums. The band is a collective in the true sense of the word. Each band member offers his own original compositions to the band repertoire as well as offering his unique voice to the group. Influences include the Keith Jarrett trio, the Brad Mehldau Trio, the Bad Plus and Thelonious Monk.
NEWS
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Nice Review in the Spring 2012 issue of Signal to Noise Magazine
My newest album, "There" received a great review in the latest issue of Signal to Noise Magazine.
Sometimes the best way to honor a tradition is to take its tenets at face value and simply play the hell out of them...that is what the Ernesto Cervini Quartet does on There (Anzic.)
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Festival Season will be a busy season!
Jazz Festival is coming up in Canada, and I will be super busy during this time. I will be performing 10 gigs during the 10-day festival in Toronto (including opening and closing nights at the Rex) as well as a special gig at an out-of-town festival (that I'm not allowed to talk about yet. More news to follow....) Check out all the info on my gigs page!
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Myriad Alberta/BC tour upcoming
In May 2012, Myriad will be leaving Toronto for the first time to tour Western Canada. In the summer, the trio plans to record their debut album, to be released in November.
Myriad was an accident.
Chris Donnelly, Dan Fortin, and Ernesto Cervini had never played together until a few substitutions and a twist of fate put them on stage together for the first time in late 2010. Since then, the trio has been making music in every jazz club in the Greater Toronto Area.
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Introducing MEM3
Check out this new video EPK introducing MEM3. We are currently working on our new album, "Circles" and are hoping to release it in the fall!
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Myriad Live Concert featured on “The Jazz Hole”
"The Jazz Hole" is an internet radio show on Breakthru Radio hosted by Linus Wyrsch in NYC. This week's show features a live concert by Myriad. You can stream it live here!
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New ECQ Videos from 2012 Canadian Tour now availble on YouTube
In the fall of 2012, the Ernesto Cervini Quartet did an extensive tour of Europe and Canada. Some videos from our gig at the Yardbird Suite in Edmonton, AB are now available on YouTube. Check it out!
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STORE
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There
Released Sep 27, 2011
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Little Black Bird
Released Oct 06, 2009
