Michael Occhipinti - Surrealist Blues - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Michael Occhipinti - Sicilian Jazz Project [COMPACT DISCS] date 03/24/2009

The 2007 album Exile On Mainstream compiles some of Matchbox Twenty's biggest hits and adds seven new songs recorded that year in sessions with Grammy award-winning producer Steve Lillywhite. Featured tracks come from the band's 12x platinum debut Yourself Or Someone Like You, their 4x platinum follow-up Mad Season, and the 2x platinum More Than You Think You Are. The album's lead single InchHow Far We've ComeInch reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

... extraordinary talent... a wonderful accompanist and soloist. - Eddie Henderson. Los Angeles-based pianist/composer/arranger Michael Orenstein comes to his debut recording with a stout jazz education pedigree and ten years of topflight performance experiences, all shining through on this robust set of 8 originals & intricate arrangements of InchGiant StepsInch and a Herbie Hancock tribute. Much like two major influences, Hancock & Billy Childs, Orenstein's arrangements are surprising and dynamic with an expansive sound palette, challenging any limitations of the jazz quartet. Orenstein's InchApertureInch focuses light on a prodigious young talent with a doubtlessly promising future. Inch... one of the most talented and creative young musicians I have ever heard.Inch - Dan Wall