More like Saturday night than Sunday, but technically 2:30am makes it Sunday! Grooveyard plays the late, late, late slot at the fabulous DROM Taberna
The Kitchener-Waterloo Guitar Orchestra premiered Michael Occhipinti's commissioned composition “ERASER” on December 9th. Check out the video below!
ES:MO will be finishing its 2nd album in January, and we're building summer tour dates now. Look for new gigs to be posted soon and a release date, but we'll be in western Canada in May. Want us to come to you? We love festivals and clubs, but house concerts are also among our favourite things to do, so get in touch with us!
Welcome to the home of Michael Occhipinti, guitarist, composer, and versatile collaborator. Michael won a JUNO Award (Canada's Grammy) in 2022 with Avataar, for Jazz Group of the Year, and was nominated for Jazz Vocal Album of the Year with Elizabeth Shepherd for ES:MO's The Weight of Hope. Both were part of the CBC Music Juno Awards Jazz Showcase, which you can see HERE. Michael has worked and recorded with artists as diverse as Don Byron, Bruce Cockburn, and classical pianist Stewart Goodyear, and is the leader of numerous projects including The Sicilian Jazz Project, ES:MO (Elizabeth Shepherd & Michael Occhipinti), Shine On: The Universe Of John Lennon, In Orbit (featuring Jeff Coffin & Felix Pastorius), NOJO (Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra), and The Triodes. Moving between jazz, global music, funk, pop, blues, r&b, and Chamber Music, and performing everywhere from worldwide festivals to your living room, please click on the various pages to discover Michael Occhipinti's many musical identities.
More like Saturday night than Sunday, but technically 2:30am makes it Sunday! Grooveyard plays the late, late, late slot at the fabulous DROM Taberna
ESA presents a special night of music, with Michael joining the strings group STRAD.
Brilliant bassist Felix Pastorius visits Toronto for 4 nights performing music that the two have recorded as part of their group In Orbit (featuring Jeff Coffin on saxophone, but alas he is on tour with The Dave Matthews Band).
Brilliant bassist Felix Pastorius visits Toronto for 4 nights performing music that the two have recorded as part of their group In Orbit (featuring Jeff Coffin on saxophone, but alas he is on tour with The Dave Matthews Band).
Brilliant bassist Felix Pastorius visits Toronto for 4 nights performing music that the two have recorded as part of their group In Orbit (featuring Jeff Coffin on saxophone, but alas he is on tour with The Dave Matthews Band).