Name: Jazz Series at the Columbus Centre - Fabrizio Mocata Trio
Start: 2023-04-26T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre

Jazz Series at the Columbus Centre - Fabrizio Mocata Trio

About Villa CharitiesA registered charity, Villa Charities enriches lives through experiences and services that honour Italian culture and heritage. For more than 50 years across the GTA, the organization has provided cultural and educational programs and supported culturally sensitive long-term care and independent living apartments for seniors. VCI fulfills their mandate through a broad range of activities, services and facilities, both directly and in conjunction with its affiliates and independent organizations. Affiliates include Columbus Centre and Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery; Villa Charities Foundation; Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged Inc. in Toronto; Villa Colombo Seniors Centre (Vaughan) Inc. Di Poce Centre; Italian Canadian Benevolent Seniors Apartments Corporation/Casa Abruzzo Benevolent Corporation with apartments for independent seniors (Caboto Terrace, Casa Del Zotto and Casa Abruzzo); and Leonardo Da Vinci Academy.  Each of these organizations is an integral part of the Villa Charities family with separate legal status and its own governance Board. Villa Charities has been certified as a Great Place to Work®, which recognizes the organization’s commitment to creating an inclusive, positive and engaging workplace.For more information visitvillacharities.com.

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Jazz concert series featuring some of the industry’s most talented and award-winning jazz musicians.

Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre

<h2>Jazz Series at the Columbus Centre - Fabrizio Mocata Trio</h2>Looking for an unforgettable musical experience? Join us for our new jazz concert series featuring some of the industry’s most talented and award-winning jazz musicians. We&#x27;ve curated a lineup of incredible artists who will transport you to a world of smooth melodies and soulful rhythms. The Fabrizio Mocata Trio will take you on an amazing musical experience through original compositions, including special versions of G. Puccini’s and G. Verdi’s famous arias.Presented by Villa Charities and Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto, with the support of Davies Spina Falquez LLP.Fabrizio Mocata TrioWednesday, April 26 • 7:30 – 9:00pm$20.00Seating is on a first-come first-served basis, unassigned shared tables of max. 10 people. For any inquiries relating to seating please contact cultural@villacharities.com For more information visit villacharities.com/culture, email cultural@villacharities.com or call 416-789-7011

Musicians:Fabrizio Mocata - PianoFabrizio Mocata is a Sicilian-born pianist, composer, citizen of the world and a graduate of the L. Cherubini Conservatory in Florence in classical and jazz performance.His first encounter with Piazzola's music, in 2000, marked the beginning of his profound dedication to Tango, the musical world which allows him to express the full range of his poetic palette. A few decades later, he is widely considered to be one of the most innovative and promising talents of the international Tango scene.His fresh approach to Tango has been received by critical acclaim worldwide as a soloists and composer and his riveting performances have become a common fixture of the world's most prestigious Tango Festivals (Montevideo, Medellin, Granada, etc.) where he has shared the stage with many of Tango's greats like Sandra Luna, Guillermo Fernandez, Marcelo Tommasi, Ana Karina Rossi, Julio Cobelli, Martin Alvarado, Olga Del Grossi, Fabian Bertero, Mono Hurtado, Aquiles Roggero, Raul Jaurena and others. Fabrizio’s original compositions have inspired choreographies by Pablo Veron, Los Guardiola and Los Hermanos Macana.Paul Wertico - DrumsPaul Wertico, born in Chicago is hailed in the press as "One of the most versatile and musical drummers in music today". He gained worldwide recognition as a member of the Pat Metheny Group from 1983 to 2001. During his tenure with Metheny, Wertico played on ten recordings and four videos, appeared on numerous television shows, and frequently toured around the world. He also won seven Grammy Awards (for "Best Jazz Fusion Performance," "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance," and "Best Rock Instrumental Performance"), magazine polls, and received several gold records.

In recent years, Wertico has continued to tour and perform around the world, as well as around the Chicago metropolitan area, where he is based. This led to the creation of his own band (the Paul Wertico Trio) and collaborations with jazz notables such as Larry Coryell, Kurt Elling, and Jeff Berlin. These collaborations enabled Wertico to be featured on group recordings in a variety of musical genres, and also gave him an opportunity to produce records.Gianmarco Scaglia - Contrabbasso (double bass)Gianmarco Scaglia, born in Caorso (PC) is a double bass player and composer.

He started to play electric bass at the age of 15, after seeing Ron Gallagher great concert at Astra Cinema. Thereafter he started to play double bass at Parma Lorenzo Cuneo Jazz School, one of the first jazzy school in Italy. He continued to study attending much workshop with Bruno Tommaso and Furio Di Castri.

In 1986 he attended Boston Berklee College of Music studying with John Repucci.
He attended instrumental workshops with some of the most important double bass players of the world (D. Holland, M. Vitous).

He founded Open Frontiers Trio with Raimondo Meli Lupi. In 1994 he founded a trio with his name, with Claudio Fasoli (saxophonist) and Ettore Fioravanti (drummer) working on his own composition and realizing his first CD Moods with MM Records label (MM43024).

Since 1984 he had worked with some important Italian and American musicians: Joe Diorio, Skip Hadden, Paul Wertico, John Helliwell, Danilo Rea, Paolo Fresu, Franco Cerri, Max DE Aloe, Marco Tamburini, Massimo Manzi, Claudio Fasoli, Ettore Fioravanti, Giulio Stracciati, Daniele Malvisi, Mauro Beggio, Ada Montellanico, Stefania Rava, Piero Odorici, Nico Gori, Andrea Marcelli, Fabrizio Bosso and someone else. He played also with Orchestra Nazionale di Sofia, Jazz Art Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini Orchestra Ritmica.

He is active with 20 recording, of which 5 at his name. In 2003 his CDs “Blue in Green” and “Jazz City” have been reviewed by an important magazine “Double Bassist”. In January 2011 Gianmarco recorded Body and Soul playing with Joe Diorio and Ettore Fioravanti.

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