Anthony Pinciotti

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Anthony Pinciotti (* around 1976 ) is an American jazz musician ( drums , also percussion ) of the Modern Creative .

Live and act

Pinciotti started playing drums as a child. At the age of 13 he was already playing as a professional musician in the Midwest; there he had the opportunity to perform early with Motown and jazz musicians, including the trumpeter Marcus Belgrave . In 1992, Ira Sullivan invited him to move to Miami to play drums in his band. In Florida he also worked with Pat Metheny , Dr. Lonnie Smith , Andy Laverne , Frank Foster and Warren Bernhardt . In the following years he also played with Kenny Werner , Gary Bartz , Kenny Barron , Mike Stern and Sheila Jordan . After being offered a music scholarship, he briefly attended the University of Miami . In 1994 he finally moved to Chicago, where he also led groups with members of the AACM and the Art Ensemble of Chicago . In 1998 he went to New York City.

The first recordings were made in 2003 with James Moody ( Homage ). In the following years Pinciotti went a. a. with Jonathan Kreisberg , Russ Spiegel , David Smith , Jeremy Steig , Dave Pietro , Jeff Gardner / Drew Gress , Lynne Arriale , Holger Scheidt , Vic Juris , Richard Sussman , Anat Cohen , Mark Soskin and Spike Wilner in the recording studio. In the field of jazz, he was involved in 34 recording sessions between 2003 and 2016, with the band Hush Point ( Jeremy Udden , John McNeil , Aryeh Kobkinsky) he recorded three albums in the 2010s. In New York he works with Anthony Pinciotti's Halcyon Jukebox (with Victoria Cave and Carolyn Leonhart). In 2019 he is a member of the Joel Frahm Trio; he also forms his own trio with Ben Street and Steve Cardenas .

He has also taught at New York University , the City University of New York (CUNY) and the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Anthony Pinciotti. Smalls, December 3, 2018, accessed December 3, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c entry (AllAboutJazz)
  3. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 3, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Pinciotti, Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1976