Jazz trumpeter a rising star in music world

Jazz trumpeter Dominick Farinacci appears with the Tony Foster Trio March 14, 15 and 16 in three different locations in the Flathead Valley.

The shows are at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish at 7:30 p.m. on March 14, the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. on March 15 and at Whitefish Lake Restaurant on March 16 at 7:30 p.m. (Full details below)

Farinacci was recently featured on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” In January 2012, he appeared on an hour-long segment of NPR’s “Jazz Rising Stars.” He is a master of playing lyrical passionate music on the trumpet and the flugelhorn.

Recognition came early to Farinacci, a native of Cleveland. At age 16 he received the prestigious Yamaha Young Performing Artist Award. At 17 he opened for Wynton Marsalis, who invited him to New York to perform as a special guest on a PBS broadcast, “Live From Lincoln Center: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong.” At 18 he was attending The Juilliard School on a full four-year scholarship. By the time he’d graduated, he was awarded first-place honors in the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Competition and won the International New Star Award (joining Diana Krall and Christian McBride) and he’d been to Japan eight times promoting his recordings. He also won the Disney New Star Award.

When Quincy Jones heard Farinacci at the hip Los Angeles club Vibrato, he said, “This kid is 360 degrees!” referring to Farinacci’s cosmopolitan culturally expansive range.  

Farinacci, 31, just returned from Doha, Qatar, where he was the headliner of Lincoln Center Jazz’s performance and educational outreach project. He currently resides in New York City.

Canadian-born pianist Tony Foster, currently based in Seattle, credits Oscar Peterson and Amad Jamal as his key influences. 

 Foster is a favorite sideman of internationally renowned vocalist Dee Daniels and appeared with her in Bogota, Colombia, at Marian’s Jazzroom in Bern, Switzerland, and at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival with Jeff Hamilton on drums and Peter Washington on bass. He can be heard on Daniels’ acclaimed 2008 release “Jazzinit.”

His fluid melodies, use of space and soaring solos support and complement any soloist and elevate his band’s energy and musicianship. 

Foster’s musical education started with classical piano, but he turned to trumpet before focusing on jazz piano full time. 

Among his credits are accompanying Red Holloway, Ernestine Anderson and Sheila Jordan.  

Concert schedule:

O’Shaughnessy Center, Whitefish

Friday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $29

Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts 

Saturday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets $23, $25, $27, $29 

Whitefish Lake Restaurant

Sunday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets $29, Bar seats $20. Dinner Seating begins at 5:30 p.m. (dinner not included). 

After ticket purchase, please call 862-5285 for dinner reservation time.

Tickets are available at http://SingerandSimpson.com or by calling 406-730-2817.

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