Event Description

This show features two acts.

Act One: Dominick Farinacci and Friends

Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci served as ambassador to Jazz at Lincoln Center from 2013-2015 in Doha, Qatar, working to integrate music into communities around the world in culturally collaborative ways. He is a 2022 recipient of the Cleveland Arts Prize, an honor previously awarded to author Toni Morrison and Cleveland Orchestra conductors George Szell and Franz Welser-Möst. Farinacci graduated from The Juilliard School in 2005, launching his career in Japan with a prolific run of eight albums, later releasing four more globally. He has been profiled in Vanity Fair. Farinacci is the director of the Tri-C JazzFest Academy, a year-round pre-college program of Tri-C, housed at the Gill and Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts. In 2024, Farinacci's newest group, TRIAD, released a self-titled debut album. In his very special way, he will bring together generations of Cleveland artists with national guests to celebrate Cleveland’s jazz legacy.

Act Two: Taylor Eigsti and Christian Tamburr Celebrate Chick Corea and Gary Burton

The collaboration between Chick Corea and Gary Burton spanned over 40 years, raising the bar for the art of the duo in the jazz idiom. To celebrate Corea's birthday and the music crafted between these two icons, Grammy-winning pianist Taylor Eigsti and award-winning vibraphonist Christian Tamburr come together to pay homage to one of jazz's longest-lasting small groups. Eigsti started playing the piano when he was four years old. Growing up in Menlo Park, California, Eigsti was quickly labeled a prodigy and has since released nine albums as a bandleader and appeared on over 70 albums as a sideman. Tamburr is an internationally renowned vibraphonist, pianist, composer and arranger with performances in over 75 countries. Downbeat Magazine recognized him with the Outstanding Solo Jazz Performance award, and he is a multiple-time Critics Choice Top Rising Star award recipient on vibraphone.