Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop
January 7, 8, 9, 10 @ 8:00 pm

Tara Davidson - Alto Saxophone
Joel Frahm - Tenor Saxophone
William Carn - Trombone
Adrean Farrugia -Piano
Dan Loomis -Bass
Ernesto Cervini -Drums. 

Innovative and electrifying, Toronto jazz drummer Ernesto Cervini has energy to burn, whether  radiating it from behind his kit or working on any number of musical and educational projects. With  his sextet Turboprop Cervini flexes his arranging muscles, creating a vast landscape of musical textures,  and moods on which these monster musicians can play.  

Guided by Cervini’s driving, effervescent rhythms, the group’s eponymous debut album jaunts into the  realms of chamber jazz, balladry, hard bop and free jazz.  Regardless of the stylistic focus, the results are  always alluring and rendered alternately with polish and precision or daring excitement. Mark Holston – Jazziz 

Rev is the second album from Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop, and it’s a shoot-the-lights-out blast of a listen...  The group has an infectious, propulsive energy that delivers a power punch without forsaking nuance and  melody... Here and throughout the entire program there’s a sense of closeness and shared spotlight, playing  with, around and through, but never over, each other... Overall, Rev is a bright wave of an album and  Turboprop is the real deal. Turboprop will be on the road in 2018 and I, for one, would love to see this band  live.  

Frank Alkyer – Editor of Downbeat Magazine 

The band features a cross-section of some of North America's finest and most in-demand  musicians; Tara Davidson on Alto Saxophone, Joel Frahm on Tenor Saxophone, William Carn on  Trombone, Adrean Farrugia on Piano, Dan Loomis on Bass and Cervini on Drums. 

The band's sound is reminiscent to the hard swinging Jazz Messenger bands of Art Blakey, although  they tackle a wide range of music; from Charlie Parker to Claude Debussy to Radiohead, plus originals  from all the band members.   They have already toured across Canada multiple times to rave reviews,  and released four studio albums. Their 2nd album, Rev was nominated for a Juno Award, and their 3rd album, Abundance was the winner of the 2020 Juno Award for jazz album of the year: group. Their  latest album, A Canadian Songbook celebrates the music of Canadian composers, and received  critical acclaim across the globe. It was release in the Spring of 2024 on TPR Records.