This show took place on February 28, 2015. See what’s coming up at The Jazz Room.
“clean, buoyant playing…effervescent swing” – Time Out NY
Led by Toronto based drummer Ernesto Cervini, Turboprop is a hard-driving sextet featuring the stellar front line of Kelly Jefferson and Tara Davidson on saxophones with William Carn, trombone, and supported by Adrean Farrugia on keys.
Downbeat Magazine describes Cervini’s drumming as exemplifying, ‘float like a butterfly, sting like a bee’. He’s following in a long line of drummer led bands and Modern Drummer Magazine says, “Cervini recalls such old-schoolers as Art Blakey and Billy Higgins…his robust, magnetic personality fascinates consistently.” High praise indeed.
Kelly Jefferson – tenor saxophone
Tara Davidson- alto saxophone
William Carn- trombone
Adrean Farrugia – piano
Dan Fortin – Bass
Ernesto Cervini- drums
Turboprop plays Enesto Cervini’s composition “Three Angels”