# Dominick Farinacci is a technically gifted and lyrical artist with a bent for swinging: Video

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- Published: 2018-03-03T00:02:22+01:00
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**03.03. – Happy Birthday !!! Ohio-born trumpeter Dominick Farinacci is a technically
gifted and lyrical artist with a bent for swinging, straight-ahead jazz. Born in
Cleveland in 1983, Farinacci first began playing trumpet in the sixth grade.**

Along with private lessons, he gained valuable experience attending the Saturday
music program at Cleveland’s Tri-C Community College. By the time he entered high
school, he was already an accomplished jazz musician, performing regularly around
the city.

As a teenager, Farinacci was selected as a member of the prestigious High School
Grammy Awards All-Star Big Band in California; an honor he earned three years in
a row. Also during high school, he attended the Berklee College of Music Summer 
Jazz Program and opened for trumpeter Wynton Marsalis at the Tri-C Jazzfest in Cleveland.
Based off that performance, Marsalis invited Farinacci to appear on the PBS concert
special Live from Lincoln Center: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong.

Manhattan Dream After high school, Farinacci was accepted into the inaugural class
of the Juilliard Jazz Program. It was while studying at Juilliard that his performance
at another Lincoln Center concert, a tribute to trumpet legends Lee Morgan and Freddie
Hubbard, that Farinacci caught the attention of producer Todd Barkan who signed 
him to a recording contract. In 2002, he released his debut album, Manhattan Dream,
featuring pianist Mulgrew Miller, bassist Chip Jackson, and drummer Joe Farnsworth.
The following year, he won first place in the Carmine Caruso International Jazz 
Trumpet Competition. Several more albums followed, including 2004’s Besame Mucho
and 2006’s Adoro.
 Lovers, Tales and Dancers After graduating Juilliard, Farinacci
remained in New York City and continued releasing albums like 2009’s Lovers, Tales
and Dancers and 2011’s Dawn of Goodbye. He also spent two years living on and off
in Qatar in the Middle East as the first Global Ambassador for Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Short Stories In 2016, Farinacci released his first album for Mack Avenue, Short
Stories, featuring production from industry legend and fellow Cleveland native Tommy
LiPuma.

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