John Colianni to Celebrate New Album I NEVER KNEW Featuring a Swinging Sextet with CD Release Events

Hailed by The New York Times as "the essence of a swinging pianist," and by Duke Ellington's bassist Jimmy Woode as "a brilliant pianist, composer and arranger with exquisite taste," John Colianni returns for his fourth outing on the Patuxent label, I Never Knew. In a departure from the two-guitar quintet lineups of his previous Patuxent releases Colianni shifts to a thrilling sextet format with two tenor saxophonists, Grant Stewart and John David Simon. Guitarist Matt Chertkoff, bassist Ralph Hamperian and drummer Bernard Linette complete the lineup and guarantee an alert, swinging momentum at every turn.

John Colianni CD Release Events:

Friday, April 6th
NYC CD Release Event- John Colianni Sextet at The 75 Club
75 Murray Street, New York, NY, Show Times 8 PM & 10 PM, $25

Saturday, April 7th
NYC CD Release Event- John Colianni Sextet at The 75 Club
75 Murray Street, New York, NY, Show Times 8 PM & 10 PM, $25

Saturday, April 21st
NJ CD Release Event- John Colianni Sextet at Trumpets Jazz Club
6 Depot Square, Montclair, NJ, Show Times 8 PM & 10 PM, $22

Long before John Colianni was acclaimed as the "consummate piano virtuoso," he was a budding musician growing up in Silver Springs, MD. The nearby Washington D.C. area was instrumental-no pun intended-in shaping the youngster's love of jazz. Having taken "a couple of stabs" at big band leading earlier in his career, in 2016 John began organizing a big band, or "orchestra," at the urging of friends and fellow musicians who were familiar with his work as an arranger as well as a pianist. In addition to appearing in venues around New York and nationally, John is also averaging over 40 European gigs a year.

Throughout his career, he has earned numerous acclaims. The New York Times called him "the essence of a swinging pianist, a sudden flurry of complex runs can be finished before the listener is fully aware of what is happening." Among the many accolades he has received, one is especially meaningful to John, since it came from Jimmy Woode, the bassist of his early idol, Duke Ellington. Colianni, Woode said, is "a brilliant pianist, composer, arranger with exquisite taste, great technique, charming, witty, he has much to bring to the table ... and he's got rhythm. Who could ask for anything more?"

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