Muorica by Michael Occhipinti & The Sicilian Project

“Like taking a cruise on the Mediterranean that somehow managed to stop in Bamako, Mali, Kingston, Jamaica, and Toronto, Canada.

“Imagine if Sicilian chocolate were music”

Muorica is the brilliant follow up to Michael Occhipinti's award winning "The Sicilian Jazz Project"and creates an eclectic sound all its own. Bringing together Sicilian poetry and folk songs with his own interests in jazz, global grooves and chamber music, Michael Occhipinti has assembled a stellar cast to create his new Sicilian Project. Featuring the passionate vocals of Dominic Mancuso and Pilar and such notable guests as clarinetist Don Byron, and the Cecilia String Quartet, the album is also a showcase for Michael Occhipinti's inventive guitar sounds and his refusal to be defined by any one genre.

Tracklist

1.	AMUNINNI RAZZIETTA (lu Weekend)	5:51

2.	MOURICA	7:30

3.	'A STACIUNI	6:30

4.	LINGUA E DIALETTU (Part 1 - Poesia)	3:56

5.	LINGUA E DIALETTU - Part 2 (u Cantu)	7:25

6.	PIRATI A PALERMO	5:13

7.	FAVI AMARI	5:00

8.	SPUNTA LU SOLE	1:36

9.	SACCIU CHI PARLA A LA LUNA	9:04

10.	THE SOLDIER AND THE SIREN	7:59

11.	CANTU A TIMUNI	3:42

12.	CIALOMI	0:51

13.	MARZEMEMI	7:18

Credits

released June 15, 2015

Michael Occhipinti - guitar
Dominic Mancuso - vocals
Pilar - vocals
Yvette Tollar - backup vocals

Maryem Tollar - vocals on Spunta lu Sole
Francesco Pellagrino - vocals on Cantu a Timuni

Don Byron - clarinet
Kevin Turcotte - trumpet
Louis Simao - accordion
Ernie Tollar - flute
Mark Kelso - drums
Roberto Occhipinti - bass
The Cecilia String Quartet

Produced by Michael Occhipinti and Roberto Occhipinti
Recorded, mixed, and edited at the Drive Shed, Toronto, 2015 by John Bailey, assisted by Taylor Koernohan. Mastered by Peter Letros at Wreckhouse Mastering, Toronto

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