Carfa/Azzinaro Cd release and dinner at Daily Planet

1862 Hertel Avenue,Buffalo NY 14216

06 November, 2021

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Join Azzinaro / Carfa for the release of their new album, Diversions Converging! Show and Dinner-$26. Show Only-$10. Join Azzinaro / Carfa for the release of their new album, Diversions Converging. The new duo, consisting of guitarist Drew Azzinaro and pianist Rick Carfa, plays a unique array of original classical and jazz music. Join them for the show and a dinner of Pasta Fagioli, garlic bread, salad and coffee/tea for $26 or just the show for $10. Doors 5:45 Dinner 6:15 Show 7:00 Rick Carfa has been involved in the music industry for over 40 years and has played with many talented musicians such as the James Clay Band, Duane Durrett and David (Fat Head) Newman from the Ray Charles Band, Bill Tillman of The Blood, Sweat & Tears, Singer-songwriter Jay Dref, Rock Voices of New York, his own bands Tocar, Visiting King, Grey Sector and has toured with Proclaim International throughout Europe. He has also recorded with several artists worldwide and has released 8 of his own albums which he arranged and produced. Rick has performed all over the world, including the Monterey Jazz Festival, the San Diego Jazz Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival, the North Sea Jazz Festival, the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah and has toured Europe many times over. Guitarist/Musical Artist Drew Azzinaro has been a staple of the WNY music scene for over a decade. He currently splits his time between being a full time performer in WNY and NYC and being a musical educator. He has been awarded “Best Jazz Guitarist 2019 and 2016” from the Buffalo Jazz Polls, 3rd best guitarist in WNY from the the WNY music awards in 2014, the “Jazz Buffalo Mention for Best Guitarist 2015” along with many awards for his bands and projects. His bands have been seen opening for many national and international acts such as Gregg Allman, Debbie Davies, Devon Allman ,The BPO, T-Pain etc…While completing both his associates from NCCC and his Bachelors in Classical guitar studies at Fredonia he was the recipient of many awards and scholarships including Fredonia’s first ever Jazz Scholarship. He is currently the Music Director and an instructor at Planet Music School and teaches guitar for In School Music while doing clinics and seminars at colleges and high schools for their jazz bands and guitar ensembles. When not teaching you can see him performing almost any day in clubs and concerts halls around the WNY or NYC area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ28v01rG4s