Dino Massa Returns to Kansas City in March 2020

The Italian jazz piano maestro, composer and professor Dino Massa returns to Kansas City to teach, perform, and record original music with his long-time friend, saxophonist/composer Christopher Burnett and an all-star ensemble of KC-based jazz musicians.

Dino Massa at Piano City in Napoli (Italy)

Il maestro, compositore e professore di pianoforte jazz italiano Dino Massa ritorna a Kansas City per insegnare, esibirsi e registrare musica originale con il suo amico di lunga data, il sassofonista / compositore Christopher Burnett e un ensemble di star di musicisti jazz con base in KC.


MARCH 11, 2020

Dino Massa returns to Kansas City to perform original music with Christopher Burnett and an ensemble of all-star KC-based jazz musicians.

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ITINERARY

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The Italian jazz piano maestro and composer Dino Massa returns to Kansas City to perform and record original music with his long-time friend, saxophonist/composer Christopher Burnett and an all-star ensemble of KC-based jazz musicians.

Burnett and Massa have written original music to perform in concert at Westport Coffeehouse from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm on Wednesday (11 March) and to record in Kansas City at BRC Audio Productions during studio sessions on Thursday and Friday (12+13 March). 

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The new album is with the ARC label.

Massa and Burnett previously released the critically acclaimed “Echoes of Europe” with a KC Quintet augmented by woodwinds on ARC in 2017.


DISCOGRAPHY

“Echoes of Europe” (ARC2680) available worldwide!
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“It’s an exceptionally graceful album that imbues mainstream jazz with the elegant sheen of classical chamber music.”

~ Bill Brownlee
(The Kansas City Star, Ink Magazine), KCUR 89.3 FM

KC SEXTET

Dino Massa Kansas City Sextet
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The core instrumentation of this ensemble comprises a sextet that includes a rhythm section of Massa on piano, Bill McKemy on bass, and Jim Lower on drums. 

The frontline is comprised of three horns: Stanton Kessler on trumpet, Burnett on alto/flute, and Bill Crain playing tenor/flute

The recording session on Friday will further be augmented musically by The First City Flute Choir performing on one of the arrangements.


MEDIA CONTACT

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Dino at Kansas City television KSHB 41 (NBC) – Spring 2016
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EoE REVIEW by Guido Bugatti, Drumset Mag n. 54, Febbraio 2017 (Italy)

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DINO MASSA KANSAS CITY QUINTET

Echoes of Europe

Recording Artist Collective (ARC)

Poignant echoes of the Mediterranean set to music by Dino Massa, a pianist and composer from Naples. Massa, recorded his fifth album as a leader in Kansas City, Missouri, with the support of saxophonist Christopher Burnett, label owner, who met Massa in 1990 when Burnett was with the NATO Jazz Band and based in Naples. 

Twenty five years later, thanks to Facebook, the two find each other again. Massa is invited to the States for a series of performances with great musicians at venues in the Kansas City area.

Encouraged by the positive feedback they received from these performances, Massa came back to Missouri in April 2016 to record his music in the company of Burnett, guitarist Charles Gatschet, bassist Andrew Stinson and drummer Clarence Smith (plus a few guests on flute and flugelhorn). 

Five original compositions by Massa, plus two songs composed for the occasion by Burnett and trumpeter guest Marcus Hampton, for an album of contemporary jazz marked by a strong melodic vocation and a great formal elegance.

~ Guido Bugatti, Drumset Mag no. 54, February 2017 (Italy)

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DINO MASSA KANSAS CITY QUINTET

Echoes of Europe

Artist Recording Collective (ARC)

Struggenti echi di Mediterraneo nella musica del pianista e compositore napoletano Dino Massa, che ha registrato il suo quinto album da leader in quel di Kansas City, nel Missouri, grazie anche al sostegno del sassofonista Christopher Burnett, proprietario dell’etichetta, incontrato da Massa nel 1990 quando Burnett era in forza alla NATO Jazz Band in quel di Napoli. 

25 anni dopo, grazie a Facebook, i due si ritrovano, Massa viene invitato a raggiungere gli States per una serie di esibizioni con ottimi musicisti dell’area di Kansas City.

Incoraggiato dai riscontri positivi ricevuti, nell’aprile 2016 Massa è di nuovo nel Missouri per registrare la sua musica in compagnia di Burnett, del chitarrista Charles Gatschet, del contrabbassista Andrew Stinson e del batterista Clarence Smith (più un paio di ospiti a flauto e flicorno). 

Cinque composizioni originali di Massa, più due brani composti per l’occasione da Burnett e dal trombettista ospite Marcus Hampton, per un album di jazz contemporaneo all’insegna di una forte vocazione melodica e di una grande eleganza formale.

~ Guido Bugatti, Drumset Mag n. 54, Febbraio 2017 (Italia)

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VIDEO: Echoes of Europe

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ECHOES OF EUROPE: This video features the title track from the album “Echoes of Europe” by the Dino Massa Kansas City Quintet. Echoes of Europe is an international musical collaboration between artists from Italy (Napoli) and the USA (Kansas City). Visit www.DinoMassaKC.com for project details and production credits. Purchase now at Amazon.

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