“Imagine if Sicilian chocolate were music” “Occhipinti has crafted this music with uncommon perfection.” Raul d’Gama Rose, All About Jazz “The players deeply feel this music, bringing it to joyous highs and sub-strata lows, positioned in a hopeful and richly rendered framework… a triumphant recording on many levels” Michael G. Nastos Billboard “This is really why we listen to music: to be surprised and lifted up, stripped of our preconceptions and left breathless by hearing something brand new. Big props to Michael Occhipinti and all the players for taking jazz into a new room.” Bill Bentley - Sonic Boomer Michael Occhipinti’s Sicilian Project has been dazzling audiences world-wide with its intriguing mix of rare Old World Sicilian folk material and a New World mix of adventurous electric guitar, chamber music, modern jazz, global rhythms, and modern grooves. Inspired by musicologist Al...