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About Me

DAVE RESTIVO is one of Canada's most respected and influential jazz artists. He is a 3-time winner of the National Jazz Awards' Pianist of the Year Award, and is listed in the current edition of Canadian Who's Who. He is well known for his work with Rob McConnell's Boss Brass and Tentet, the Mike Murley Quintet, and legendary songwriter Marc Jordan. He has also performed and recorded with Dave Holland, Jon Hendricks, Kenny Wheeler, John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi, Mel Torme, Pat LaBarbera, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, George Garzone, Howard Johnson, Ingrid Jensen, Christine Jensen, Kevin Mahogany, Randy Bachman (BTO/Guess Who), David Clayton Thomas, Molly Johnson, Moe Koffman, Joe LaBarbera, Mark Whitfield, Marcus Belgrave, Joey Baron, Curtis Fuller, Stacy Rowles, Jane Bunnett, Jeff Healy, Phil Dwyer, Tim Hagans, Steve Kirby, Jeff Hamilton, Alex Acuna, Gene Bertoncini, Phillip Harper, Don Thompson, Ed Bickert, Guido Basso, P.J. Perry, Trudy Desmond, Joe Lovano, Judi Silvano, Dave Pietro, Owen Howard, John Hollenbeck, Ratzo Harris, Sheila Jordan, Jay Clayton, Donny McCaslin, Metalwood, Charles McPherson, Dave Young, Norman Marshall Villeneuve, Memo Acevedo, Dave Valentin, Luis Conte, and many others. Dave has served on the music faculty at the Banff Centre for the Arts and St. Francis Xavier University, and currently teaches at Humber College and the University of Toronto. "...quite simply one of the most exceptional jazz pianists of his generation that Canada has produced..." -Roger Levesque, Edmonton Journal

My Interests

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Member Since: 9/5/2006
Band Members: ERA trio: Dave Restivo, piano Tom Easley, bass Mark Adam, drumsDave Restivo Quartet: Kelly Jefferson, saxophones Artie Roth, bass Adam Arruda, drums
Influences: My important mentors have included Muhal Richard Abrams, Kenny Werner, Jim McNeely, Don Thompson, Armas Maiste, Frank Falco, Dave Holland, Marcus Belgrave, Sonny Bravo, and Stephen Horenstein. Other influences include: John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, Joni Mitchell, Genesis, Dave Douglas, Aram Khatchaturian, J.S. Bach, Oscar Peterson, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Vince Guaraldi, Wynton Kelly, Ornette Coleman, Chick Corea, Bill Evans, Dimitri Shostokovich, Igor Stravinsky, Branford Marsalis, Michael Brecker, Woody Shaw, Bud Powell, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Brown, The Flaming Lips, Aretha Franklin, The Band, Nancy Wilson, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Elvin Jones, Joe Chambers, Max Roach, Cream, Ernestine Anderson, Kevin Eubanks, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Hornsby, Sonny Rollins, Kenny Burrell, Joe Henderson, Joe Lovano, Jeff Watts, Tom Waits, Jimi Hendrix, Harold Land, Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Gomez, Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Steve Gadd, Scott LaFaro, Jan Garbarek, Bob Dylan, Donny Hathaway, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters, Milt Jackson, Ray Charles, Bobby Hutcherson, Eric Dolphy, Don Pullen, Phil Woods, Jackie McLean, Kenny Garrett, The Yellowjackets, Weather Report, Sting/The Police, Stan Rogers,Garnett Rogers, Jaco Pastorius, Cassandra Wilson, Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, Charles Mingus, Lyle Mays, Alan Holdsworth, Chris Potter, Kenny Wheeler, Steely Dan, Dexter Gordon, Duke Ellington, Dianne Reeves, Billy Childs, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Kirkland, Egberto Gismonti, Eddie Palmieri, and Roger Tory Peterson.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Reflections on Brecker

With the recent passing of saxophonist Michael Brecker, many musicians and fans are paying tribute, and I wanted to throw in my 2 cents.I've often thought of Brecker in the same breath as pianist Osca...
Posted by Dave Restivo on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:39:00 PST

Joni, my new CD, and the supernatural force that is Wayne Shorter

If you haven't seen the Joni Mitchell bio-doc.Woman of Heart and Mind (originally produced, I believe, for CBC, now available on DVD), run and find a copy! It's easily one of the most profoundly movin...
Posted by Dave Restivo on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:10:00 PST