The Triodes is a funky instrumental group in the spirit of The Meters, Maceo Parker, John Scofield, Booker T, Monty Alexander, and more modern peers such as Scary Pockets and Vulfpek, where creative sounds and jazz vocabulary meet the desire to make people’s bodies move! The group’s first album Chunked featur
Michael Occhipinti is a versatile, sound-sculpting guitarist and composer/arranger, who has spent decades freely moving between jazz, chamber music, world music, r&b/funk, and anything involving modern guitar sounds. Michael has received 11 JUNO Award nominations and 2 JUNO Awards including the 2022 JUNO Award for Jazz Group of the Year as a member of Avataar. 2022 also saw his duo with Elizabeth Shepherd (ES:MO) nominated for Jazz Vocal Album of the Year. In addition to ES:MO, Michael leads or co-leads several acclaimed groups including The Sicilian Jazz Project, IN ORBIT ( with Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band) on saxophone, and Felix Pastorius on bass), Shine On: The Universe of John Lennon, The Triodes, and the acclaimed 16-piece group NOJO (Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra).
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Check out: “Live at the Toronto International Jazz Festival” “Live at the Vernon Jazz Club”
