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Ernesto Cervini

Ernesto Cervini is a Canadian drummer, composer, bandleader, and producer whose projects include Turboprop, Tetrahedron, Myriad3, TuneTown, and leader quartets.

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Career Overview

About Ernesto Cervini

Cervini’s official biography identifies a Canadian drummer, composer, and bandleader with distinct projects including his quartet, the sextet Turboprop, Tetrahedron, Myriad3, TuneTown, and MEM3. The source preserves leadership and co-leadership distinctions among those groups.[1]

The official music archive maps releases from the Ernesto Cervini Quartet through Turboprop and Tetrahedron, then lists co-led trio records separately. A Canadian Songbook and Joy extend the leader chronology without replacing the older group identities.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, drummer, composer, and arranger

Turboprop

Cervini’s sextet centers ensemble writing and improvisation across a multi-album catalog.[1][2]

Leader, drummer, and composer

Tetrahedron

The acoustic-electric quartet with guitar, electric bass, and alto saxophone forms a separate leader project.[1][2]

Co-leader and drummer

Myriad3, TuneTown, and MEM3

Cervini’s site lists the cooperative trios apart from albums issued under his own quartet and sextet names.[1][2]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2015

Turboprop

Sextet leader, drummer, and composer

The self-titled album introduces Cervini’s six-piece leader ensemble in the official recording chronology.[2]

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2020

Tetrahedron

Quartet leader, drummer, and composer

The album documents Cervini’s acoustic-electric quartet with Nir Felder, Rich Brown, and Luis Deniz.[1][2]

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2022

Joy

Leader, drummer, and composer

Joy represents a later artist-led release within the catalog maintained on Cervini’s official site.[2]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Ernesto Cervini on Bandcamp

Stream artist-authorized quartet, Turboprop, Tetrahedron, and leader recordings.

Official music archive

Browse Cervini’s dated leader releases and the separate catalogs of his co-led groups.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Thu, Sep 24, 8:30 PM

The Carn/Davidson 9 (Night 1 of 2)

Jazz Bistro · Toronto

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Fri, Sep 25, 8:30 PM

The Carn/Davidson 9 (Night 2 of 2)

Jazz Bistro · Toronto

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Fri, Oct 2, 8:30 PM

The Anthony D’Alessandro Quartet (Night 1 of 2)

Jazz Bistro · Toronto

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Fri, Oct 2, 8:30 PM

Anthony D’Alessandro Plays George Gershwin – Album Release

Jazz Bistro · Toronto

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Sat, Oct 3, 8:30 PM

The Anthony D’Alessandro Quartet (Night 2 of 2)

Jazz Bistro · Toronto

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Sat, Oct 3, 8:30 PM

Anthony D’Alessandro Plays George Gershwin – Album Release

Jazz Bistro · Toronto

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Evidence-Based Connections

Related Musician Guides

Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and project distinctions

    Ernesto Cervini

  2. [2] Official leader and co-led recording chronology

    Ernesto Cervini