about the artist

On the Toronto and Northern Ontario music scenes for over 30 years, keyboardist Carlo De Lorenzi has composed, performed and recorded with a diverse collective of musicians and bands. Recent collaborations include performing and/or recording with Practical Blues, Compass Rose, guitar virtuoso Jason Sadites, East Coast Music Award nominee Dave Carroll, the Sons of Maxwell, and Kris MacFarlane (Great Big Sea).  He has also performed and arranged for several stage shows and musicals.

Carlo De Lorenzi has been playing piano and keyboards professionally since he was in high school. His first exposure to music at age four came from watching his older brother dazzle audiences with his accordion playing wizardry. Carlo took classical piano lessons from a gifted and inspiring teacher from age 5 to 16 but became interested in pop and jazz around age 12 - Carlo relates “I always had the impulse to want to learn the tunes sung by crooners on my parent’s hi-fi stereo rather than practice my etudes and sonatas.”

Carlo’s songwriting and artistry bridge the genres of pop, jazz, and world music. His major influences include Bruce Hornsby, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea and Bob James. Carlo ’s songwriting versatility has been captured in his latest recording “four seasons in one recess”.  Converging a community of highly talented, emerging and established musicians, the ten song CD contains a savory and invigorating collection of melodies and rhythms.