January 5, 2015

As you can probably hear in his music, he's got a lot of influences. The blues and jazz elements are probably the most apparent, but he also incorporates styles from many different regions, including several middle-eastern styles as well as western styles like tarantella. In fact, he would often refer to his musical style as "taramblu," a term he coined in order to describe the mixed influence of tarantella, blues, and rumba on his music. He was a very talented musician and a student of music from around the world. R.I.P. Dino.

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