Walter Gorra and The Walter Gorra Quartet is Among the Year’s Most Exceptional Music Projects Nominated in The 17th Annual Independent Music Awards
April 12, 2019 Award winning pianist, composer and arranger, Walter Gorra of Glenwood Springs, CO was named by Music Resource Group (MRG) today as a Nominee in The 17th annual Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the influential awards program for independent artists and releases. Innovative self-released and indie label projects - in all styles and mediums were nominated by fans and industry panelists in 103 Album, Song, EP, Music Producer, Music Video and Design categories that were culled from thousands of submissions worldwide.
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September 2018 CD of the Month | Walter Gorra Quartet: “In Due Time”
Throughout my fifteen year tenure as Music Director for KUVO Jazz, few of our CD of the Month selections have elicited as much joy and satisfaction as this month’s choice of the Walter Gorra Quartet’s debut, “In Due Time”.
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DownBeat Award-Winning Pianist and Composer Walter Gorra Releases First CD, In Due Time
Award-winning pianist and composer Walter Gorra launches the worldwide distribution of his first CD that blends United States Jazz with Afro-Cuban Music, Brazilian music and the music of South America. It took Gorra two years to produce the CD, but the release on Aug. 1 is the culmination of his being true to all of these influences. Gorra calls it “a snapshot” of his life.
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Student Walter Gorra talks engineering, fly fishing and all that jazz
Like any good Colorado native, Walter Gorra loves fly fishing. It's finding time to pursue his favorite hobby that is tricky.
“I’m a fanatical fly fisherman,” he says. “But most days I get to campus around 8, go to class and work on homework; we have jazz rehearsals in the evening, and then I come home and compose and work on my music. It’s a busy day.”
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