Roberto Occhipinti (born March 25, 1955) is a Canadian jazz bassist and composer.
[1] He is most noted as a two-time Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year, receiving nominations at the Juno Awards of 2006 for his album Yemaya[2] and at the Juno Awards of 2009 for A Bend in the River.
He studied music at the University of Toronto, where he was mentored by Joel Quarrington and Dave Young.
[5] Their cousin David Occhipinti is also a Juno-nominated jazz musician.
[1] One of relatively few Canadian musicians who have had notable success in both jazz and classical music, he has also frequently performed as a member of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Opera Company.