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Monday, December 1, 2014
ARA'S CIRCLE WE FUNKYFY AFRO CARIBBEAN BEATS AND JAZZ
Sugar Factory I
Sugar Factory II
Breda Jazz
FANCYMUSIC: Yojo - Yojo
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AROUND JAZZ MUSIC PRODUCTIONS 3 NEW TRIOS FOR FRANCO D'ANDREA new projects on tour 2014/2015
Franco D’Andrea is one of the most innovative and prolific pianists of today, one of the great figures of Italian jazz. D’Andrea, winner of the “Prix du Musicien Européen de l’Académie du Jazz de France” (2010) and of many “Top Jazz” awards.
Franco D'Andrea will take part in 3 trios this coming year, pushing himself even further, moving instruments around and transforming sounds.
FRANCO D'ANDREA "ELECTRIC TREE" con DJ ROCCA e ANDREA AYASSOT
Franco D'Andrea, DJ Rocca and Andrea Ayassot, three of the most important figures in the jazz and electronics scene in Italy, collaborate in this new and innovative project. United in an unexpected synergy, Franco D'Andrea, DJ Rocca and Andrea Ayassot give life to a project that combines passions from afar, different generations and often distant cultural references, thanks to a single, shared curiosity about the infinite language of music. Franco D'Andrea is one of the best contemporary pianists and is a perfect example of the excellent work that Italian jazz has produced over the past 50 years. He stands out for the over two hundred songs that he has composed, the distinctive academic awards that he has received, the hundreds of collaborations with musicians from all over the world that he has taken part in, and the master classes that he has held in several schools and academies, as well as for the many groups that he has fired up with his boundless talent, highlighted once again in this unexpected project that, in addition to the historic producer from Emilia, involves none other than the great Andrea Ayassot on sax. listen to the live performance
FRANCO D'ANDREA "PIANO TRIO" con ALDO MELLA e ZENO DE ROSSI
With this trio Franco D'Andrea embarks on a new interplay of original compositions returning to the formula of the piano trio after ten years. The balance, tone and dialogues change with a general center of gravity that moves towards the piano to create sounds that are not identifiable as three separate instruments. The aim, therefore, is to broaden the sound spectrum, making the listener perceive a wider range of tone. To do this, Franco D'Andrea called upon extraordinary, innovative musicians, as he always does: Aldo Mella on double bass and Zeno De Rossi on drums, for the first time in a trio with Franco but previously in his quartet and sextet, playing a key role in this new group. While De Rossi works more with tone and rhythm, Mella uses the double bass, and sometimes the bow, to focus on the sound effects of the trio. It is in D'Andrea's nature to move the instruments around in order to change the effects and the roles of the musicians. The absence of wind instruments, present in the other groups, again reveals Franco D'Andrea's desire to challenge himself. Throwing himself into a new white space with Mella and De Rossi and playing with the transformation of the instruments, Franco D'Andrea draws new lines and creates original soundscapes.
FRANCO D'ANDREA "TRADITIONS TODAY" con MAURO "OTTO" OTTOLINI e DANIELE D'AGARO
An atypical trio with D'Andrea on the piano together with Daniele D'Agaro on the clarinet and Mauro Ottolini on the trombone. “The band was the fundamental reference point for traditional jazz, which is the music that fascinated me in my early days,” says Franco D'Andrea. “Louis Armstrong's 'Hot Five' band included trumpet, clarinet, trombone, piano and drums or banjo. This combination of instruments, which for me is absolutely magical, still has a lot to offer today's jazz music. This trio contains the essence of the sound of a band in which the characteristic instruments are undoubtedly the clarinet, representing the reeds, and the trombone, for brass. In this context the piano can play a variety of roles thanks to its typical orchestrality. The music develops from riffs, polyrhythms, improvised counterpoints, contemporary abstractions and sometimes sounds inspired by the Ellingtonian 'jungle style.'”
*** MARCH 2016
FRANCO D'ANDREA "TRADITIONS TODAY" special guest HAN BENNINK
in collaboration with: Susanna Von Canon
Franco D'Andrea, DJ Rocca and Andrea Ayassot, three of the most important figures in the jazz and electronics scene in Italy, collaborate in this new and innovative project. United in an unexpected synergy, Franco D'Andrea, DJ Rocca and Andrea Ayassot give life to a project that combines passions from afar, different generations and often distant cultural references, thanks to a single, shared curiosity about the infinite language of music. Franco D'Andrea is one of the best contemporary pianists and is a perfect example of the excellent work that Italian jazz has produced over the past 50 years. He stands out for the over two hundred songs that he has composed, the distinctive academic awards that he has received, the hundreds of collaborations with musicians from all over the world that he has taken part in, and the master classes that he has held in several schools and academies, as well as for the many groups that he has fired up with his boundless talent, highlighted once again in this unexpected project that, in addition to the historic producer from Emilia, involves none other than the great Andrea Ayassot on sax. listen to the live performance
FRANCO D'ANDREA "PIANO TRIO" con ALDO MELLA e ZENO DE ROSSI
With this trio Franco D'Andrea embarks on a new interplay of original compositions returning to the formula of the piano trio after ten years. The balance, tone and dialogues change with a general center of gravity that moves towards the piano to create sounds that are not identifiable as three separate instruments. The aim, therefore, is to broaden the sound spectrum, making the listener perceive a wider range of tone. To do this, Franco D'Andrea called upon extraordinary, innovative musicians, as he always does: Aldo Mella on double bass and Zeno De Rossi on drums, for the first time in a trio with Franco but previously in his quartet and sextet, playing a key role in this new group. While De Rossi works more with tone and rhythm, Mella uses the double bass, and sometimes the bow, to focus on the sound effects of the trio. It is in D'Andrea's nature to move the instruments around in order to change the effects and the roles of the musicians. The absence of wind instruments, present in the other groups, again reveals Franco D'Andrea's desire to challenge himself. Throwing himself into a new white space with Mella and De Rossi and playing with the transformation of the instruments, Franco D'Andrea draws new lines and creates original soundscapes.
FRANCO D'ANDREA "TRADITIONS TODAY" con MAURO "OTTO" OTTOLINI e DANIELE D'AGARO
An atypical trio with D'Andrea on the piano together with Daniele D'Agaro on the clarinet and Mauro Ottolini on the trombone. “The band was the fundamental reference point for traditional jazz, which is the music that fascinated me in my early days,” says Franco D'Andrea. “Louis Armstrong's 'Hot Five' band included trumpet, clarinet, trombone, piano and drums or banjo. This combination of instruments, which for me is absolutely magical, still has a lot to offer today's jazz music. This trio contains the essence of the sound of a band in which the characteristic instruments are undoubtedly the clarinet, representing the reeds, and the trombone, for brass. In this context the piano can play a variety of roles thanks to its typical orchestrality. The music develops from riffs, polyrhythms, improvised counterpoints, contemporary abstractions and sometimes sounds inspired by the Ellingtonian 'jungle style.'”
*** MARCH 2016
FRANCO D'ANDREA "TRADITIONS TODAY" special guest HAN BENNINK
in collaboration with: Susanna Von Canon
AROUND JAZZ
MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
Via della Repubblica 161, 05022 Amelia (TR), Italy
ph. +39.0744.983431 - fax +39.0744.983738
(Enrico Iubatti) +39.347.5744516; (Andrea Scaccia) +39.339.2980936
aroundjazz@gmail.com
MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
Via della Repubblica 161, 05022 Amelia (TR), Italy
ph. +39.0744.983431 - fax +39.0744.983738
(Enrico Iubatti) +39.347.5744516; (Andrea Scaccia) +39.339.2980936
aroundjazz@gmail.com
MoonJune Records new release: YAGULL "Kai"
Dear MoonJune Friends in Music
Yagull's official debut for MoonJune Records, Kai,
finds the band expanding its post-rock chamber soundtrack concept to
great effect. The result is a simmering sonic bouillabaisse, chocked
full of choice ingredients which delectably merge to blur the lines
drawn by traditional genres -- delightfully teasing the palette, while
appealing to an expansive range of music aficionados! The group delivers
twelve songs on this joyous outing: eight brand new compositions; two tunes from their previous album Films, reworked and revisited; plus, two tastefully-revised classic rock covers (Deep Purple and Free). The tracks showcase Yagull's considerably potent stylistic capacity, making for a savory, finely-polished sophomore release.This new effort finds Yagull now launching itself from a duo framework -- with Sasha Markovic being joined by the extraordinary pianist, Kana Kamitsubo -- this most special of occasions is perfectly accentuated by a host of guest contributors; featuring fellow MoonJune international recording maestros, Beledo (guitar, lute) and Dewa Budjana (guitar), in addition to Marko Djordjevic (drums), and many other great musicians. With Kai,
Sasha, Kana & company have embarked on a majestic journey that will
appeal to a broad range of listeners ... and carry them along for the
ride!
Direct link: ==> goo.gl/3GUrgc
$13+ shipping (CD) and $10 High Res Download
Yours truly
Leonardo/MoonJune
Mehmet Polat Trio - Next Spring
New release:
Mehmet Polat Trio - Next Spring
Sinan Arat (Turkey) Ney
Zoumana Diarra (Mali) Kora
Mehmet Polat (Turkey) Ud
The Mehmet Polat
Trio is a spiritual yet adventurous meeting of three masters of their
magical instruments: ney, kora and ud. With roots in the Ottoman,
ancient Anatolian, Balkan and West African music traditions, the trio
welcomes you with its musical authenticity. The original compositions
are colored by daring improvisations and grooves, presented in an
atmosphere of chamber music. The Mehmet Polat Trio invites you to a sincere musical journey from the past to the present.
- Little miracles emerge
with the kora's serenity, peacefulness and softness, the light breeze
of the ney and the evocation of the wind that gives one a sense of
freedom. Babelmed.net (FR)
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nusica.org is pleased to introduce CREI Ensemble
An ambitious project that wants to create a multidisciplinary experiences' network working between the professional music environment and educational places.
An ensemble that plays original music written by Italian musicians who are composers too: this is CREI, “Composition, Research and Improvisation”.
Born in January 2014 and founded by saxophonist Nicola Fazzini, CREI debuted at the second edition of "MusiCafoscari Jazz Fest" in Venice, Italy.
CREI has two partners: Università Ca' Foscari in Venice and nusica.org.
CREI ENSEMBLE
Nicola Fazzini (alto and soprano sax, compositions and conduction)
Ettore Martin (tenor sax and compositions)
Gianluca Carollo, Daniele Goldoni (trumpets)
Federico Pierantoni (trombone and compositions)
Alberto Prandina (French horn)
Glauco Benedetti (tuba)
Saverio Tasca (vibes)
Alessandro Fedrigo (electric bass and compositions)
Luca Colussi (drums)
Here you can find more informations about CREI:
http://www.nusica.org/en/progetti_crei.html
Watch a trailer of the project:
http://www.nusica.org/en/progetti_crei_video.html
The philosophy of CREI explained in an essay by Professor Daniele Goldoni (Ca' Foscari University in Venice - italian only):
http://www.nusica.org/en/progetti_crei_filosofia.html
Some music here (free download):
http://www.nusica.org/en/progetti_crei_ascolta.html
Some scores here:
http://www.nusica.org/en/progetti_crei_partiture.html
You can also find the project on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/crei.ensemble
Jazz papers @ Academia.edu: "Jazz and Emergence--Part One" by Martin E. Rosenberg / From Classical to Jazz: notes on the journey from performance to Improvisation by David Jager
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"This two-part essay inquires into the history of
jazz from Be-Bop composing practices of the 1940’s, to the development
of Free Jazz in the 1960’s, in terms of the concepts of “complexity” and
“emergence” in physics and cognitive science. Thus, it continues my
past attempts at cross-disciplinary investigations, which drift from the
relationship between complex systems and art into the realm of
philosophy, by addressing the transgressive and yet inevitably
complicitous nature of avant-garde art and its posture towards dominant
cultural formations.
Much of my early work on the avant-garde...
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David Jager
This Master's thesis was documented my transition
from Classical to improvisational playing, comparing the pedagogical
methods of the conservatory with the pedagogical methods of acclaimed
Bebop pianist Barry Harris. The paper examined underlying assumptions of
the Western Art Music canon and its traditions through the lens of
German Idealist philosophy, and sought to compare and contrast these
ideals with the pragmatic pedagogical methods of American vernacular
music.
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