Fabio Zeppetella Chitarra
Dado Moroni Piano
Ares Tavolazzi Contrabbasso
Fabrizio Sferra Batteria
VVJ 151 - Prodotto da Via Veneto Jazz e Jando Music
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A new live and CD project (Jando Music/Via Veneto Jazz) born from the collaboration between guitarist Fabio Zeppetella and pianist Dado Moroni, one of the greatest pianists on the international scene. Unreleased music with a strong jazz connotation but with an eye also turned to the typical lyricism of Zeppetella's compositional poetics who signed all the compositions.
Completing the quartet are two giants of their instrument as well as historical figures of Italian jazz: double bass player Ares Tavolazzi and drummer Fabrizio Sferra. Swing and groove are the dominant factors of this project where the energy that is released from the pulsation takes us back to the values and strength of true Jazz and its masters to whom this live is dedicated, including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk.
1. Mr. McCoy
2. Bird
3. Wes
4. Waltz for Jim
5. Monk
6. Lee
7. Miles
8. Trane
9. Bird Bonus
Marcello Di Leonardo
The Magic Box
Marcello Di Leonardo Batteria
Rick Margitza Sax Tenore
Julian O.Mazzariello Piano
Dario Rosciglione Contrabbasso
VVJ 150 - Prodotto da Via Veneto Jazz e Jando Music
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Marcello Di Leonardo presents his first recording project as a leader (Jando Music/Via Veneto Jazz). One of the most appreciated drummers in the Italian and non-Italian jazz scene, for his first CD he calls upon a jazz legend, the saxophonist Rick Margitza (Miles Davis, Maria Schneider, Steps Ahead), and completes the rhythm section with two masters on their instruments, Dario Rosciglione on double bass and Julian Oliver Mazzariello on piano. Recorded in the Casa del Jazz studios, The Magic Box offers all original songs composed by Di Leonardo that will take us on a journey to the 60s and 70s when jazz was the soundtrack of the most beautiful films (listen to the captivating bossa of PicNic to believe it).
1. Picnic
2. The Magic Box
3. Pandance
4. The Smoker
5. North
6. Café Au Lait
7. Doctor B
8. Elsewhere
Vittorio Cuculo & The Trio ’93
I Slept in Central Park
Vittorio Cuculo Sax Contralto
Gegè Munari Batteria
Andrea Beneventano Piano
Dario Rosciglione Contrabbasso
Special Guest.:
Maurizio Urbani Sax tenore (# 1, 2, 3)
Stefano Di Battista Sax Soprano, Alto (# 3, 8)
VVJ 149 - Prodotto da Via Veneto Jazz e Jando Music
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A CD dedicated to the memory of Massimo Urbani, the legendary Roman saxophonist who died prematurely thirty years ago and of his last historic live at the Alexanderplatz on 16 June 1993, a few days before his death.
Thirty years after his death, the same musicians from that legendary live meet again in this CD, Gegè Munari on drums, Dario Rosciglione on double bass and Andrea Beneventano on piano, together with one of the best new talents of the Italian jazz scene, the saxophonist Vittorio Cuculo, all driven by the desire to revive the unmistakable and unrepeatable sound of Massimo Urbani. A destiny that of the young Vittorio Cuculo who was born in 1993 a few months after the death of Massimo Urbani. the album also features the participation as special guests of Maurizio Urbani and Stefano di Battista.
1. Invitation (Bronislau Kaper)
2. This I Dig Of You (Hank Mobley)
3. I Got Rock (Massimo Urbani)
4. Everything Happens To Me (Matt Danis)
5. Solar (Miles Davis)
6. There Will Never Be Another You (Harry Warren)
7. The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kern)
8. Alfie (Burt Bacharach)
Claudio Giambruno Sax Tenore
Andrea Rea Pianoforte
Dario Rosciglione Contrabbasso
Amedeo Ariano Batteria
VVJ 148 - Prodotto da Via Veneto Jazz
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Giambruno’s noble intention, at the head of this quartet, is to bring out the magic of the Mediterranean charm - while keeping in the full hard-bop groove - as well as the characteristics of the Italian jazz traditions which the trio of Rea, Rosciglione and Ariano manage to interpret so well.
The musicians chosen by Claudio Giambruno for this project, a saxophonist with a veracious, elegant and generous phrasing - as well as a warming and pervasive sound - possess precise particularities characterising the leader’s aesthetic taste. As far as the repertoire is concerned, it features a number of original pieces by Giambruno’s lush composing vein as well as jazz classics adapted specifically for this ensemble.
Claudio Giambruno’s “Overseas” 4et represents the sublimation of an evolutionary process of growth and maturity experienced first-hand by the Palermitan saxophonist who, supported by a remarkable trio, aims to ultimately legitimise his artistic career.
1. T1 Lu’s bounce (Dan Nimmer)
2. First time I heard Jobim (C.Giambruno)
3. Gouvy (C. Giambruno)
4. ‘Na voce ‘na chitarra e ‘o poco ‘e luna (Calise - Rossi)
5. Sea Muse (C. Giambruno)
6. You make me feel brand new (Creed - Bell)
7. Thinkin’ before swingin’ (C. Giambruno)
8. Ginza samba (V.Guaraldi)
9. Pure imagination (Bricusse - Newley)
Cristina Renzetti, Tatiana Valle
As Madalenas
Cristina Renzetti voce
Tatiana Valle voce, pandeiro (tr. 10)
Ferruccio Spinetti contrabbasso, basso elettrico
Roberto Taufic chitarre, viola caipira
Bruno Marcozzi batteria, percussioni
Guests:
Gabriele Mirabassi (tr. 5, 6)
Giancarlo Bianchetti (tr. 3, 7, 8, 11, 13)
Giovanni Ceccarelli (tr.3)
VVJ 147 - Prodotto da Via Veneto Jazz e Jando Music
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Among the most active interpreters of Brazilian music in Italy, the two singer-songwriters met in 2013 to combine their voices, guitars, percussions and give life to this unique project, full of freshness and intensity.
With hundreds of active concerts, their first album "Madeleine" arrives in 2015 and positively surprises audiences and critics. For some magazines "one of the best Brazilian records of the year". O Globo (Brazil) wrote: “Pure harmony!”. Album of the week for Fahreneit (Rai Radio3). In their second work "Vai, menina" (2018) the extraordinary guest participation of the great Brazilian composer Guinga stands out, as well as those of the musicians Gabriele Mirabassi, Valentino Corvino, Vince Abbracciante.
They took to the stage of the most important national clubs and festivals including Time In jazz, Crossroads Festival, Ravenna Jazz, Trentino in jazz, Casa del jazz in Rome, Bravo Caffè, Torrione Jazz Club, Piazza Verdi Live (Radio 3), Brasil ( Radio 1).
01. Todas as coisas (T. Valle)
02. Árvore de família (C. Renzetti / T. Valle)
03. Parto (T. Valle / F. Spinetti)
04. Materia prima (C. Renzetti / T. Valle)
05. Mai (L. Rodriguez / adatt. T. Valle)
06. Rosa Laranja (C. Renzetti / T. Valle)
07. Crocodilo (S. Bersani / adatt. C. Renzetti / T. Valle)
08. Fogo gelo (I.Maccioni / C. Renzetti / T. Valle)
09. Pigro (P. Daniele)
10. Baião de Lacan (Guinga / A. Blanc)
11. Vem pra roda (T. Valle)
12. Noite de lua (C. Renzetti / T. Valle)
13. Vecchio amore (C. Renzetti / T. Valle)
Francesco Bigoni tenor sax
Enrico Zanisi piano
Riccardo Gola double bass
Enrico Morello drums
VVJ 146 - Prodotto da Via Veneto Jazz e Jando Music
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Cosmonautics as the art of space travel.
This is the metaphor that Riccardo Gola chooses for his first solo album - to be released on the Jando Music / Via Veneto Jazz label - after years of militancy in some of the most creative projects of the new Italian jazz scene.
As composer and bandleader, he offers us an acoustic quartet but with a strongly hybridized vocabulary.
From the very first listening, one perceives the multiplicity of interests and ratings of the eclectic Roman artist (he is also an illustrator and art director) who manages to mix the African-American matrix with a plurality of languages, from rock to electronics, from African music to contemporary classic.
With him a real all-star band of the contemporary Italian scene: Francesco Bigoni on sax and clarinet, Enrico Zanisi on piano and Enrico Morello on drums.
A cohesive group that through improvisation and interplay leads the listener - like good cosmonauts - on a journey into the unknown.
02. Detriti spaziali (Riccardo Gola)
04. Multiply (Riccardo Gola)
05. Anni luce (Riccardo Gola)
06. Materia liquida (Riccardo Gola)
07. Cosmonautica (Riccardo Gola)
08. Focus on Gravity (Riccardo Gola)
09. Strategie per un’invasione aliena (Riccardo Gola)
10. In orbita (Riccardo Gola)
Brunod, Gallo, Barbiero
Gulliver
Maurizio Brunod electric & acoustic guitar
Danilo Gallo double bass, bass balalaika, flute, toys
Massimo Barbiero drums, glockenspiel, percussion drums
VVJ 145 - Prodotto da Via Veneto Jazz e Jando Music
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"Gulliver" is the second discography record by three well-known italian improvisers, Maurizio Brunod on guitars, Danilo Gallo on double bass and Massimo Barbiero on drums and percussion, who perform a heterogeneous repertoire made up of songs drawn from popular traditions from around the world, and some original compositions, creating a fascinating fluid and coherent sequence as if they were playing a single suite, between jazz, rock, folk, improvisation and extemporaneity.
The three musicians have played all over the world, and each of them boasts prestigious collaborations, prizes and awards, and have been featured in top jazz referendums around the world for years now.
Brunod has played with Enrico Rava, Miroslav Vitous, Ralph Towner, Alexander Balanescu, Tim Berne, Gianluigi Trovesi, John Surman , Daniele di Bonaventura, Dave Gilmore, Elliott Sharp a.o.
Danilo Gallo, in about 2000 concerts, 130 records, in over 30 years of activity, among others, has played with Benny Golson, John Tchicai, Steve Grossman, Enrico Rava, Bill Frisell, Uri Caine, Marc Ribot, Trilok Gurtu, Hamid Drake, Rob Mazurek, Roberto Ottaviano a.o.
Massimo Barbiero founded the legendary Enten Eller, he created the percussion-only project 'Odwalla', with which he recorded 12 CDs (one with Billy Cobham) and three DVDs, participating in hundreds of festivals in Italy and abroad. He played with Don Moye, Elton Dean, Harry Beckett, Hamid Drake, Mino Cinelu, Tim Berne, Alexander Balanescu, Maria Pia De Vito, Billy Cobham, Antonello Salis, Giancarlo Schiaffini a.o.
01. Ethiopian song (trad. from Ethiopia)
02. Scarborough fair (trad. from Ireland)
03. Gaungling san (trad. from China)
04. L’albero bianco (Danilo Gallo)
05. Cerchi-Reine (Massimo Barbiero/trad. from Norway)
06. La carpinese (trad. from Puglia/Italy)
07. Maria Giuana (trad. from Piemonte/Italy)
08. El pueblo unido (Sergio Ortega)
09. Time to remember (Maurizio Brunod)
10. Kurdish song (trad. from Kurdistan)
11. La rete (Massimo Barbiero)
Enrico Solazzo
Special Guest:
Kadir Gonzalez López
Dynamite Mc
Dennis Chambers
Antonio Faraò
Tollak Ollestad
Roberto Gatto
Chase Baird
Lo Van Gorp
Stefano Di Battista
John Peña
Baptiste Herbin
Gumbi Ortiz
e molti altri...
VVJ 144 - Prodotto da Via Veneto Jazz
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After many years of production and record collaborations Enrico Solazzo produces his first album "Perfect Journey".
This album alternates between original compositions and famous covers that embrace various influences and musical styles ranging from jazz, blues, to electronic, all enhanced by the collaboration of 40 internationally renowned musicians such as Dynamite Mc, Dennis Chambers, Antonio Faraò, Tollak Ollestad, Roberto Gatto, Chase Baird, Lo Van Gorp, Stefano Di Battista, John Peña, Baptiste Herbin, Gumbi Ortiz and the very young Cuban talent Kadir Gonzalez López, to name a few.
Enrico Solazzo’s love of creating fascinating sounds with arrangements of great refinement and taste make this album a "perfect journey" to experience listening to every single song..
01. ALGO AZUR (Dario Rosciglione,Enrico Solazzo)
02. CRAZY (B.Barton, T.Callaway, Gianpiero e Gianfranco Reverberi)
03. DEEP (Enrico Solazzo)
04. ANGEL EYES (F. Rosciglione,E. Solazzo,C. Prunas)
05. EL NEGRO CHINO (Ruben Rada)
06. PAINT THE PICTURE (Dominic Smith,Enrico Solazzo)
07. PERFECT JOURNEY (Enrico Solazzo)
08. NOW... THEN (Enrico Solazzo)
09. WHAT’S UP (Enrico Solazzo)
10. ZERO GRAVITY (Fabiana Rosciglione, Enrico Solazzo)
11. YOU’RE MY THRILL (Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare)
12. SEPTEMBER (Al McKay, Maurice White, Allee Willis)
13. CARUSO (Lucio Dalla)
14. LAZY NINA (Donald Fagen)
Luigi Viva e Luigi Masciari
Viva De Andrè
Luigi Masciari electric guitar
Francesco Bearzatti tenor sax, clarinet
Alfredo Paixão bass
Pietro Iodice drums
Giampiero Locatelli piano
Special Guest:
Luigi Viva (voice on track #10)
Giulio Carmassi (trumpet, sax, hammond, vibraphone on tracks # 1, 3, 7, 9)
Michael League (bass, Oud on track # 5)
VVJ 143 - Prodotto da Via Veneto Jazz e Jando Music
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This album contains the music of the concert-tale “Viva / De André “ staged in some of the most important jazz festivals (Umbria Jazz Winter, Südtirol Jazz Festival, Ascona Jazz etc).
On the occasion of the realization of my two books “Non Per un dio ma Nemmeno per Gioco - Vita di Fabrizio De André e Falegname di Parole - le canzoni e la musica di Fabrizio De André”, I highlighted Fabrizio De André's great passion for jazz.
That's why I decided to re-propose his music in a jazz key, relying on the skill of Luigi Masciari who is the musical director of this project.
A quintet, ours, made up of the best Italian musicians and others, such as Francesco Bearzatti, Giampiero Locatelli, Pietro Iodice, Alfredo Paixão and Luigi Masciari himself. Before entering the room, we received the adhesion of two of the most extraordinary young talents of the current American scene: Giulio Carmassi, known for having been part of the Pat Metheny Unity Group and Michael League leader of Snarky Puppy, as well as winner of four Grammys Award.
Luigi Viva
01. Valzer per un Amore (G. Marinuzzi/F. De André)
02. Crêuza de Mä (F. De André/M. Pagani)
03. Il Pescatore (F. De André/G.P. Reverberi/F. Zauli/F. De André)
04. La Canzone di Marinella (Fabrizio De André)
05. Mégu Megún (F.De André/M.Pagani/F.De André/I.Fossati)
06. La Città Vecchia (dedicated to Lyle Mays) (F. De André)
07. Il Bombarolo (F. De André/N. Piovani/F. De André/G. Bentivoglio)
08. La Guerra di Piero (F. De André)
09. Canzone dell’Amore Perduto (F. De André)
10. Fabrizio/La Città Vecchia (2nd take) (F. De André)
Ferruccio Spinetti doublebass
Giovanni Ceccarelli piano and fender rhodes
Elena Romano vocals
Jeff Ballard drums
Special Guest: Rita Marcotulli piano (track 1 and 13)
VVJ 142 - Prodotto da Via Veneto Jazz e Jando Music
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I have always loved jazz, and also always loved the compositions of Italian jazz players, many of whom have been stage mates in these 30 years of my career.
This is where my idea of creating starts, a sort of "songbook", which I hope will help people to discover how Italian artists are loved all over the world.
For this project, it came naturally to me to ask an old friend for help, Giovanni Ceccarelli, at the piano and Fender Rhodes.
On the drums there is a drummer who needs no introduction. I think playing with him is the dream of every double bass player, his name is Jeff Ballard who has gladly accepted to be part of this project.
Last but not least, the voice is Elena Romano, a young Florentine singer and songwriter.
Special Guest of the album is Rita Marcotulli who plays the piano on her song "Vagabondi delle Stelle" and on the River song.
01. The river song (Picco / Romano)
02. The look in your eyes (Pieranunzi / Romano)
03. There is no Truth (Zanisi / Romano)
04. Crepuscolo (Alessandro Giachero)
05. Ossessivostinato (Bruno Tommaso)
06. December (Spinetti / Romano)
07. Aria (Rava / Servillo)
08. Intro Drum (Ballard)
09. Fausto (Spinetti)
10. Meteores (G.Ceccarelli)
11. Passato futuro (Ceccarelli / Spinetti / Romano)
12. Lullaby for Ugo (P.Dalla Porta)
13. Vagabondi delle stelle (R.Marcotulli)
14. Un altro se stesso (Fresu / Romano)
15. Versilia (Luca Flores)