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The Owner Of The River Bank
''The Owner of the River Bank'' is a live album by pianist Cecil Taylor. It was recorded at the Talos Festival in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy in September 2000, and was released in 2003 by Enja Records. On the album, Taylor is joined by members of the Italian Instabile Orchestra. The concert was presented in honor of the tenth anniversary of the orchestra. Reception In a review for ''The Guardian'', John Fordham wrote: "Parts of the performance echo Taylor's great concerto performance of the late 1960s, with the American Jazz Composers Orchestra under Michael Mantler. But this music, though showing a similarly sculptural approach to the overlaying of sounds, is less bleak, more vivacious and varied than Mantler's. It displays Taylor's fondness for mirroring his explosive piano playing with restlessly intense percussion. The leader's nervous, mercurial runs and low-register chords contrast sharply with this virtuosic orchestra's softer voices, particularly Gianluigi Trovesi's alto sax and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Percival Taylor (March 25, 1929April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet. Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in complex improvisation often involving tone clusters and intricate polyrhythms. His technique has been compared to percussion. Referring to the number of keys on a standard piano, Val Wilmer used the phrase "eighty-eight tuned drums" to describe Taylor's style. He has been referred to as being "like Art Tatum with contemporary-classical leanings". Early life and education Cecil Percival Taylor was born on March 25, 1929, in Long Island City, Queens, and raised in Corona, Queens. Ratliff, Ben (May 3, 2012)"Lessons From the Dean of the School of Improv" ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 9, 2017: "I recently spoke with the 83-year-old improvising pianist Cecil Taylor for about five hours over two days. One day was at his three-story home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Schiano
Mario Schiano (20 July 1933 in Naples – 10 May 2008 in Rome) was an Italian alto saxophonist and soprano saxophonist associated with avant-garde/free jazz. He was born in Naples. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Schiano recorded with musicians such as Famoudou Don Moye, Eugenio Colombo, Ernst Reijseger, Paul Rutherford, Gianluigi Trovesi and Joëlle Léandre, among others. He died in Rome in 2008. Discography * ''Sud'' (1973) * ''On the Waiting List'' (1973) * ''De Dé'' (1977) * ''Out of Date'' (1984) * ''Redland Blue'' (1988) * ''Benefit Concert to Repurchase the Pendulum for Mr. Foucault'' (1989) * ''Unlike'' (1990) * ''Uncaged'' (1991, with Don Moye) * ''And So On ''(1992, with Ernst Reijseger * ''Original Sins: Unreleased, 1967–1970'' (1992) * ''Tracks'' (1993) * ''Blue Memories'' (with Joëlle Léandre Joëlle Léandre (born 12 September 1951 in Aix-en-Provence, France) is a French double bassist, vocalist, and composer active in new music and free im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiziano Tononi
Tiziano Tononi (born November 18, 1956, Milan) is an Italian percussionist and composer. Biography Tononi taught himself to play drums in a pop/rock idiom as a youth, then turned to playing jazz and classical percussion in his late teens, studying with Andrew Cyrille and Bob Moses. Playing locally in Milan in the early 1980s, he joined the Democratic Orchestra Milano and co-founded the Nexus ensemble with Daniele Cavallanti, as well as the group Moon on the Water toward the middle of the decade. Through the 1980s he played in a variety of idioms with musicians such as Pierre Favre, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Maggie Nicols, Barre Phillips, Dewey Redman, Giancarlo Schiaffini, and Gianluigi Trovesi. In the 1990s Tononi played with the Jazz Chromatic Ensemble and the Italian Instabile Orchestra, as well as in a trio with Beppe Caruso. His Multiphonics Tuba Trio, with Renato Geremia and Michel Godard, was founded in 1997; he also did composition and arrangement work, including the soun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Damiani
Paolo Damiani (born 1952) is an Italian jazz cellist and double-bassist. Performing primarily avant-garde jazz, he has worked with Gianluigi Trovesi, Kenny Wheeler, Tony Oxley, Paolo Fresu, and John Taylor. Damiani has also recorded on the albums of Deep Forest and Bauhaus. Discography As leader * ''Unisoni'' (Clac, 1989) * ''Eso'' with Paolo Fresu, Gianluigi Trovesi, Danilo Rea, Roberto Gatto, Raffaela Siniscalchi, Antonio Iasevoli, Sabina Macculi (Splasc(H), 1994) * ''IS Ensemble'' (Via Veneto Jazz, 1996) * ''Sconcerto'' with Stefano Benni (Il Manifesto, 1999) * ''Mediana'' with Carlo Mariani, Michele Rabbia, Sandro Satta, Carlo Rizzo (EGEA, 1999) * ''Charmediterraneen'' with Orchestre National De Jazz, Anouar Brahem, Gianluigi Trovesi (ECM, 2002) * ''Provvisorio'' with Alea Ensemble (Splasc(H), 2004) * ''Ladybird'' (EGEA, 2004) * ''Jazzitaliano Live 2007'' (Casa Del Jazz, 2007) * ''Al Tempo Che Fara'' (EGEA, 2007) * ''Pane e Tempesta'' (EGEA, 2010) * ''Classiche Musiche Legge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Petrin
Umberto Petrin (born 1960) is an Italian jazz pianist, composer and poet. He devoted himself to the study of the piano at the age of 12. After studying Chemistry, he graduated in Piano at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, where he is now Professor of Jazz Piano. From the age of 18 he took an active interest in contemporary poetry and began a long collaboration with literary magazines, winning several prizes and being a finalist in numerous poetry competitions. Life and career In 1984 he began his jazz career with his own trio. Starting from 1986 he intensified his musical activity, forming a quartet and occasionally performed with the ''Big Band'' of the RAI in Milan. In 1989 he is called into the group of Tiziana Ghiglioni and forms a duo with the trumpeter Guido Mazzon. He tackles free jazz and works on a fusion project between improvised music and poetry through the collaboration with one of the greatest Italian sound poets: Luigi Pasotelli. He attends the most current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebi Tramontana
Sebi Tramontana (born December 12, 1960 in Rosolini, Sicili) is a jazz trombonist most often associated with avant-garde jazz and free improvisation music. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Tramontana has also recorded with such musical artists as Jeb Bishop, Joëlle Léandre, Mario Schiano, and Carlos Zingaro Carlos Zíngaro (or Carlos "Zíngaro" Alves, born 15 December 1948 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese violinist and electronic musician active in free improvisation. Biography Zingaro studied classical music at the Lisbon Music Conservatory fro .... Discography * * With the Italian Instabile Orchestra * * * * * * As contributor * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tramontana, Sebi 1960 births Italian jazz trombonists Living people Avant-garde jazz trombonists Free improvising musicians Italian jazz musicians 21st-century trombonists Italian Instabile Orchestra members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giancarlo Schiaffini
Giancarlo Schiaffini is an Italian jazz trombonist and tubist most associated with avant-garde music, free improvisation and free jazz. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Schiaffini has worked with such artists as Mario Schiano, Lol Coxhill, Andrea Centazzo and also Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. Also, he has collaborated with the Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza. Discography As leader * w/ Gianluigi Trovesi, Daniele Cavallanti, Eugenio Colombo, Pasquale Innarella, Rudy Migliardi, Tiziano Tononi * w/ Sandro Satta & Alberto Mandarini * * * w/ Mario Schiano & Bruno Tommaso * w/ Silvia Schiavoni Silvia () is a female given name of Latin origin, with a male equivalent Silvio and English-language cognate Sylvia. The name originates from the Latin word for forest, ''Silva'', and its meaning is "spirit of the wood"; the mythological god of ... * w/ Giovanni Maier & Michele Rabbia * As sideman * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Actis Dato
Carlo Actis Dato (born March 21, 1952, in Turin) is an Italian jazz saxophonist and composer. His Actis quartet toured worldwide in the 1990s.Stefano Zenni, "Carlo Actis Dato". '' the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld. Discography As leader Carlo Actis Dato quartet * ''Noblesse Oblige'' (Splasch, 1986) * ''Oltremare'' (Splasch, 1987) * ''Ankara twist'' (Splasch, 1989) * ''Badge Boogie'' (Splasch, 1992) * ''Blue Cairo'' (Splasch, 1995) * ''Ginosa Jungle'' (Splasch, 1998) * ''Delhi Mambo'' (Germany, YVP 1998) * ''Fes Montuno'' (Germany, YVP 2000) * ''Istanbul Rap'' (Germany, YVP 2002) * ''Swingin Hanoi'' (Splasch, 2003) * ''Dolce Vita-Musique Vivante'' (DeeDee, 2006) * ''World Tour'' (CAD, 2009) * ''2010'' (CAD, 2010) * ''Sin Fronteras'' (LeoR, 2012) Actis band * '' Son para el Che'' (Splasc(h), 1997) * Don Quijote (Splasc(h), 2001) * ''Garibaldi '' (Leo Records, 2002) * ''On tour (Splasc(h), 2004'' * ''Allende'' ''(Leo Records, 2005)'' * ''Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluigi Trovesi
Gianluigi Trovesi (born 1944) is an Italian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He has won various Italian jazz awards. He also teaches in Italy. Early life Trovesi was born in Nembro near Bergamo in Lombardy in 1944. He studied harmony and counterpoint under Vittorio Fellegara. Later life and career In 1978 Trovesi won the "RAI TV National Competition for Saxophone and Clarinet" in 1978, and the Critics' National Prize for his debut album, ''Baghet''. He won Best Italian Disc for the albums ''Dances'' (1985), ''From G to'' G (1992) and ''Les Hommes Armés'' (1996). Trovesi has toured, recorded and performed with Anthony Braxton, Misha Mengelberg, Horace Tapscott, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Mark Dresser, Han Bennink, Tony Oxley and Günter Sommer. Trovesi is a member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra and performs in a duo with accordionist Gianni Coscia. He teaches in Italy. Discography As leader * * * * * * * * w/ Gianni Coscia * * * w/ Gianni Coscia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenio Colombo
Eugenio Colombo (born 10 December 1953 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian saxophonist and flautist most associated with avant-garde jazz. A founding member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Colombo has worked with such musicians as Mario Schiano, Giorgio Gaslini, Steve Lacy, Bruno Tommaso, Maurizio Giammarco, Giancarlo Schiaffini and the band Area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an ope .... Discography * * * As contributor * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References 1953 births Avant-garde jazz flautists Avant-garde jazz saxophonists Musicians from Rome Living people 21st-century saxophonists Italian Instabile Orchestra members Leo Records artists 21st-century flautists {{flautist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Jazz
Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians during this period believed that the bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz that had been played before them was too limiting. They became preoccupied with creating something new and exploring new directions. The term "free jazz" has often been combined with or substituted for the term "avant-garde jazz". Europeans tend to favor the term "free improvisation". Others have used "modern jazz", "creative music", and "art music". The ambiguity of free jazz presents problems of definition. Although it is usually played by small groups or individuals, free jazz big bands have existed. Although musicians and critics claim it is innovative and forward-looking, it draws on early styles of jazz and has been described as an attempt to return to primitive, often re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All About Jazz
''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near You'', about local concerts and events. The Jazz Journalists Association voted ''All About Jazz'' Best Website Covering Jazz for thirteen consecutive years between 2003 and 2015, when the category was retired. In 2015, Ricci said the site received a peak of 1.3 million readers per month in 2007. Another source said that the site has over 500,000 readers around the world. Ricci was born in Philadelphia. He heard classical and jazz from his father's music collection. He played trumpet and went to his first jazz concert when he was eight. With a background in computer programming, he combined his interest in jazz and the internet by creating the ''All About Jazz'' website in 1995. The website publishes reviews, interviews, and articles pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
