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Wasted Generation: Introducing Wasted Generation

by Neil Duggan
August 17, 2023

The Italian group, Wasted Generation can often be found playing the clubs and festivals around Rome. They usually play straight ahead jazz but their first album Introducing Wasted Generation, reveals a totally different side of their character. This album shows a young band focused on free contemporary jazz, melodic explorations and an avant-garde approach to improvisation. The quintet features Iacopo Teolis on trumpet and flugelhorn, alto saxophonist Gabriel Marciano, pianist Vittorio Solimene, double bassist Giulio Scianatico and drummer ...