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Marco Bolfelli

Marco Bolfelli is an Italian guitarist and composer. After completing his conservatory studies in Italy, in 2015 he moved to Boston to attend Berklee College Of Music on a scholarship, graduating Summa Cum Laude by the following year. His first release Streamflow (2014), featuring ECM recording artist Klaus Gesing on reeds, was reviewed as “a hugely impressive and satisfying affair” by All About Jazz and “a very rewarding listening experience” by Jazz Times. Since moving to New York in 2017, he has played with a diverse number of artists, such as the late jazz vocalist Marlene VerPlanck, and Ghanaian musician and film director Blitz The Ambassador.

Something from Before

By Zac Carson

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Changing Tides; New Beginnings; M's Theme; Same Soul; In Between; Fallen Stars; March of the Fabled; Original B.A.M.F.; Final Move; Five Day Crisis; Signal Light.

Zac Carson: Something from Before

by Geno Thackara
July 26, 2021

While Something from Before is an affair rooted in the immediate past--Zac Carson's pieces are based on snapshots of his own life from the preceding few years, and it was made just at the end of the pre-pandemic world--it is not limited to that “before" by any means. The bassist has a beautifully inclusive style which ...

Streamflow

By Marco Bolfelli

Label: Birdland Sounds
Released: 2015
Track listing: Madiba; 70pic; Nekar; Entanglement; Atlantica; Mood For Crow; Niú; Finisterre; Take The C- Train; Back To The Garden; Taiga

Marco Bolfelli Trio: Streamflow

by Budd Kopman
July 6, 2015

Streamflow is a very strong debut recording from guitarist Marco Bolfelli and his almost telepathic trio partners Simone Serafini on bass and Igor Checchini on drums. Reedman Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet and soprano sax), one of Bolfelli's mentors, appears on four of the eleven tracks. Bolfelli gets composer credits as well for all tracks ...

Marco Bolfelli Trio: Streamflow

by Roger Farbey
April 13, 2015

The scintillating “Madiba" (Nelson Mandela's Xhosa clan name) opens up this set with a cascade of fluidly chiming harmonics. Developing at a moderate pace, it's a haunting celebration of a uniquely inspiring leader. “70pic" signals that the nearest equivalent to Bolfelli's playing might be that produced by virtuoso Bill Frisell, both chordally and melodically with characteristic ...