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Is that Jazz?

Silvia Bolognesi

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
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Tracks

Revolution Will Not Be Televised part 1; Madison Avenue; Revolution Will Not Be Televised part 2; Shut ‘Em Down/Conduction Moment; 1980 Impro Version; Home Is Where the Hatred Is; Revolution Will Not Be Televised part 3; The Prisoner; Vildgolia (Deaf, Dumb & Blind); Revolution Will Not Be Televised part 4; Lady Day & John Coltrane; We Almost Lost Detroit; Revolution Will Not Be Televised part 5; New York is Killing Me (encore).

Personnel

Silvia Bolognesi

bass, acoustic

Eric Mingus

vocals

Voice

Emanuele Marsico

trumpet

Santiago Fernandez

piano

Simone Padovani

percussion

Additional Personnel / Information

Eric Mingus: voice & poetry Silvia Bolognesi: double bass, conduction Noemi Fiorucci: voice - lead voice on Lady Day & John Coltrane Lusine Sargsyan: voice - lead voice on Home is Where the hatred is Emanuele Marsico: voice, trumpet - lead voice on Shut ‘Em Down Isabel Simon Quintanar: tenor sax Andrea Glockner: trombone Gianni Franchi: guitar Santiago Fernandez: piano Peewee Durante: keyboards Matteo Stefani: drums Simone Padovani: percussions

Album Description

Is That Jazz? is a project very dear to me. Born in 2023 in my ensemble music classroom at the Siena Jazz Academy, for a collaboration with the Accademia Chigiana in the "Parola" festival, it has the celebration of Gil Scott Heron at its center. Poet, musician, activist, Gil Scott Heron has always been a source of inspiration for me. When I shared his work with the class, it was the same for all the young musicians of this band, who welcomed his music with enthusiasm and dedication. Extremely satisfied with the sound of the band, I decided to keep the lineup active and expand it - including two musicians with whom I have collaborated for a long time, Simone Padovani and Pee-Wee Durante, and a special voice - that of Eric Mingus. I’ve wanted to collaborate with Eric Mingus for a long time, he too is not only a singer, but also a poet. This repertoire, approached with freedom and passion, was in fact the perfect material for our meeting. The band from Is That Jazz? represents for me the ideal community: different in terms of age, origins and experience, but enthusiastically united on the extremely valuable poetic, and musical material that Gil Scott Heron left us. Silvia... Bolognesi ATTENTION: The album is presented as continuous music, there should not be gaps in between the tracks. If you download the record as .wav , FLAC , or Apple Lossless there will be NO gaps in between tracks and the record will play continuously. Bandcamp automatically inserts silence in between the tracks if you listen on the Bandcamp site and also if you download .MP3

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