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Interview

Michele Giuliani: Widespread Roots

by Achille Brunazzi
May 6, 2010

Pianist Michele Giuliani--born in Baritone--is one of the emerging talents of the Italian jazz scene.

After years of constant experimentation--from progressive rock music to funk and jazz--the 34 year-old completed Roots (Zeitgeist, 2009), the sum total of all his musical experiences, named for the diversity of influences and cultures featured in Giuliani's music.

Giuliani was, at first, a self-educated musician, playing and taking lessons from different professional artists and learning about different geographical contexts like Ethiopia, Rome, Paris, ...

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Album Review

Michele Giuliani / Reunion Platz: Roots

Read "Roots" reviewed by Achille Brunazzi

by Achille Brunazzi
October 2, 2009

With Roots, the young and talented Italian pianist/composer Michele Giuliani leads a new wave of African jazz, achieving an innovative approach to world music.

Giuliani's ensemble magnificently joins different styles and musical cultures together. Africa remains the main source of inspiration, but folk, jazz and blues highlight the group's presence on the beautiful “'Till the End of the World," and on Giuliani's piano solo tribute to Miriam Makeba, “Saduva."

The music of Roots is mainly based on Afro melodies, where ...