Jazz Articles about Roberto Dani

Roberto Bonati ParmaFrontiere Orchestra: Si erano vestiti dalla festa

by Duncan Heining
July 15, 2025

"Si erano vestiti dalla festa"--They had dressed up for the party. In August 1922, citizens of Parma barricaded the city against a planned assault by Mussolini's blackshirts. They resisted valiantly and repelled the fascists. No fascist passed that day. A few months later, in October, King Victor Emmanuel III appointed Mussolini prime minister. The heroes of Parma were not forgotten and their bravery is embedded in Parma's popular history. Roberto Bonati and his orchestra chose to celebrate their ...

Roberto Bonati + ParmaFrontiere Orchestra: La fòla de l’oca/Overtime

by Duncan Heining
July 6, 2023

Bassist/composer Roberto Bonati is one of the most imaginative and creative composers working in 2023. His past recordings evidence a fondness for literary and philosophical concerns, grand conceits that his compositional skills are more than able to match. A Silvery Silence: fragments from Moby Dick (MM Records 2006) pondered obsession versus conscience, while The Blanket of the Dark, a Study for Lady Macbeth ( MM Records, 2001) explored Shakespeare's -and Verdi's -tragic themes from the lady's perspective. Le Rêve du ...

Roberto Dani: Lontano

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 26, 2012

Roberto Dani è uno dei più originali e creativi interpreti della batteria nel nostro paese e non solo. Lo si ascolta in numerosi gruppi nei quali mette a frutto la propria sensibilità su piatti e pelli, come recentemente accaduto nel trio di Stefano Battaglia in The River of Anyder. Sensibilità che porta all'estremo in lavori sperimentali come questo Lontano, per solo batteria preparata dalla quale emergono suoni sfumati, melodie, richiami, atmosfere sospese ed evocative. Il lavoro si apre con un'introduzione, ...

Roberto Dani (Splasc: Images

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 2000

Italian Drummer/percussionist and here composer and leader of the date simply titled Images, Roberto Dani is no stranger to these American shores while currently touring with New York City based pianist Mika Pohjola and previous stints with Lee Konitz, Tim Berne and others. With this release Dani teams with renowned British vocalist Norma Winstone along with cellist Henning Sieverts, and pianist Glauco Venier.

Dani’s premise for this lovely set of musical tone poems is based upon his thoughts, emotions and ...