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Roberto Bonati ParmaFrontiere Orchestra: Si erano vestiti dalla festa
by Duncan Heining
"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 ...
Continue ReadingRoberto Bonati + ParmaFrontiere Orchestra: La fòla de l’oca/Overtime
by Duncan Heining
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 ...
Continue ReadingAh-Um Milano Jazz Festival - XII Edizione
by Paolo Peviani
Quartiere Isola Milano 19-24.05.2014 Nei giorni in cui la Milano dell'Expo, con le sue ingenti risorse, si scopriva--(im)prevedibilmente?--infiltrata da personaggi di dubbia moralità, un'altra Milano, quella del jazz, con pochi mezzi e tanta buona volontà, si impegnava per rendere la città un posto piacevole da vivere ed abitare. Giunto alla sua dodicesima edizione, l'Ah-Um non è infatti un semplice festival jazz. Di quelli è pieno il mondo. Nella sua essenza più vera e ...
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