Results for "Milan"

Luca Missiti e il Questionario di Proust

by Paolo Peviani
February 28, 2024

Musicista, arrangiatore, direttore d'orchestra e docente di armonia e arrangiamento presso i Civici Corsi di Jazz di Milano di cui, dallo scorso anno, Luca Missiti è anche Coordinatore didattico. Ha fondato la Monday Orchestra, di cui è anche direttore. Il tratto principale della mia musica Cerco di scrivere musica che ...

Dino Betti van der Noot: la big band tra suono e racconto

by Neri Pollastri
January 29, 2024

Nel mondo del jazz, e non solo in quello, Dino Betti van der Noot è una personalità decisamente unica: formalmente un dilettante, ha però pubblicato quindici album, molti dei quali pluripremiati; scrive per big band, una cosa oggi ormai rarissima, dando inoltre vita a opere che si discostano dalla tradizione della formazione; dotato di una cultura ...

Lilian Terry: Forever Sisters Of The Soul - Renaissance Jazzwomen

by Kerilie McDowall
December 31, 2023

I was warmly accepted by a giant such as Duke Ellington during his last seven years. He chose to be my friend, demanding my annual presence during his concert tours in Europe as his “good luck charm," and as his sounding board for all the phrases he would dictate to me, to be used later in ...

Un Blues per Riccardo all’Atelier Musicale di Milano

by Paolo Peviani
October 3, 2023

Un blues per Riccardo Atelier Musicale, XXIX Edizione Camera del Lavoro Milano 30.9.2023 La ventinovesima edizione dell'Atelier Musicale si è aperta con un concerto dedicato alla memoria di Riccardo Terzi. Politico, sindacalista, intellettuale di rilievo, grande appassionato di musica in generale e di jazz in particolare, e tra i ...

The 7 Virtual Jazz Club Announces The Finalists Of The 9th Edition

August 31, 2023

The Web Community Prize (direct access to the final) has been awarded to the Polish group Quietet for the Under 25’s Category which presented the song Scand and to the Greek musician Thomas Mitrousis for the Pros & Amateurs’ Category which presented the song “Fax from Fux." Finalists selected by the judges (in alphabetical order): Amateurs ...

Martha J.

Born: June 2, 1964

Still young, she embarked on her journey into singing and guitar as an enthusiastic self-taught artist, driven by an unwavering passion for music.

Her career began in 1986, performing in various venues in Milan and Northern Italy as a singer and guitarist with a repertoire of renowned singer-songwriters and English and American bands such as Joni Mitchell and James Taylor, as well as English and Irish folk music with influences like The Pentangle.

She explored classical singing under the guidance of sopranos Edith Martelli, Mary Lindsay, and Eun Sun Park. Perfecting her vocal technique with the assistance of Andrea Tosoni and Monica Scifo, she immersed herself in the art of jazz through seminars led by luminaries such as Sara Serpa, Sheila Jordan, Kevin Mahogany, Rachel Gould, Patricia Williamson, Jeff Ramsey, and Dennis Montgomery. Additionally, she trained as an actress at the Studio Laboratorio dell'Attore and studied modern dance with Miguel Angel Cragnolini.

Rachel Eckroth trio at Blue Note Milan

by Roberto Cifarelli
June 3, 2023

Mauro Brunini

Born: December 21, 1977

Born in 1977,
he graduated in trumpet at the italian Conservatory "G. Cantelli ” of Novara.

Over the time he collaborated with many artists of the Italian jazz scene including P. Iodice, P. Fresu, D.Douglas, T.Tracanna, G. Comeglio, E. Soana, A. Zanchi, G. Cazzola... performing in prestigious stages such as in Milan the Blue the Note, Dal Verme Theater, Verdi Auditorium Largo Mahler. Abroad he played in KKL Luzern, Blues to Bop stage in Lugano (2013), Montreux Jazz Festival (2014) with the singer Iris Monè and with the ReFunk Band” (2017),“Ascona New Orleans Jazz Festival 28th & 29th Edition” performing with artists coming from the New Orleans area, the American artists Sherrita Duran for her soul band and Stephanie Urbina Jones in a honkytonk mariachi tex-mex show.

In Italy he won the first prize National Jazz Competition in Novara (2004), in 2005 and 2011 is selected among the finalists for the recognized international jazz competition "Premio Massimo Urbani".

He performed in festivals playing with different kind of artists and bands such as the "Musicultura Festival – Macerata", "Film Festival - Locarno" RSI live music stage, "Montecarlo Film Festival de la Comèdie” performing with some guest international artists like Mario Biondi and Caro Emerald.
He plays also  latin music with "La Maxima79" Orquesta visiting the major European cities and participating in an international tour touching Singapore, China, Mexico, Colombia.

Actually the jazz projects under his own name are  the "Jazz Around brasil" and a Jazz Quintet where he plays the style of the Hard Bop era and the last bu not the least  this special project entitled “Trumpet with Strings” a tribute to Chet Baker and to the jazz ballads played and arranged for trumpet, jazz trio and a strings quartet.

Rachel Eckroth al Blue Note di Milano

by Claudio Bonomi
May 31, 2023

The Garden--Rachel Eckroth, Anna Butterss, John Hadfield Blue Note Milano 24.5.2023 La pianista, tastierista, cantante e compositrice americana Rachel Eckroth, definita da alcuni la regina del crossover per le sue doti camaleontiche nel passare da un genere all'altro quasi senza soluzione di continuità, è sbarcata in Italia durante un tour europeo ...

Bergamo Jazz Festival 2023

by Libero Farnè
March 31, 2023

Bergamo Jazz Festival 2023 Bergamo Varie sedi 23-26.3.23 Quarantaquattresima edizione dell'importante festival lombardo: l'ultima sotto la direzione artistica di Maria Pia De Vito, che ha avuto il gravoso handicap di iniziare il suo mandato in concomitanza dell'insorgere della pandemia, che ha colpito in modo particolarmente funesto proprio questa zona d'Italia. Il ...