Results for "Federica Michisanti"

Federica Michisanti: L'Essenza di una Musica a Colori

by Paolo Marra
September 28, 2020

La contrabbassista e compositrice Federica Michisanti ha da poco pubblicato Jeux de Couleurs (Parco della Musica Records) con il suo Horn Trio--Francesco Bigoni al sassofono tenore e clarinetto e Francesco Lento alla tromba e flicorno-- a due anni da Silent Rides. In questo lavoro la contrabbassista romana conferma la sua vena compositiva raffinata ...

Charlotte Greve, Lynn Cassiers, Federica Michisanti & Camila Nebbia

by Maurice Hogue
September 16, 2020

These days no one should be surprised at the quantity of highly talented women instrumentalists active in the current jazz and creative music scene. They come from all over the globe, and this episode casts the spotlight on some with current new releases: New York-based German saxophonist Charlotte Greve (The Choir Invisible), Belgian singer and keyboardist ...

Federica Michisanti, Radam Schwartz Organ Big Band, Jose Rizo's Mongorama and more

by Bob Osborne
August 27, 2020

This week exciting new music from bassist Federica Michisanti whose Horn trio is a band without drums and harmonic instruments, which gives more freedom for an unconventional approach and sound. There's Radam Schwartz Organ Big Band where the leader becomes the first organist to play all of the bass lines throughout an entire big band album. ...

Federica Michisanti Horn Trio: Jeux De Couleurs

by Angelo Leonardi
July 6, 2020

Il fermento creativo dell'Horn Trio di Federica Michisanti (con Francesco Bigoni al clarinetto/sax tenore e Francesco Lento alla tromba/flicorno) compie nuovi passi avanti. L'estetica di fondo è ovviamente in sintonia con il precedente Silent Rides e in parte con Isk (Filibusta Records, 2016), registrato col sassofonista Matt Renzi e il pianista Simone Maggio. Alla libertà armonica ...

A Jazz Immuno-Booster: Part 4

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 20, 2020

The immuno-booster series goes on... Here's another eclectic mixtape bringing you uplifting and soothing music recommended by jazz musicians. The fourth installment of this mix-tape series features selections by Nik Bartsch, Jamie Baum, Carla Bley and Steve Swallow, Alessandra Bossa, Jakob Bro, Moppa Elliott, Federica Michisanti, Chris Potter, Enrico Rava, Louis Sclavis, Mazz Swift ...

Federica Michisanti

Federica Michisanti, bassist and double bass player, studied in Rome at the University of Music school, at the Saint Louis College of Music and at the Siena Jazz and Città di Castello masterclasses. Plus she studied classical music with Maestro Andrea Pighi.

She won the Top jazz 2018 in the new Italian talents category. Top Jazz is the annual referendum organized by Musica Jazz magazine.

In 2019 won the Siae special prize for the originality of compositional research and as a prize she played with her trio with guest Louis Sclavis.

She won the Top Jazz 2020 with her Horn trio, considered the best Italian group of the year and the Top jazz 2023 as best musician, best band and best Italian album of the year.

Forma e Poesia nel Jazz 2019

by Giuseppe Segala
October 11, 2019

XXII Forma e Poesia nel Jazz Exma Cagliari 26-29.9.2019 La passione e la tenacia di Nicola Spiga hanno condotto il festival cagliaritano Forma e Poesia nel Jazz fino alla ventiduesima edizione: traguardo ragguardevole per un'iniziativa che si regge sulle forze di un piccolo nucleo di persone. Quest'anno il festival ha ...

Italian Showcase Festival and Fringe Program, Novara

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 26, 2019

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 European Jazz Conference 2019: Italian Showcase Festival and Fringe Program Various venues Novara, Italy September 11-15, 2019 At a time when the ideals of unity and transnational solidarity that represented the founding values of modern-day Europe seem to be faltering under ...

Vicenza Jazz 2019

by Libero Farnè
May 22, 2019

Vicenza, varie sedi 9-19.05.2019 “Oltre le colonne d'Ercole, alla ricerca di una nuova luna": questo era il sottotitolo della ventiquattresima edizione di Vicenza Jazz, a significare viaggi per mare alla ricerca di continenti perduti o porti di salvezza, viaggi nello spazio alla conquista di pianeti lontani... o semplicemente viaggi nel frastagliato ...

Wójciński-Szmańda Quartet, Dustin Laurenzi and More

by Maurice Hogue
April 17, 2019

The underlying theme in this episode appears to be ensembles of varying sizes and styles. From Sweden, trumpeter Goran Kajfeš' quartet Tropique blends elements of groove, trance, improv, African with a Don Cherry on top in the new Into The Wild, while another quartet, the Wójciński/Szmańda Quartet from Poland, knocks down the walls of same-same with ...