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Gianluigi Trovesi

Gianluigi Trovesi has accomplished that most difficult of feats, not only for a jazzman, or a musician even, but for any artist. He managed to create a musical world that is instantly recognizable and completely original at the same time. Drawing upon an unlikely and personal combination of sources, and having undergone a growth process in which the usual steps in the development of a musical career were reversed, Trovesi bloomed relatively late as an artist. Yet today his voice as a composer and improviser ranks among those who created the notion of a "European Jazz" inspired by the American tradition, but not an imitation of it

La misteriosa musica della Regina Loana

By Gianluigi Trovesi

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Interludio; Nebjana I; Basin Street Blues; Nebjana II; As Time Goes By; Pippo non lo sa; Fischia il vento; Moonlight Serenade: In cerca di te; Bel Ami; Eco; EIAR: Ma l‘amore no / Silenzioso slow / Tu musica divina / Bambina innamorata / Mille lire al mese; Gragnola; Nebjana III; Inno dei sommergibili; Umberto; Volando; La piccinina; Moonlight Serenade (var.).

Enrico Rava: Five Decades of Jazz - The Co-leader and Sideman Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 23, 2019

After focusing on Enrico Rava's discography as leader, this week we explore his more than five decades of work as co-leader and sideman. The statuture of an artist can be measured not only through the albums s/he has recorded but also by the caliber of the musicians he has played with. There are not ...

Enrico Rava: Around the Jazz World in 80 Years - The Leader Part - 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 19, 2019

Second part of the Enrico Rava special focusing on his projects as leader (click here to access the first part) showcasing his range of interests from the tradition of the American Songbook, to Bitches Brew like soundscapes and Opera. This playlist features his work with the likes of Roswell Rudd, Franco D'Andrea, John ...

Genius Loci, Festival di Santa Croce a Firenze

by Neri Pollastri
October 10, 2019

Genius Loci Firenze Complesso Monumentale di Santa Croce 26-28.9.2019 Terza edizione della manifestazione multidisciplinare fiorentina che mira alla riscoperta e alla valorizzazione del complesso architettonico di Santa Croce, del quale stavolta erano utilizzati due chiostri e il cenacolo. Come gli altri anni il programma affiancava interventi artistici e contributi parlati (la ...

A World of Piano Trios

by Mark Sullivan
August 6, 2019

The piano trio format is alive and well, judging by this disparate collection of piano trio albums (mostly: a couple of them feature a guest vocalist on a track or two). They come from Israel (recorded in Berlin), Slovenia (recorded in New York City), Greece (recorded in Hungary), Boston, and Asheville, North Carolina. Traditionally the pianist ...

Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller, Vincent Peirani and New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 13, 2019

Another week replete with beautiful new releases, and re-releases, from the etheral to the political, both catchy and heart-brakingly gorgeous, from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Happy listening! Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Vincent Peirani “What Power Art Thou" Living Being II: Night ...

Fabbrica Europa 2019

by Neri Pollastri
July 9, 2019

Riccardo Tesi—Patrick Vaillant—Gianluigi Trovesi Michel Portal—Theo Ceccaldi Fabbrica Europa Sala Vanni—Teatro della Pergola Firenze 8 e 9.5.2019 Nell'ambito della sua ventisettesima edizione, Fabbrica Europa—prestigiosa rassegna fiorentina prevalentemente dedicata alla danza—ha riservato alcuni appuntamenti a proposte esclusivamente musicali, come suo costume singolari e d'ambito poco etichettabile. Tra queste spiccavano, a ...

Paul Bley, Yazz Ahmed, Gianluigi Trovesi, Matthieu Michel and tons of great new releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 5, 2019

Accordion players, saxophonists, clarinet and trombone players as well as compelling singers are at the heart of this week's focus on new releases. Give a listen and then make sure to support the musicians and the labels that put out this amazing music so that the prolific jazz phase we live in can go on, and ...

Gianluigi Trovesi: dal solo alle orchestre

by Libero Farnè
June 25, 2019

Non era più giovanissimo Gianluigi Trovesi quando alla fine degli anni Settanta venne alla ribalta nel sestetto di Giorgio Gaslini, che nei concerti lo presentava come “l'improvvisatore che viene dalle montagne." Il sassofonista e clarinettista infatti è nato e cresciuto a Nembro, nella Valle Seriana, dove ha mosso i suoi primi passi musicali all'interno della banda ...