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Roberto Magris / Big Band Ritmo Sinfonica Citta di Verona: Restless Spirits
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Even if pianist and composer Roberto Magris could have performed Restless Spirits with a small ensemble, he probably would not have done so. Here is the conundrum: might Magris have created this music in a large ensemble because he intended it to reflect a secret narrative that ponders the journey of the soul? The trick is ...
Roberto Magris e Big Band Ritmo Sinfonica "Città di Verona": Restless Spirits
by AAJ Italy Staff
Come si legge nelle note di copertina «la Big Band Ritmo Sinfonica “Città di Verona"..., fondata nel 1946 per iniziativa di alcuni musicisti dell'orchestra sinfonica di Verona, si è evoluta negli anni verso una formidabile formazione jazzistica, condotta prima da Mario Pezzotta e Renzo Nardini e, dal 1995, da Marco Pasetto». L'organico dell'orchestra, che in questo ...
Roberto Magris Trio: Kansas City Outbound
by Dan McClenaghan
Italian pianist Roberto Magris has, much in the mode of American piano icon Jessica Williams, melded multiple influences to shape his style. He channels McCoy Tyner, John Coltrane's pianist in his 1960's rise to jazz stardom, on Kansas City Outbound's opener/title tune. Dense chords and a powerful percussive attack are the well-executed game plan for the ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Roberto Magris
All About Jazz is celebrating Roberto Magris' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Roberto MagrisBorn in Trieste (Italy) in 1959 and began his jazz career in the late ‘70s. In the ‘80s, he led a jazz trio named “Gruppo Jazz Marca", whose recordings were reissued in 2006, as ...
Jason Hainsworth Big Band / DePaul University Jazz Ensemble / Big Band Ritmo Sinfonica Citta di Verona / Howard University Jazz Ensemble
by Jack Bowers
Jason Hainsworth Jazz Orchestra Kaleidoscope DW Jazz 2009 On his first turn at bat, composer / arranger / tenor saxophonist Jason Hainsworth has not only slammed one out of the park with Kaleidoscope but has produced a viable entrant in the big-band Record of the Year sweepstakes. The ...
Roberto Magris: Kansas City Outbound and Restless Spirits
by Jerry D'Souza
Pianist Roberto Magris has scoped a wide segment of styles over his career. His main calling is in mainstream jazz, but he has sailed into several other tributaries, including progressive jazz with Alfabeats Nu Jazz and acid jazz with DMA Urban Jazz funk. Whatever the milieu, Magris plays with a focused sense for development and an ...
Roberto Magris in Ecuador
Italian pianist Roberto Magris is scheduled on March 10, 2009 to perform at the Ecuador Jazz Festival in Quito. About Roberto Magris Born in Trieste (Italy) in 1959 and began his jazz career in the late ‘70s. In the ‘80s, he led a jazz trio named “Gruppo Jazz Marca”, whose recordings were reissued in 2006, as ...
Kansas City Outbound
Label: JMood Records
Released: 2008
Track listing:
01. Kansas City Outbound (Magris) - 3:24;
02. I Fall In Love Too Easily (Cahn-Styne) - 8:38;
03. Iraqi Blues (Magris) - 7:09;
04. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (Strayhorn) - 4:22;
05. KC Inbound (Magris) - 3:25;
06. Reverend Du Bop (Hill) - 7:38;
07. Rainbow Eyes (Magris) - 3:21;
08. Bemsha Swing (Monk) -5:21;
09. Lonely Woman (Carter) - 4:02;
10. Darn That Dream (Burke-Van Heusen) - 6:43;
11. Alone Together (Dietz-Schwartz) - 6:30;
12. Bye Bye Baby (Cahn-Styne) - 5:06.
Roberto Magris Performing and Recording in Los Angeles with Idris Muhammad by PCAMI*
PCAMI* is proud to present, in conjunction with the Italian Institute of Culture-Los Angeles, a new CD Showcase of Kansas City Outbound with a Legends of Jazz Tribute and performance with international jazz icon, ROBERTO MAGRIS Sunday, December 7, 2008 starting at 8pm at the Jazz Bakery in Culver City, CA This historical and classic evening ...
Alfabeats Nu Jazz: Stones
by John Kelman
For those who think that authentic, urban-informed jazz is the unique purview of North American musicians, one need only look to Stones. Emerging from the ashes of the more electronica-centric Italian group DMA, the equally all-Italian Alfabeats Nu Jazz makes music that sounds like it could be coming from the streets of any large American city--or ...
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