Perugia – to start the week umbria jazztomorrow 10th july with double concert Podiani Room Did brandi younger trio.
Younger, who teaches and has performed in classical orchestras, made her debut in 2011 with the EP Preface and later collaborated with others Ravi Coltrane, pharoah sanders, Jack DeJohnette, charlie haden, john legend and big band of Christian McBride,
He received a 2022 Grammy nomination for the track black is beautiful, His most recent work is titled brand new life And was released in April.
The forty-year-old harpist conducted two long concerts (both reportedly at 12:00 and 15:30, the time I was present).
It’s not easy to attract attention by playing a harp-like instrument that isn’t used much in jazz music for nearly 90 minutes, but above all it’s not boring, even though there are great examples like Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane.
Instead, the American composer hit the target by proposing the opening piece john coltrane Intelligent; Its core is very effective in continuity disturbanceReleased as a single last year – the first part featured a solo performance featuring two of her partners – ration carter E on double bass and electric bass allan mednard to the battery.
The sound of the harp fits well in his proposal, from jazz to soul, while not disdaining pop references.
finally a song Alice Coltrane and a tribute Stevie Wonder Together if it’s magic, Quite a surprise.
at 17:00 Morlachi Theater swingers orchestra to pay tribute to Benny Goodman And Aarti ShawThat is, the era of swing, between the 20s and 40s of the last century.
Training was born about twenty years ago and has carried out various projects ranging from film songs to disney, for the repertoire of Frank Sinatra and of Ella FitzgeraldBut as the name suggests, the main reference is the tradition of the Swing Era orchestra.
performed by leader and guitarist delius baronorchestra, among which Perugion is present Francis Santucci On tenor sax – author of few but excellent solos – he treated us to a beautiful afternoon with the music of a century ago.
Guest on solo clarinet, first time with orchestra, nico blonde And Paolo Tomeleri who delighted us with his solos as well as anecdotes and jokes throughout the concert, such as when he recalled the concert with which Benny Goodman first introduced jazz Carnegie Hall of New York in 1938, expressed regret for not being present… On the other hand he insisted… six months later i was born,
the arrangement of the pianist is very beautiful stephen caniato, Among the various songs performed at the closing ceremony if a dream comes true (If the dream does come true), which an excited Tomeleri introduced by saying “Our dream was to play in Umbria Jazz… and it came true,
Too bad that after only 75 minutes a very enjoyable concert ended without being played again.
always on Morlachi Theaterbut at 21:30, the quartet of fabrizio bosso , Julian Oliver Mazzarillo on the floor, jacopo ferrazza on double bass and Nikola Angelukme on drums – with my project we4,
This quartet released in 2015 Duke together with Paolo Silvestri Ensemble, double live album in 2017 Sophisticated And merry christmas baby, in 2020 we4 and finally in 2022 we wondertribute to the songs of Stevie Wonderwith guest
nico blonde,
In a hot climate, not only musically but also from the point of view of climate, the trumpeter from Turin confirmed, if necessary, that he is one of the best exponents of the Italian scene; There
The tenacity and togetherness of their group enthralled the audience with a performance during which they uttered only short words and, as always, in a continuous flow of feelings and emotions, did not expect interruptions between one song and another.
cover photo by happy colantonio
K Concept Images fabrizio bosso i am from Federico Mastroforti