JAZZ

30 ANNI FUORI TEMPO - LP + GOLD CD + FILE HD

€ 60,90 € 49,90

30 ANNI FUORI TEMPO AUDIOPHILE VINYL - LIMITED EDITION CON FILE MASTER HD + GOLD CD   THE METRONOMES: Francesco Michielin, voice, kazoo, chorus, "vocal trumpet" Carlo Piccoli, piano, chorus Stefano Fedato, drums, chorus   Now it is a wedding dress shop, but in 1994 the music roared in the legendary Bar Dolomiti of Conegliano. Francesco Michielin, Carlo Piccoli and Stefano Fedato still did not know that for the next six (six!) years they would step on the stages of the Italian music scene under the timeless name of Metronomes. Who, that evening thirty years ago, had the privilege of witnessing the birth of this group can boast of having witnessed an event of inestimable rarity and importance, equal perhaps only to the discovery of America or the passage of the comet Hale-Bopp. And in fact I boast, I boast. And while I boast, I insert into my old CD player their new album: "Trent'anni fuori tempo". After thirteen years of the release of the wonderful "Adamo, Let’s Swing!" , the Metronomes are back with this beautiful anthology of their record production from 1997 to the most recent times. Then, with the insertion of four new pieces, the album acquires new life and shows us how these eternal guys are good or bad remained the same as those who, thirty years ago, gathered at the Bar Dolomiti. Of them everything has been said and written. The story of their spectacular live performances moves on the tightline that separates reality from true legend. It is said, for example, that the singer, sumptuous vocalist with a goatee-like head as a horse - I saw him a few weeks ago dressing up in a wig and glasses while he was monkey-ing Elvis - is actually a very precise maniac of order. They say he keeps all the lyrics of the songs, written by himself, in ten huge volumes that he carries with him at the concerts. They also saw him assemble a complicated device called "portaspritz" without which he does not face the concert. They also say that the drummer, once playing As Time Goes By, gave such a speed to the swing rhythm that it made the chopsticks smoke (fortunately the innkeeper had the fire extinguisher and behind him a thorough training in safety in the event of fire). For him these years don’t seem to be past, he always shows thirty years old, has all his hair and not one white (the other two jealous metronomes say that he dyes them), but especially while playing at hell rhythms he smiles and enjoys himself like a child. The pianist, who uses his left hand as a double bass, is also a strange guy. Someone tells that you sound exclusively moved by your ear (one ear only moving ten fingers? But what kind of prodigy is this?). He doesn’t try or study the songs, but if you ask him for a song, he can play it with the precision of a jukebox. And while he plays, he beats his feet and always waves out of time: it remains a mystery how the song goes to time while he follows who knows what other internal rhythm. From 20 April 1994, several barrels of red wine have passed through the burning uvula of the singer Francesco, and black and white keys under Carlo’s fingers, and calluses and chopsticks in Stefano’s hands. Yet, the legend of the Metronomes continues to amaze us, make us laugh and beat our feet under the table. Franco Ceci Colpis  

30 ANNI FUORI TEMPO - GOLD CD

€ 21,90

30 ANNI FUORI TEMPO GOLD CD   THE METRONOMES: Francesco Michielin, voice, kazoo, chorus, "vocal trumpet" Carlo Piccoli, piano, chorus Stefano Fedato, drums, chorus Now it is a wedding dress shop, but in 1994 the music roared in the legendary Bar Dolomiti of Conegliano. Francesco Michielin, Carlo Piccoli and Stefano Fedato still did not know that for the next six (six!) years they would step on the stages of the Italian music scene under the timeless name of Metronomes. Who, that evening thirty years ago, had the privilege of witnessing the birth of this group can boast of having witnessed an event of inestimable rarity and importance, equal perhaps only to the discovery of America or the passage of the comet Hale-Bopp. And in fact I boast, I boast. And while I boast, I insert into my old CD player their new album: "Trent'anni fuori tempo". After thirteen years of the release of the wonderful "Adamo, Let’s Swing!" , the Metronomes are back with this beautiful anthology of their record production from 1997 to the most recent times. Then, with the insertion of four new pieces, the album acquires new life and shows us how these eternal guys are good or bad remained the same as those who, thirty years ago, gathered at the Bar Dolomiti. Of them everything has been said and written. The story of their spectacular live performances moves on the tightline that separates reality from true legend. It is said, for example, that the singer, sumptuous vocalist with a goatee-like head as a horse - I saw him a few weeks ago dressing up in a wig and glasses while he was monkey-ing Elvis - is actually a very precise maniac of order. They say he keeps all the lyrics of the songs, written by himself, in ten huge volumes that he carries with him at the concerts. They also saw him assemble a complicated device called "portaspritz" without which he does not face the concert. They also say that the drummer, once playing As Time Goes By, gave such a speed to the swing rhythm that it made the chopsticks smoke (fortunately the innkeeper had the fire extinguisher and behind him a thorough training in safety in the event of fire). For him these years don’t seem to be past, he always shows thirty years old, has all his hair and not one white (the other two jealous metronomes say that he dyes them), but especially while playing at hell rhythms he smiles and enjoys himself like a child. The pianist, who uses his left hand as a double bass, is also a strange guy. Someone tells that you sound exclusively moved by your ear (one ear only moving ten fingers? But what kind of prodigy is this?). He doesn’t try or study the songs, but if you ask him for a song, he can play it with the precision of a jukebox. And while he plays, he beats his feet and always waves out of time: it remains a mystery how the song goes to time while he follows who knows what other internal rhythm. From 20 April 1994, several barrels of red wine have passed through the burning uvula of the singer Francesco, and black and white keys under Carlo’s fingers, and calluses and chopsticks in Stefano’s hands. Yet, the legend of the Metronomes continues to amaze us, make us laugh and beat our feet under the table. Franco Ceci Colpis

30 ANNI FUORI TEMPO - AUDIOPHILE VINYL

€ 39,00

30 ANNI FUORI TEMPO AUDIOPHILE VINYL - LIMITED EDITION CON FILE MASTER HD   THE METRONOMES: Francesco Michielin, voice, kazoo, chorus, "vocal trumpet" Carlo Piccoli, piano, chorus Stefano Fedato, drums, chorus PREZZO SCONTATO A 35€ PER LA PREVENDITA (Consegne previste dal 17 MARZO)   Now it is a wedding dress shop, but in 1994 the music roared in the legendary Bar Dolomiti of Conegliano. Francesco Michielin, Carlo Piccoli and Stefano Fedato still did not know that for the next six (six!) years they would step on the stages of the Italian music scene under the timeless name of Metronomes. Who, that evening thirty years ago, had the privilege of witnessing the birth of this group can boast of having witnessed an event of inestimable rarity and importance, equal perhaps only to the discovery of America or the passage of the comet Hale-Bopp. And in fact I boast, I boast. And while I boast, I insert into my old CD player their new album: "Trent'anni fuori tempo". After thirteen years of the release of the wonderful "Adamo, Let’s Swing!" , the Metronomes are back with this beautiful anthology of their record production from 1997 to the most recent times. Then, with the insertion of four new pieces, the album acquires new life and shows us how these eternal guys are good or bad remained the same as those who, thirty years ago, gathered at the Bar Dolomiti. Of them everything has been said and written. The story of their spectacular live performances moves on the tightline that separates reality from true legend. It is said, for example, that the singer, sumptuous vocalist with a goatee-like head as a horse - I saw him a few weeks ago dressing up in a wig and glasses while he was monkey-ing Elvis - is actually a very precise maniac of order. They say he keeps all the lyrics of the songs, written by himself, in ten huge volumes that he carries with him at the concerts. They also saw him assemble a complicated device called "portaspritz" without which he does not face the concert. They also say that the drummer, once playing As Time Goes By, gave such a speed to the swing rhythm that it made the chopsticks smoke (fortunately the innkeeper had the fire extinguisher and behind him a thorough training in safety in the event of fire). For him these years don’t seem to be past, he always shows thirty years old, has all his hair and not one white (the other two jealous metronomes say that he dyes them), but especially while playing at hell rhythms he smiles and enjoys himself like a child. The pianist, who uses his left hand as a double bass, is also a strange guy. Someone tells that you sound exclusively moved by your ear (one ear only moving ten fingers? But what kind of prodigy is this?). He doesn’t try or study the songs, but if you ask him for a song, he can play it with the precision of a jukebox. And while he plays, he beats his feet and always waves out of time: it remains a mystery how the song goes to time while he follows who knows what other internal rhythm. From 20 April 1994, several barrels of red wine have passed through the burning uvula of the singer Francesco, and black and white keys under Carlo’s fingers, and calluses and chopsticks in Stefano’s hands. Yet, the legend of the Metronomes continues to amaze us, make us laugh and beat our feet under the table. Franco Ceci Colpis

JAZZ

€ 49,00

JAZZ AUDIOPHILE VINYL - LIMITED EDITION CON FILE MASTER HD Pietro Ballestrero, Gianni Basso, Stefano Bertoli, Paolo Birro, Fabrizio Bosso, Gianni Coscia, Paolo Fresu, Giorgio Gaslini, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Sandro Gibellini, Lucia Minetti, Gabriele Mirabassi, Mauro Negri, Stefano Profeta, Royal Big Band, Sax Four Fun, Markus Stockhausen, Tiger Dixie Band, Gianluigi Trovesi. It is always difficult to make a collection of musical pieces, even though they belong to the same genre; and it is even more so if he who has to do it is the one who wanted them, produced them, recorded them: that is someone who finally considers himself divided between the role of "dad" and "co-author", in this case myself who is writing these short notes. The difficulty is in choosing songs that make sense one after another, but also in having to exclude, for physical lack of space, many others no less beautiful, no less interesting. Also in the awareness of where to leave out with the heartache so many wonderful musicians to whom, I always feel tied by an indissoluble tie for the common passion that has united us in loving the music we propose. It is therefore for this reason that every collection I make has implicitly, alongside the title, that fundamental definition which can only be "Volume 1". In the belief that sooner or later other volumes will follow, because it is really impossible for me to draw up a ranking of merit among the many songs, all of them, I have produced in 30 years of career. And here comes the fundamental note that I realized especially in the last few years, which is that ALL my productions, for me, are absolutely equivalent: they are all on the same level. Because I always made an incredible selection BEFORE going into production, and once the journey started with the chosen musicians, It was always clear that the work could not have become a pearl of a very long necklace that today counts altogether eighty-eight. Jazz, according to me, or according to Velut Luna, has always meant research and tradition, warmth and humanity, immediacy and symbol of the unspeakable "Hic et Nunc" of the moment of recordings, which have all been made in direct take, without editing cuts, Often mixed directly on stereo master. Listening to these songs again, one by one, I relived the atmosphere, in the broadest possible sense, of those unrepeatable moments: after all, recording is a way to travel back in time every time I listen to it. The musicians and I are lucky people, to have received the privilege of living these emotions difficult to tell in words, but I hope they can be at least a little 'conveyed by the sound tracks left in the grooves of the records. Forever and ever. Thank you all, Marco Lincetto I dedicate this project to my friend Giorgio Gaslini, who left us too soon, 11 years ago

VELUT LUNA'S JAZZ

€ 90,00 € 45,00

VELUT LUNA'S JAZZ Straordinaria offerta a solo 45€ 5 CD dedicati alle produzioni Velut Luna JAZZ SPEDIZIONE GRATUITA I CD proposti in quest'offerta sono: (clicca sopra al titolo per aprire la pagina del prodotto)   Stick To Duke CVLD345 LATIN JAZZ BAND CVLD349 KURT! CVLD336 KD CVLD331 AT TIME IT IS CVLD307  

SE POTESSI AVERE... (LP 180gr. su Top Clear Vinyl + File HD)

€ 49,00

Patrick Trentini conductor / Giuliana Beberi vocal / alto, tenor saxes / Luca Merlini vocal 24 Bit / 96 kHz / 24 tracks Original Recording: Studio Magister Sala A on April 8, 9 - 2004 Preganziol, Treviso (Italy) "Se potessi avere" an orchestra of the 40s still playing today. Songs from our italian memories: Mille lire al mese, Parlami d'Amore Mariù, Ba Ba Baciami Piccina, Ma l'Amore No, La Strada nel Bosco and many others presented exactly like they were by Giuliana Beberi and Luca Merlini with the New Project Orchestra directed by Patrick Trentini.

These Foolish Things | Cheryl Porter - Masterclone 24K GOLD CD

€ 69,00

These Foolish Things - CHERYL PORTER individually made one by one Only 40 pieces available on Gold 24K CD! Masterclone 24K GOLD CD Cheryl Porter, voice Kyle Gregory, trumpet and flugelhorn Paolo Birro, Grandpiano Salvatore Maiore, doublebass Roberto Dani, drums 4 tracks 24bit / 96kHz “live in studio” original recording at Auditorium Pollini, Padova, on August, 27 – 28, 2001 using the fabolous NAGRA DII Production: Marco Lincetto for VELUT LUNA Recording, mix and mastering: Marco Lincetto Nagra technical consultant on stage: Maurizio Argentieri Design and Layout: L’Image Cover photo: Diego Landi Analog remix and remastering made by Marco Lincetto at MLStudio in Naquera (Spain) on May, 2024

ELLE: American Songbook - Masterclone 24K GOLD CD

€ 69,00

ELLE: American Songbook individually made one by one Only 40 pieces available on Gold 24K CD! Masterclone 24K GOLD CD The magical encounter between an inspired Giorgio Gaslini and a young but already established and appreciated singer. Standards that have made the history of jazz sung as Over the Rainbow, Smoke gets in your Eyes, It’s only a Paper Moon, My Funny Valentine, I loves you Porgy, You go to my head. Exceptional guests were Roberto Dani, Domenico Nordio and the Tiger Dixie Band.  

ROBERTO JONATA SPECIAL BOX

€ 61,90 € 33,00

ROBERTO JONATA SPECIAL BOX SOLO 10 BOX  “Shape”, un concept album ispirato ad Andrea Palladio, il grande architetto. Il pianista ci porta in un viaggio emozionale nel mondo di Andrea Palladio e delle sue opere, attraverso il suono evocativo del pianoforte. “Infinity” Dodici brani inediti per pianoforte solo, sbocciati da un cammino introspettivo dell’artista che dedica l’intero album alla musica, come concept universale e messaggio perenne. “Colors” contiene brani composti dallo stesso artista che attinge dalle sonorità proprie della “new classic”, influenzata dal minimalismo romantico che lo contraddistingue. ROBERTO JONATA DIGITAL SPECIAL DIGITAL (versione digitale) SHAPE INFINITY COLORS

Double Time - GOLD CD

€ 21,90

Double Time (GOLD CD) Oscar Del Barba, Piano Solo Inside this CD there are some recordings that concern two different moments of my musical life. Tracks 1 to 5 were recorded in 2018 and the next four in 2012. The first ones are about very famous songs, “classical” standards of jazz while the other pieces are my compositions and two improvisations, not based on a pre-existing theme. So two important aspects of the musical vision of a jazz player: the improvisational aspect and the one related to the composition that often intertwine and coexist not always in a “peaceful” way. I mean, the two things inside me have always been a little conflicted, but in the end, one cannot exist without the other. A special thanks to my family that bears me and supports me for years; a big thanks to Luca Remelli without which this cd could not have been released; thanks to Marco Lincetto for his work and his role as a cultural popularizer, always attentive to the quality of its productions. Thanks to Giancarlo Roberti, to all those who have made me grow musically until today. Oscar Del Barba HD MASTER FILE: HERE

Gira l'anima (GOLD CD)

€ 21,90

Gira l'anima (GOLD CD) Tiziana Cappellino, voice and piano Pietro Ballestrero, guitars Two artists with a very personal style and a strong sensibility. The passion for the musicality and rhythms of Brazil on the one hand and the vitality of jazz on the other gives rise to a meeting in which voice, guitar and piano are intertwined creating fresh arrangements, contamination of styles and worlds. Refined harmonies and improvisation are inextricably linked to the search for the beauty and simplicity of the melodies, be they instrumental, where the sung parts are vocalized without a text, or through real poems, verses put into music. The voice of Cappelino, a Steinway Concert Grand, that has almost a century and the acoustic guitars of Ballestrero, enhanced by the exceptional fidelity of the recording of Marco Lincetto, as usual captured strictly live in the studio, lead the listener on a journey through the different souls that fascinate the authors. From their original songs to themes of great composers such as Pat Metheny or Egberto Gismonti, interspersed with real Brazilian songs with the text translated into Italian, a piece of Noa, and in closing the beautiful "Cara" by Lucio Dalla.

Two For The Road

€ 49,00

Two For The Road (LP 180 GR + CD* + FILE HD*) Chiara Pastò, Francesco Pollon *CD (NO JEWEL BOX) and HD files are inside the vinyl. THE BEST YOUTH by Marco Lincetto Chiara Pastò finally arrives to make a Jazz record. At the fourth album, all made with my label Velut Luna and with me as a producer, the young, brilliant singer from Padova now faces in the height of his artistic and vocal maturity his "territory of choice" to which he has worked throughout his academic career and has practiced on many concert occasions. The repertoire of this record presents some famous standards, such as the title track or Round Midnight, but also a very original excursion in the famous song of Astor Piazzolla, Libertango, to which Chiara herself gives a fascinating new text. And then his original song, written with Enrico Santacatterina, Just A Smile, which is a workhorse of his pop area, so to speak, today reinterpreted in a jazz standard style. A complete and mature album, which is exalted by the pianistic wisdom, by the refined taste, seasoned by an admirable technique of Francesco Pollon, perhaps the most representative Italian jazz pianist of the young generation, who currently lives and works in New York, after earning a prestigious master’s degree there at the Manhattan School of Music - Jazz Arts. In short... The young, great musicians, still exist, and more than ever, in Italy: just give them the space they deserve!  

Stick To Duke

€ 18,00

01 - Medley, 4:07 Night Time,  Edward Kennedy Ellington, Doris Julian, Billy Strayhorn Azure, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Irving Mills   02 - La plus belle Africaine, 6:05 Edward Kennedy Ellington   03 - Medley, 4:07 Dancers in Love, Edward Kennedy Ellington Jump for Joy, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Sid Kuller, Paul Francis Webster   04 - The Star Crossed Lovers, 3:26 Edward Kennedy Ellington, Billy Strayhorn   05 - Medley, 5:54 Pyramid, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol Moonlight Fiesta, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol   06 - Awful Sad, 3:52 Edward Kennedy Ellington   07 - Fleurette Africaine, 3:56 Edward Kennedy Ellington   08 - Echoes of Harlem, 2:13 Edward Kennedy Ellington   09 - Pitter Panther Patter, 2:59 Edward Kennedy Ellington   10 - Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love, 4:10 Charles Mingus   Total Time, 40:55   SELFIE JUNGLE Federico Zaltron, violino Caterina Salizzato, violoncello Glauco Benedetti, tuba Federico Pierantoni, trombone Marcello Abate, chitarra   24bit / 88.2kHz original live-in-studio recording made at San Giacomo Spazio d'Arte Albignasego, Italia, on April, 30th, 2022     Production: VELUT LUNA Executive producer: Marco Lincetto Musical Producer: Marco Lincetto Balance, mix and mastering engineer: Marco Lincetto Pro Tools operator: Cristiano Zatta Video maker: Michele Zangrossi Cover art: Michele Bertoldi Design and Layout: L'Image   Selfie Jungle è un quintetto che onora e stravolge la musica dell’orchestra di Duke Ellington. Registrato con la tecnica del live-in-studio alla presenza di una manciata di selezionati ascoltatori, questo disco si avvale di un suono caratterizzato da straordinaria presenza e plasticità, con un'immagine sonora incredibilmente aderente alla realtà dell'esecuzione, di cui sopra potete vedere un'esauriente immagine fotografica. Timbrica, Immagine e Dinamica ai massimi livelli, per un disco imperdibile per ogni appassionato di grande musica, anche straordinariamente incisa. Selfie Jungle Quintet  pay  honor, but also upset the music of the Duke Ellington's Orchestra.  

LATIN JAZZ BAND -2022 Masterclone Gold 24K

€ 69,00

VERSIONE: CD industriale + CD.r Gold 24K Masterclone Production: VELUT LUNA Musical production: Renzo De Rossi & Marco Lincetto Recording engineer: Marco Lincetto Mix engineers: Marco Lincetto & Matteo Costa Mastering engineer: Marco Lincetto Design and layout: L'Image   E’ una questione di “tiro”… questo il traguardo da raggiungere ! Latin Jazz Band è un gruppo orchestrale di derivazione bandistica che ha saputo modificarsi nel corso del tempo migliorando tecnicamente e cambiando così il modo di concepire e di interpretare la musica. Costituito da strumentisti che si sono formati all’interno della scuola di musica di Tezze sul Brenta e dai loro insegnanti, il gruppo, coadiuvato dalla guida attenta e appassionata del Maestro - nonché apprezzato pianista e sassofonista jazz - Renzo De Rossi, in questo lavoro ha saputo fondere sound e ritmi tipicamente latini & jazz presentando nel suo primo CD un repertorio gradevole ed accattivante.   It's a question of... "Groove"! Latin Jazz Band is a real true latin jazz big band (over than fifty musicians), born from a popular band group, including wood winds (Clarinets, Flutes and French Horns), that modified its concept of Music, from popular songs to real jazz and latin jazz standard. All the musicians have grown under the conduction of Maestro Renzo De Rossi, appreciated composer, arranger, pianist and saxophonist  

LATIN JAZZ BAND - 2022 Edition

€ 18,00

Production: VELUT LUNA Musical production: Renzo De Rossi & Marco Lincetto Recording engineer: Marco Lincetto Mix engineers: Marco Lincetto & Matteo Costa Mastering engineer: Marco Lincetto Design and layout: L'Image   E’ una questione di “tiro”… questo il traguardo da raggiungere ! Latin Jazz Band è un gruppo orchestrale di derivazione bandistica che ha saputo modificarsi nel corso del tempo migliorando tecnicamente e cambiando così il modo di concepire e di interpretare la musica. Costituito da strumentisti che si sono formati all’interno della scuola di musica di Tezze sul Brenta e dai loro insegnanti, il gruppo, coadiuvato dalla guida attenta e appassionata del Maestro - nonché apprezzato pianista e sassofonista jazz - Renzo De Rossi, in questo lavoro ha saputo fondere sound e ritmi tipicamente latini & jazz presentando nel suo primo CD un repertorio gradevole ed accattivante.   It's a question of... "Groove"! Latin Jazz Band is a real true latin jazz big band (over than fifty musicians), born from a popular band group, including wood winds (Clarinets, Flutes and French Horns), that modified its concept of Music, from popular songs to real jazz and latin jazz standard. All the musicians have grown under the conduction of Maestro Renzo De Rossi, appreciated composer, arranger, pianist and saxophonist  

Mano Sucias, Alejandro S. Martinez and The Latin Jazz Big Band - HD files pendrive USB

€ 19,00 € 9,00

"...Quando Duke Ellington incontra Tito Puente...!": questo potrebbe essere lo slogan perfetto per questo progetto discografico. Alejandro Saorin Martinez propone alcuni dei più noti standard jazz di tutti i tempi, completamente da lui stesso riarrangiati per una Latin Jazz Big Band, mischiando lo swing ai ritmi latini. E canta i testi da lui stesso tradotti nella sua lingua, lo spagnolo. Un progetto spettacolare e sorprendente, immancabile nelle discoteche degli appassionati di grande musica. ---------------------- Tecnicamente, questo progetto viene proposto per la prima volta da VELUT LUNA nel "formato fisico del futuro", ovvero una Pendrive USB da 4GB che contiene: - files master PCM lineari 88.2kHz/24bit - files pdf e jpj contenenti note tecniche, testi originali in spagnolo e immagini fotografiche dei musicisti - un'intervista esclusiva in video a Martinez che spiega dettagliatamente i singoli brani del progetto, in particolare le fonti ispirative e la struttura musicale; video in formato MP4 HD

KURT!

€ 18,00

KURT! è un progetto capitanato dalla cantante Valentina Fin che insieme al pianista Mauro Spanò, ha sviluppato una ricerca dedicata alla figura di Kurt Weill, compositore e musicista tedesco del primo Novecento. La formazione cameristica abbina il classico quartetto d'archi al duo pianoforte e voce. Il sestetto, basandosi sulle partiture originali, ha sviluppato arrangiamenti inediti e contemporanei, riproponendo poi le stesse atmosfere a cavallo tra il jazz e la classica contemporanea, in alcuni brani originali scritti appositamente per la formazione ed ispirati ad alcune poesie dello storico amico e collaboratore di Weill, Bertolt Brecht.   KURT! is a project led by vocalist Valentina Fin who, together with pianist Mauro Spanò, has developed a research dedicated to the early 20th century German composer and musician Kurt Weill. The chamber ensemble combines the classic string quartet with the piano-voice duo. The sextet, based on the original scores, has developed new and contemporary arrangements, proposing the same atmosphere between jazz and contemporary classical music, in some original compositions too, inspired by some poems of Weill's historic friend and collaborator, Bertolt Brecht.  

KD

€ 18,00

1 - Dorham's Epitaph,  1:40 2 - Monaco,  6:02 3 - None Shall Wander,  5:32 4 - Lotus Blossom,  6:01 5 - La Mesha,  5:46 6 - Jazz-classic,  6:09 7 - Sunset, 5:04 8 - Blues Elegante,  5:05   Tot. Time:  41:24   All compositions by Kenny Dorham   Lorenzo De Luca, sax Martino De Franceschi, double bass Marcello Abate, guitar Marco Soldà, drums   88.2kHz / 24bit digital recording made at Magister Recording Area, Preganziol- Italy,  on January 5, 2021   Production: VELUT LUNA Executive Producer: Marco Lincetto Balance recording engineer: Marco Lincetto Pro Tools operator: Andrea Valfrè Mix and Mastering engineer: Marco Lincetto Photo: Marco Lincetto Design and layout: L'Image   Questo disco si avvale anche del contributo economico del PROGETTO LPM, nato da un atto di mecenatismo privato e finalizzato a sostenere l'avvio all'attività professionale dei giovani eccellenti fra i laureandi e i laureati dai Conservatori Statali di Musica del Veneto.   TESTI   Kenny Dorham (a differenza del quasi coetaneo Miles Davis) viene spesso inserito nella categoria dei musicisti sottovalutati, nonostante una carriera molto intensa; in effetti soprattutto nel suo ultimo periodo - è morto nel 1972 - non ha avuto vita facile. Un aspetto che però caratterizza e nobilita la figura di KD (così viene chiamato dai jazzisti) è la sua attività di compositore: sono oltre la sessantina i brani da lui scritti, tutti interessanti, articolati e a volte molto lirici. Numerose sue composizioni sono entrate a far parte del repertorio jazzistico contemporaneo e questo CD ne è la prova. L’energia e la creatività di Lorenzo, Marcello, Martino e Marco dimostrano come sia possibile dare una versione assolutamente contemporanea e non datata delle composizioni di KD rispettando pienamente l’idea originaria dell’autore. Lunga vita a KD! Pietro Tonolo Kenny Dorham (differently from his almost contemporary Miles Davis) is often enclosed in the category of the undervalued musicians, despite a really intensive career. Indeed, in particular in his latter period – he died in 1972 – his life has not been easy. An aspect that characterises and dignifies KD (as he is called by jazz players) is his activity as a composer: there are more than sixty pieces he has written, all interesting, flowing and at times, particularly lyric. Many of his compositions have become part of the contemporary jazz repertoire and this CD is a demonstration of it. Lorenzo, Marcello, Martino and Marco’s energy and creativity show as it is possible to give an absolutely contemporary version of KD’s works, without date, fully respecting the author’s original idea. Long live KD! Pietro Tonolo     Quando ci è stato proposto di realizzare un omaggio alla musica di Kenny Dorham, abbiamo colto l’occasione con entusiasmo e curiosità. Il lavoro che ne è uscito è il prodotto delle nostre numerose esperienze come gruppo (condivise sia in ambito accademico sia artistico) e del nostro background musicale, dal quale abbiamo attinto nel reinterpretare un repertorio intriso di colori e suoni affascinanti. Di fatto, abbiamo scelto le composizioni più vicine alla nostra sensibilità, in alcuni casi deviando dall’idea originaria del trombettista.  Sonorità afrocentriche, reminiscenze blues e delicato lirismo trovano negli elementi tipici del bebop il loro denominatore comune, fornendoci un materiale ricco sul quale lavorare senza stravolgerne, di per sé, l'essenza. Affrontare un lavoro monografico su un autore prolifico come KD è stata un’opportunità stimolante: collaborare  ad  un  progetto  discografico  in  un  periodo  in  cui  gli  incontri  sono  rari,  ha rappresentato  per  noi  una  sfida,  mettendoci  alla  prova  nel  realizzare  un  album  che  fosse  il  più  fedele possibile  a  un’esecuzione  dal  vivo. Lorenzo, Marcello, Marco, Martino When we were suggested to perform a homage to Kenny Dorham’s music, we took the opportunity with both enthusiasm and curiosity. The result has been the result of our various experiences as a group (shared in both academic and artistic field) as well as of our musical background, from which we drew in the reinterpretation of a repertoire full of fascinating colours and sounds. As a matter of fact, we chose the pieces that were nearer to our sensitivity, a few times turning away from the trumpet player’s original idea.  Afrocentric sonorities, blues reminiscences and delicate lyrism find their common denominator in the typical elements of bebop, providing us with a rich material on which it is possible to work without upsetting its essence. Facing a monographic work on a prolific author such as KD has been a stimulating experience: contributing to a discographic project in a period when meetings are rare, has represented a challenge for us, making us test how to produce an album as close as possible to a live performance. Lorenzo, Marcello, Marco, Martino  

CATCH ME

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  It is a great pleasure to listen Francesco’s playing. I am truly impressed by his imagination, sensibility, beautiful sound on the piano and the way he expresses himself by music. What is rare in Francesco’s age, is that you can hear his strong, individual and unique voice. He doesn’t just play on piano. He tells stories and sings through it! That makes him a real treasure among the pianists of his generation. I am keeping finger crossed for His next musical steps! Piotr Wylezol - jazz pianist, composer and professor at the Academy of Music in Kraków.

MINGUS WORLD

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VELUT LUNA CVLD320 - MINGUS WORLD UPC: 8019349878692 01 - Monk, Bunk & Vice Versa  4:30 02 - Fables Of Faubus  6:40 03 - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat  4:51 04 - Jelly Roll  3:35 05 - Duke Ellington Sound Of Love / Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me  7:55 06 - O.P.  3:10 07 - Sue's Changes  6:18 08 - Jump Monk  4:38 09 - Better Get Hit In Your Soul  4:18 total time: 45:58 All compositions by Charles Mingus All arrangements by Salvatore Maiore and Maria Vicentini Maria Vicentini, violin and viola Salvatore Maiore, cello and double bass 88.2kHz/24bit original recording made live-in-studio at San Giacomo Spazio d'Arte, Italy, on November, 30, 2019 Marco Lincetto choose a pure DECCA TREE recording set up, using three RIBERA R12 vacuum tube microphones Production: VELUT LUNA Executive Producer: Marco Lincetto Balance Engineer: Marco Lincetto Recording Engineers: Cristiano Zatta & Marco Lincetto Editing Engineers: Cristiano Zatta & Marco Lincetto Mix and Mastering Engineer: Marco Lincetto Photo: Marco Lincetto Design and layout: L'Image Kingus Mingus Più invecchio, più mi irrito per la banalità del racconto sul jazz e sui suoi personaggi rinchiusi nei luoghi comuni che vanno dal “buontempone dalla risata perenne” al “genio e sregolatezza”, passando per una serie di frasi fatte che vi risparmio e mi risparmio. Più invecchio, più gioisco quando mi imbatto nei lavori di musicisti di ogni generazione che non si fermano alle formulette stereotipate, ma al contrario si attivano in opere di sana ricerca e di  approfondimento, guidati da una concezione del jazz come grande crocevia di apporti culturali . La rilettura dei capolavori di Charles Mingus realizzata da Maria Vicentini e Salvatore Maiore, se da una parte ne mantiene con grande luminosità l’effervescente fiume tematico, dall’altra ne esalta i valori contrappuntistici, la vocazione per il dialogo, il coraggio della sperimentazione, e il gusto per i colori tipico dell’amato Ellington, ma anche di Oscar Pettiford, qui deliziosamente omaggiato con “O.P.”, e non a caso anche lui violoncellista oltre che contrabbassista. Il tutto con la competenza strumentale, l’impegno nella progettazione del percorso, l’esecuzione “senza trucco e senza inganno”, ma al tempo stesso la leggerezza e la sottile ironia vuoi nelle improvvisazioni quanto negli obbligati che caratterizzano i musicisti maturi ma ancora freschi e creativi, in grado di quel non prendersi troppo sul serio che è in realtà l’anticamera della serietà. Insomma un bel servizio a Mingus, che se ce ne fosse ancora bisogno, si disvela artista dalle ampie visioni, ben oltre quel borioso e vanitoso attaccabrighe da bar dello sport che tante voci (…compresa quella di lui medesimo…) ci hanno superficialmente descritto. The more I get older, the more I get angry for the banality of the story about jazz and about its characters limited in common places varying from  the “always smiling jolly fellow” to the “genius and recklessness”, passing through a series of readymade sentences I want to spare to you and to myself. The more I get older, the more I rejoice when I run up into the works of musicians of every generation that do not stop at the stereotyped easy formulas, but, on the contrary, activate in works of research and further analysis, driven by an idea of jazz as an important crossroads of cultural contributions. The new reading of Charles Mingus’ masterpieces carried out by Maria Vicentini and Salvatore Maiore, on one side keeps its sparkling thematic flow with brilliance, on the other enhances its contrapuntal values, the vocation for dialogue, the courage of experimentation, and the taste for colours, typical of the beloved Ellington, but also of Oscar Pettiford, here deliciously honoured with “O.P.”, not by chance he himself being a cellist and a double bass player as well. All this with the instrumental competence, the commitment in planning the course, the performance “without tricks and deceits”, but at the same time the lightness and the subtle irony both in the improvvisations and in the obligatos characterising mature but still fresh and creative musicians, so good in not showing themselves too serious, thus showing their seriousness and reliability. All considered, this is a good service paid to Mingus, who, if it were still necessary, reveals to be an artist with wide visions, much more than the arrogant and vain quarrelsome person superficially described by many voices, including his own.  Bruno Tommaso  

AT TIME IT IS

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“At the moment it is” wants to be a new musical experience through jazz music with the idea of recovering the essence of music and composition through the desire to search for sound innovations combined with my crossover style. The musical compositions inside the album are characterized by different musical styles: listening to my new project you will find some Latin influences combined with Arab riffs, all in harmony with my jazz style. I think modern music is very close to the idea of “musical freedom”, the same freedom that characterized the music of the past, especially baroque music. In both you can play “what is not written on the music sheet” being free to express your musical sensibility with your playing. This is the reason why I decided to honor in my album J. S. Bach and Girolamo Frescobaldi, two composers of the past who were very modern during their time and which are still current today. Both have influenced my musical growth and my way of playing and composing. Finally I want to thank my friends who have shared “my idea of making music” with me. Vincenzo Cipriani was born in Bad Cannstatt (Germany) on 12 October 1969. He is a professional pianist, organist and composer of music. Vincenzo also teaches jazz harmony, rhythm of contemporary music and air training. During his career he has released two original music albums entitled “Weke music for piano & string” (Velut Luna, 2010) and Eclectic Inside (Farelive, 2018). He has also performed in many international tours in China, Hong Kong, Lithuania, Belgium, Brazil, Thailand, Turkey, Egypt, Romania, El Salvador, Germania e Francia. He collaborates with some famous Italian actors such as Giancarlo Giannini, Michele Mirabella, Silvia D’Amico            

JAZZ NATURE

€ 18,00

Lucia Minetti, voice Pietro Ballestrero, guitar Stefano Profeta, double bass Production: VELUT LUNA Executive producer: Marco Lincetto Recording, mix and mastering engineer: Marco Lincetto Cover photo: Massimo Forchino Inside photos: Marco Lincetto Design and layout: L'Image The recording was made direct to stereo master, strictly live-in-studio, during only one session at MagisterArea Studios, Main Hall, Preganziol, Italy, on September 23rd, 2017 THIS IS A PURE AUDIOPHILE RECORDING: during the recording of the digital HD PCM 88.2kHz/24bit master and the contemporary analog master and the subsequent transfer to disc, the entire audio chain was trasformerless. The signal was not passed through any processing device (no compression, no equalization and no corrective editing) at any step during production. Musical Notes by Lucia Minetti Over the years, I have sung and loved many repertoires, exploring different worlds, from Fado to Brazilian music, from French "chanson" to Jazz. From the time of my album "Elle" published in 2003 and produced with my music mentor Giorgio Gaslini, this is the first work entirely devoted to the standards of the great American songbook. This is for me a sort of return to the heart of what has always been the main reference point of my artistical path. Jazz can represent for a musician a particular way to relate to art, a desire for freedom, a wish to experience new emotions, to dare while singing and playing. I share this particular feeling with Stefano and Pietro and this is the reason why we decided to call this project "jazz Nature". A natural way to make jazz that becomes immediately the key to play and sing a vast repertoire of songs from the 1930s to the 1970s. Marco Lincetto immediately grasped the mood of this research and proposed us a live studio recording mode that enhances the features of our "natural" approach as well as the extraordinary technical qualities of audio recording. We have accepted with great enthusiasm this challenge, and lived together an incredible experience, two days during which the music was played, sung, listened and recorded with the same tension and emotional intensity one can feel only during best concerts. Lucia Minetti

RIFLESSI IN CONTRASTO

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Contrasted Reflections. Voice and piano. Jazz and latin music, that gently embraces the tango, but not just that. What emerges is a set of reflections of what was, what is and of what has not yet born. They are contrasting shades on several fronts. There are notes that clash with what are now carefully imposed by the record industry and society in general. Then there is a personal contradiction, from which the style of the original compositions and arrangements flow. In these seven songs, echos years of distinctive human, professional artistic experiences and leads you from the melancholy darkness to abject anger, from fragile insecurity to veiled pleas for help, up to an unexpected and heady explosion of joy and beauty. From a dynamic gap and conflicting emotions of music, ambitions of consensus flow without filters. Everything is balanced by the unique sound of Javier, along with the rhythm section, interprets and enhances the melody in the steps of the creative process.  

WOOD 3

€ 18,00

As Bill Evans once said ‘Jazz can’t be explained, it must be experienced in person because it’s feeling, not words. Words belong to reason and can’t be translated into feeling since they aren’t part of it’. Such a great piano player’s definition is perfect for this music which is rich in nuances, entirely coherent with the music history of the trio and constantly balancing between jazz, classical composure and crystal-clear folk vibes. Words are unable to express emotions sparked off by this refined work where precious solos positively blend with such smooth compositions. Glowing complexions, dreamy spirit and singing melodies are dominating features…they enliven a poignantly colourful interplay capable of being rhythmically assertive and loosely unveiling the forms. Angelo Leonardi

ROOTS

€ 18,00

VELUT LUNA CVLD279 - ROOTS upc: 8019349159555 ISCR: ITW311627901 ..02 ..03 ... Il chitarrista torinese Pietro Ballestrero firma il suo quarto lavoro solista con l’etichetta Velut Luna, qui insieme ad Achille Succi, musicista italiano tra i più interessanti, apprezzato anche all’estero come specialista del clarinetto basso. In questo progetto ognuno dei due strumenti può essere cantante o bassista, creare linee melodiche oppure riffs, ritmo e armonia, per dar vita ad un intenso dialogo che fonde scrittura, improvvisazione jazzistica e contrappunto. La profonda ricerca timbrica, che permette al duo di spaziare con omogeneità da composizioni originali fino ai Radiohead e Nick Cave, è fedelmente ritratta con un’incisione “live in studio” dal fonico e produttore Marco Lincetto, che ancora una volta ci regala una qualità audio straordinaria. Guitar player Pietro Ballestrero signs his fourth work as a leader with the label Velut Luna, here together with Achille Succi, one of the most interesting Italian musicians today, well known also abroad as a specialist on bass clarinet. In this project each one of the two instruments can be a lead voice or a bass player, creating melodic lines or riffs, rhythm and harmony, in order to give birth to an intense dialogue that melts written material, jazz improvisation and counterpoint. The deep timbrical research, allowing the duo to range seamlessly between original compositions and a couple of beautiful covers from Radiohead and Nick Cave, is faithfully portrayed with a “live in studio” recording by the producer and sound engineer Marco Lincetto, who once again makes us the gift of an extraordinary audio quality. TRACKLIST 1 Hopeful triads (P. Ballestrero) 7:13 2 Non vuole uscire (Achille Succi) 4:27 3 Upi (P. Ballestrero) 6:02 4 Gigiù madama (Achille Succi) 4:00 5 Ugo (P. Ballestrero) 6:42 6 I cavalieri della tavola rotonda (P. Ballestrero) 6:02 7 Gentle snow (Achille Succi) 6:34 8 Paranoid android (Radiohead) 7:14 9 Roots (P. Ballestrero) 3:23 10 Into my arms (Nick Cave) 3:41 Total Time: 55:22 24bit/88.2kHz recording made live-in-studio at Areamagister Recording Studios, Preganziol (Italy), on September 27th and 28th, 2016 Production: Velut Luna Executive producer: Marco Lincetto Recording, mix and mastering: Marco Lincetto Design: Limage Photographs: Andrea Faggiano, Marco Lincetto, Manù Ballestrero

WHEN YOUR DRUMMER HAS GONE

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When Your Drummer Has Gone Massimo Salvagnini, clarinet Sandro Gibellini, guitar Velut Luna CVLD284 Introduction Music rises before being placed in a certain kind. In this case, Sandro Gibellini and I agreed to record beautiful songs in the best way we could, avoiding to use them just as schemes to improvise on. The songs we chose are absolute musical pearls, with perfect melodies and harmonies. They just need musicians to play them with love and passion. It's like lighting up a fire on a beach, in a rough night. That done, there is a pleasure to share with the human beings close to us. Massimo Salvagnini Tracklist 1 My Melancholy Baby - Ernie Burnett & George Norton 2 Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael 3 Indiana - Ballard McDonal & James Hanley 4 I'm Confessin' - Chriss Smith & Sterling Grant 5 You Took Advantage Of Me - Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart 6 In A Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington 7 When It's Sleepytime Down South- Clarence Muse, Leon & Otis Renè 8 Till There Was You - Meredith Wilson 9 Pennies From Heaven - Arthur Johnston & Johnny Burke 10 Prisoners Of Love - Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill & Leo Robin 11 Foolin' Myself - Jack Lawrence & Peter Tinturin 12 The Gipsy - Billy Reid 13 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Ned Washington & George Bassman 14 When Your Lover Has Gone - Einar Aaron Swan 15 On A Slow Boat To China - Frank Loesser 16 There Will Never Be Another You - Harry Warren & Mack Gordon 24bit / 88kHz original live-in-studio recording made at San Giacomo Spazio d'Arte, Italy on May, 13th, 2016 The recording was made using only Ribera R12 Handmade Tube Microphones ( NOS stereo pair and close). During the recording of the digital master and the subsequent transfer to disc, the entire audio chain was trasformerless. The signal was not passed through any processing device (i.e. compression, limiting or equalization) at any step during production. Production: Velut Luna Executive Producer: Marco Lincetto Recording Engineer: Marco Lincetto & Cristiano Zatta Mix and Mastering Engineer: Marco Lincetto Cover Design: L'Image Design and layout: L'Image Photo: Marco Lincetto

LUSH MUSIC

€ 18,00

Lush Music: the wonderful kaleidoscope of Billy Strayhorn In the last years the master searching of archives on Billy Sytrayhorn's figure, his role and style has led more and more musicians and music experts to appreciate his talent and his personality releasing him from the gaudy shadow of the great musician Duke Ellington, with whom he collaborated for almost 30 years. The centenary of his birth in 2015 has given a great impulse to the searching on his style and the amazing qualities of Stray, as he used to be called by the Ellington's band. Ellington, being linked to Strayhorn by a relationship of a human and close musical friendship, never hid his admiration and gratitude for him expressing them in his famous autobiography Music is My Mistress (1973),." ): "Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brain waves in his head, and his in mine. Strayhorn played different roles within Ellington's band such as composer, arranger, pianist, (either in the recording studio and alive) making not only transparency in the orchestration of the complex harmonic style of the band's leader but also bringing a classic emphasis. Besides, he collaborated with famous masterpieces like Such Sweet Thunder, A drum is a Woman, The Perfume Suite, The Far East Suite, Anatomy of a Murder, The Nutcrackers Suite. He also wrote many songs which became Ellington's hits such as the well-known Take the "A" Train and Chelsea Bridge. In this album the ensemble N.P. Stray Horns, has been produced within the New Project's activity whose musicians works between Trento and Bolzano meeting Strayhorn's music, reinterpreting some of his unforgettable masterpieces of his production ranging from the famous Lush Life to the last work, Bloody Count, recorded by Ellington himself posthumous his friend's premature death in 1967. The project was conceived as a collective work, in which many of the musicians involved have given their contribution arranging the original pages. By doing so they managed to create a sound kaleidoscope where the music of the African-American artist has been reinterpreted with great respect and with a certain spirit of adventure that often characterizes many reinterpretations of jazz music. Roberto Spadoni

SETTE PASSI VERSO IL CIELO

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Title SETTE PASSI VERSO IL CIELO (Seven Steps To The Sky) Velut Luna CVLD260 "...It’s not classical, it’s not jazz…” This is the mantra I have found myself repeating since I started out on the cultural adventure of Velut Luna about twenty years ago. I think it is the best way to describe many of my records. The music of Roberto Manuzzi not only supports this "mantra;" if such a thing is possible, it sheds even more light on certain special features of great modern music that I love so much. This is what I look for in the artists I want to produce. This music lives and breathes our time. It takes its inspiration from the thousand and more geniuses who have been writing music for centuries. Roberto Manuzzi’s “musical pictures” also have a characteristic which makes them easy to listen to and enjoy: they are very descriptive, and are full of emotion. Wisely, he doesn’t throw away melody, but he uses very special harmonies. These are never banal, but they certainly don’t show off. So is music has a lightness of touch and this is where its strength comes from. It reminds me of an Impressionist sketch by Monet. As they lead us ever upwards, Manuzzi’s saxophone accompany us very peacefully towards the sunset and into the dark night. Our journey together is full of vitality, expression, and culture. But it is never tedious. It never tries to teach us something, and it is certainly never banal. Artist Roberto Manuzzi, sax Multi-talented musician, saxophonist, and composer. Born in Rome, he lives in Ferrara. He has composed sound-tracks for both theatre and the cinema, and teaches and experiments in many different modern musical languages. He has already made several CDs under his own name for different record companies, and others where he is the arranger and performer. He worked unremittingly from 1979 to 1990 alongside percussionist Andrea Centazzo as a soloist and arranger, with musicians such as Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava, Gianluigi Trovesi, Radu Malfatti, and Albert Mangelsdorff, and has appeared at some of the best-known jazz festivals in Italy and around the world. He is the coordinator for jazz courses and a teacher of music and performance skills for jazz students at the Conservatory in Ferrara. From 1986 to 2013, Manuzzi was saxophonist (but he also played several other instruments) in the band of the well known Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini. He performed during all his tours and all his recording sessions. Manuzzi’s music has been published by EUFONIA and WICKY MUSIC. Paola Tagliani, piano A pianist with exceptional expressive and technical skill, Tagliani was born in Ferrara, where she still lives. She studied piano at the City Conservatory under Rina Cellini, and was awarded top marks at the end of her course. At the same Conservatory, again with top marks, she graduated with a B. Mus. in pianoforte. She now teaches and gives concerts of chamber and orchestral music. Tagliani has appeared on television and performed at many multi-media events. She has given solo and duet performances (with Rina Cellini) at the Teatro Claudio Abbado in Ferrara of music by Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms. With the Città di Ferrara Orchestra she has performed Mozart’s KV 413, KV 414, and KV 415, and Haydn’s Concerto in G major (cadenza by Nino Rota).

SOMEONE LIKES IT ZOMBIE !

€ 18,00

MR ZOMBIE ORCHESTRA A drum-kit in constant movement, a bass always in control of the situation, a liquid and unstoppable piano and guitar which are at the same time capable of uniting distant worlds... This is the first impression on listening to “Mr Zombie Orchestra”, a group which demonstrates to even the most distracted listener that they posses far more musical references than that which they mentioned in their musical program, which includes both Jelly Roll Morton and Secondo Casadei (but to whom we can easily add Anibal Troilo, Georges Bizet, Danny Elfman, Ennio Morricone, Django Reinhardt and the list certainly doesn’t end here). The impression given is one of skilful research which supports an “omnivorous” taste, which magically gives the feeling of completeness and style. “Mr Zombie” drags the public into a fairy-tale, recreating the atmosphere of an orchestra at the start of the 20th century, one that mixes valzer, jazz, mazurca and tango, with no other aim but the entertainment of the public and their own musical enjoyment. This orchestra in question, rather than re-emerging from an oleographic past, seems to definitely come from the third millenium or even another one, being more similiar in many ways to the “cantina band” of the bees of Star Wars than to some swing remakes in the recent past. The result is something far different to the material used, one which both surprises and fascinates because of the continuous prestidigitations operated by these young apprentice wizards. The indisputabile excellence of this quartet, at ease with all the musical styles that they mix in their magical cauldron, makes the project uniquely interesting in the Italian musical panorama, one that is, in these times, so hungry for intelligent music.

KYRA

€ 18,00

Classical. Original compositions by Pietro Ballestrero. Pietro Ballestrero Ensemble: P. Ballestrero acoustic and electric guitar, Valerio Iaccio violin, Massimiliano Gilli violin, Gerardo Vitale viola, Augusto Gasbarri cello, Fulvio Buccafusco double bass. Gabriele Mirabassi clarinet. 24bit/88.2kHz original live-in-studio recorded, mixed and mastered at Velut Luna Studios, Preganziol (TV) Italy on April 2012. KYRA is a really wonderful project. Guitar, doublebass, string quartet and the clarinet of well known Gabriele Mirabassi play, recorded live in studio, using few selected top microphones in the Velut Luna Main Hall. Improvisation is a very fun game to play. In many cases it seems to me as if jazz music was created around the desire of playing this game and expressing individual abilities. The main purposes appear to be an endless spirit of research, originality, collective energy, virtuosity and finally, eventually, beauty. My point of view has always been quite different and in this work it definitely took a long distance from that way of thinking. Beauty and emotions are the first goals that gave birth to the music of this cd. Every song has a story to tell, and is directly bounded with the purest ways of feeling and human expressions, joy, sadness, anger, fear, friendship, laughing, crying. I think that the strongest form of beauty available in music is sound, and that’s what made me fall in love with the idea of playing with this kind of ensemble. This is also what allowed me to justify the simplification of other musical elements, such as harmony: I consider them as instruments, functional to something else and not so important in themselves. From this point of view improvisation can happen or not, it can be individual or collective, and it can blend with the written material, working as a bridge that joins the different languages that we have within this group. COMPOSITIONS Upi is dedicated to my little daughter and it was written when she was learning to walk. This song and Verde are inspired by Miyazaki’s Totoro, and are about the way little babies explore and look at nature. Paco was written some years ago for my first son Manù, in the last months before he was born. I already recorded Vocè in the past, but there is no better voice in the world then Gabriele’s clarinet to sing out the sensuality of this song. This version is called Vos and is dedicated to Errica. Cerchio was also already recorded, with my great trio with Danilo Pala on sax and Paolo Franciscone on drums, but when I played it in Perinaldo arranged for the string orchestra the result was really powerful and it perfectly represented the idea of a circular popular dance of this composition. Mare mosso: swimming between big waves leads to a deep concentration about your forces and at the same time it amplifies thoughts and emotions, because it makes you feel alone and scared. Lacrimuccia: some stories are very sad but what makes me cry this little tear are the beauty and the strength inside them. Kibalcic is a Russian anarchic, and his name was borrowed as the name of an electric jazz quartet I had together with bass player Stefano Risso. Unfortunately that band split and the tune was never played in its “jazz version”, but I love this string version! Dai che ce la fai was written a little before the recordings, and it was ironically dedicated to myself, hoping I was going to make it trough the difficulties I had to face in realizing this project. Abbraccio forte is a way in which Ezio often ends his messages. I composed it during a few days in September, and I found out afterwards that one of those days is his bithday, so this is a little present for him. Pietro Ballestrero