Projects - Progetti
Young Shouts
Emanuele Marsico - trumpet, voice
Attilio Sepe - sax alto
Silvia Bolognesi - double bass, compositions
Sergio Bolognesi - drums
Il repertorio è ispirato dalle traditional folk songs afroamericane. La “Suite per Bessie Jones”, scritta appositamente per questa formazione, nasce dai testi di alcune delle songs rese famose dalla cantante registrata da Alan Lomax. La “line up” strumentale, nonché i frequenti momenti di improvvisazione collettiva, mostrano le caratteristiche del classico quartetto jazz moderno. Ad agosto 2019 pubblicano su Bandcamp il loro primo disco, aLive Shouts, che subito viene inserito nella classifica "Best Jazz on Bandcamp: August 2019".
Da poco fra i vincitori del bando "Nuova Generazione Jazz 2020" promosso da I-Jazz.
Sammy Stein, per The Free Jazz Collective scrive di loro: "The instrumentation as well as the frequent moments of collective improvisation, display characteristics of a classic modern jazz quartet. The playing is superb and the overall essence of this album is four musicians, thoroughly enjoying themselves yet with a mind to what the listener is hearing. A gem in every sense."
Sempre su di loro, Nazim Comunale per Il giornale della musica: "I musicisti imbastiscono sette composizioni pugnaci e poetiche, languide e puntuali, affilate e suadenti. Un groove sempre fluido e possente, una scrittura nitida ed essenziale caratterizzano un lavoro che trova nella verve dei solisti e nella forza del collettivo una voce personale e calda, che racconta ancora una volta l'infinita storia delle origini della musica che tanto ci appassiona."
Neri Pollastri racconta il loro concerto al Pinocchio Jazz Club su All About Jazz Italia definendolo: “un gran bel concerto, in equilibrio tra tradizione e innovazione”
The repertoire is inspired by African America folk songs. The “Suite for Bessie Jones” written specifically for this group, comes from the lyrics of some songs made famous by the singer recorded by Alan Lomax. The instrumentation as well as the frequent moments of collective improvisation, display characteristics of a classic modern jazz quartet.
“aLive Shouts” has been released in August 2019, tight away it’s one of the "Best Jazz on Bandcamp: August 2019".
"…Every note and every breath is thick with the blues…the genuineness of their spirit makes this recording so powerful—and so much fun…" (Tim Ries).
Sammy Stein for Free Jazz Blog "The playing is superb and the overall essence of this album is four musicians, thoroughly enjoying themselves yet with a mind to what the listener is hearing. A gem in every sense".
Ian Patterson for All About Jazz "aLive Shouts is a gutsy ode to an African American singer of enduring significance. Silvia Bolognesi's Young Shouts honor Bessie Jones not merely by borrowing her lyrics, but by playing with the sort of passion and sincerity that was the singer's musical currency".
Neri Pollastri for All Bout Jazz (Live at Pinocchio Jazz club in Florence ) "a great concert, in perfect balance between tradition and innovation (…) The audience has been captured by the enhtusiasm of the band thanks to the music with a strong communicative impact, great energy and remarkable personality".
Attilio Sepe - sax alto
Silvia Bolognesi - double bass, compositions
Sergio Bolognesi - drums
Il repertorio è ispirato dalle traditional folk songs afroamericane. La “Suite per Bessie Jones”, scritta appositamente per questa formazione, nasce dai testi di alcune delle songs rese famose dalla cantante registrata da Alan Lomax. La “line up” strumentale, nonché i frequenti momenti di improvvisazione collettiva, mostrano le caratteristiche del classico quartetto jazz moderno. Ad agosto 2019 pubblicano su Bandcamp il loro primo disco, aLive Shouts, che subito viene inserito nella classifica "Best Jazz on Bandcamp: August 2019".
Da poco fra i vincitori del bando "Nuova Generazione Jazz 2020" promosso da I-Jazz.
Sammy Stein, per The Free Jazz Collective scrive di loro: "The instrumentation as well as the frequent moments of collective improvisation, display characteristics of a classic modern jazz quartet. The playing is superb and the overall essence of this album is four musicians, thoroughly enjoying themselves yet with a mind to what the listener is hearing. A gem in every sense."
Sempre su di loro, Nazim Comunale per Il giornale della musica: "I musicisti imbastiscono sette composizioni pugnaci e poetiche, languide e puntuali, affilate e suadenti. Un groove sempre fluido e possente, una scrittura nitida ed essenziale caratterizzano un lavoro che trova nella verve dei solisti e nella forza del collettivo una voce personale e calda, che racconta ancora una volta l'infinita storia delle origini della musica che tanto ci appassiona."
Neri Pollastri racconta il loro concerto al Pinocchio Jazz Club su All About Jazz Italia definendolo: “un gran bel concerto, in equilibrio tra tradizione e innovazione”
The repertoire is inspired by African America folk songs. The “Suite for Bessie Jones” written specifically for this group, comes from the lyrics of some songs made famous by the singer recorded by Alan Lomax. The instrumentation as well as the frequent moments of collective improvisation, display characteristics of a classic modern jazz quartet.
“aLive Shouts” has been released in August 2019, tight away it’s one of the "Best Jazz on Bandcamp: August 2019".
"…Every note and every breath is thick with the blues…the genuineness of their spirit makes this recording so powerful—and so much fun…" (Tim Ries).
Sammy Stein for Free Jazz Blog "The playing is superb and the overall essence of this album is four musicians, thoroughly enjoying themselves yet with a mind to what the listener is hearing. A gem in every sense".
Ian Patterson for All About Jazz "aLive Shouts is a gutsy ode to an African American singer of enduring significance. Silvia Bolognesi's Young Shouts honor Bessie Jones not merely by borrowing her lyrics, but by playing with the sort of passion and sincerity that was the singer's musical currency".
Neri Pollastri for All Bout Jazz (Live at Pinocchio Jazz club in Florence ) "a great concert, in perfect balance between tradition and innovation (…) The audience has been captured by the enhtusiasm of the band thanks to the music with a strong communicative impact, great energy and remarkable personality".
Open Combo
Silvia Bolognesi Open Combo
Piero Bittolo Bon – alto sax, flute, clarinet
Cristiano Arcelli – soprano sax
Rossano Emili – baritone sax, clarinet
Pasquale Mirra - vibes
Silvia Bolognesi– double bass
Andrea Melani – drums
Tony Cattano – tbone
Simone Padovani – persussion
La formazione più longeva della Bolognesi attiva dal 2004. Quella dell’Open Combo è una musica pulsante e vitale che si riconosce nei grandi del jazz, Mingus, Ellington, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Gil Evans, Carla Bley, come in Frank Zappa, ma si apre anche ad ambientazioni contemporanee, ad un particolare rapporto tra melodia e improvvisazione, ad una sofisticata ricerca del suono collettivo nella sperimentazione e l’uso della “Conduction”. La formazione è una vera fucina di talenti che garantiscono alti livelli interpretativi sia nelle parti improvvisate che nelle trame dell’insieme.
This is the oldest band leaded by Bolognesi, active since 2004. Open Combo is a pulsating and vital music that is recognized in the greats of jazz, Mingus, Ellington, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Gil Evans, Carla Bley, as in Frank Zappa, but it also opens to contemporary settings, to a particular relationship between melody and improvisation, a sophisticated search for collective sound in experimentation and the use of “Conduction”. This is a band that collects some of the greatest italian talents that guarantee high levels of interpretation both in the improvised and written parts.
Piero Bittolo Bon – alto sax, flute, clarinet
Cristiano Arcelli – soprano sax
Rossano Emili – baritone sax, clarinet
Pasquale Mirra - vibes
Silvia Bolognesi– double bass
Andrea Melani – drums
Tony Cattano – tbone
Simone Padovani – persussion
La formazione più longeva della Bolognesi attiva dal 2004. Quella dell’Open Combo è una musica pulsante e vitale che si riconosce nei grandi del jazz, Mingus, Ellington, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Gil Evans, Carla Bley, come in Frank Zappa, ma si apre anche ad ambientazioni contemporanee, ad un particolare rapporto tra melodia e improvvisazione, ad una sofisticata ricerca del suono collettivo nella sperimentazione e l’uso della “Conduction”. La formazione è una vera fucina di talenti che garantiscono alti livelli interpretativi sia nelle parti improvvisate che nelle trame dell’insieme.
This is the oldest band leaded by Bolognesi, active since 2004. Open Combo is a pulsating and vital music that is recognized in the greats of jazz, Mingus, Ellington, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Gil Evans, Carla Bley, as in Frank Zappa, but it also opens to contemporary settings, to a particular relationship between melody and improvisation, a sophisticated search for collective sound in experimentation and the use of “Conduction”. This is a band that collects some of the greatest italian talents that guarantee high levels of interpretation both in the improvised and written parts.
