EVENEMENTS

COMING SOON!!

PIETRO TONOLO saxophones

GIAMPAOLO CASATI trumpet, cornet

ROBERTO ROSSI trombone and shells

GIANCARLO BIANCHETTI electric guitar

IBRAHIMA KANDE percussion

ALLIOU DIOP percussion

SAMBA NDIONGUE percussion

SOULEY MBODJ percussion

BOUBACAR NDIAYE percussion

This project involves the meeting of four Italian musicians and 'Africa Djembe Junior', a group comprised of five Senegalese percussionists.

Jazz musician Pietro Tonolo has developed original compositions based on his interest in African culture and various journeys to the continent.

Pietro Tonolo: http://www.pietrotonolo.com

Classical music's loss was jazz's gain in 1979, when Pietro Tonolo gave up a career as a classical violinist to become one of the great jazz saxophonists. Around that time, he moved to Milan, where he played with some of Italy's best jazz musicians, including Franco D'Andrea, Luigi Bonafede, Larry Nocella, Massimo Urbani, Rita Marcotulli and Enrico Rava. In 1982, Tonolo joined the Gil Evans Orchestra, playing with musicians Steve Lacy, Lew Soloff and Ray Anderson. He later went on to perform in jazz clubs and on radio and television around Europe and the USA, both as a sideman and as a leader with his own band. Tonolo was a steady member of the Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band from 1999 to 2004. Other notable collaborators have included the likes of Kenny Clarke, Roswell Rudd, Sal Nistico, Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, John Surman, Steve Swallow, Gil Goldstein, Barry Altschul, Joe Chambers, Aldo Romano, Kenny Wheeler, Dave Holland and Tony Oxley, to name just a few. Besides Jazz, Pietro Tonolo has been collaborating with contemporary musicians and ensemble.

Roberto Rossi: http://www.robertorossitrombone.com

Studied trombone at the G.Rossini conservatory of Pesaro. He performed with many symphonic orchestras (Sanremo, Rai Television, etc.). In 1986 he started playing jazz. During these years he participated in several festivals with Oliver Lake, David Murray, the Paul Whiteman orchestra, Marco Tamburini, Franco D'Andrea, Roberto Ottaviano, Cedar Walton, Pietro Tonolo, Billy Hart, Cameron Brown and Lee Konitz. He recorded about 80 CDs.

Giampaolo Casati: http://www.giampaolocasati.com

Born in Genoa in 1959, where he awarded a diploma at the “N. Paganini” conservatory in 1985, he has been performing as concert artist, music teacher and Big Band/Combo Jazz arranger since several years. First remarkable collaborations start in 1980: among them Gianni Basso's A.T. Big Band, Tullio De Piscopo's Quartet and Giorgio Gaslini's Octet. During these years he has played in festivals and concerts all over Europe, USA, China and Japan playing with several of the most important American jazzmen including:Benny Golson, Lee Konitz, Clifford Jordan, Ben Riley, Joe Lovano, Slide Hampton, Steve Lacy, Jimmy Cobb, John Hicks, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow. In 2002 and 2006 was touring around Europe with the Carla Bley big band playing in the biggest festivals and recording the two last CD of the band. He has recorded about fifty records, two of them as solo artist and two as conductor of the Bansigu Big Band. Moreover he has taken part in several radio and TV programs and in the recording of soundtracks for movies and plays.

Giancarlo Bianchetti:

Studied classical guitar and jazz at the same.

Since early ‘90 he performed with many musicians like Jack Walrath, Tony Castellano, Steve Grossman, Tony Scott, Carlo Atti, Marco Tamburini, Ares Tavolazzi, Sandro Gibellini, Piero Odorici, Pietro e Marcello Tonolo, Tullio De Piscopo, Robert Bonisolo, Bobby Watson, Eliot Zigmund e Bibi Rovere.

In 1990 began a collaboration with italian singer Silvia Donati, from 1995 to 2004 has been part of Vinicio Capossela’s band, recording three CDs (il Ballo di S.Vito, LiveinVolvo, Canzoni a Manovella). In 2003 Pietro Tonolo invited him to be part of his quartet, with Paolo Birro and Marco Micheli and more recently partcipates to Orchestra Egea.

Africa Djembé Junior: http://www.myspace.com/africadjembejunior 

"Africa Djembe Junior" hails from the Senegalese island of GorÈe. The group is embedded with its country's deepest traditional roots as well as those of all West Africa.† These would include the Wolof and Mandinga traditions.

These five young percussionists have already performed at numerous festivals and shows in Senegal, Morocco and South Africa.

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