The young Sicilian singer comes out with a new project of six live tracks, the second of her career after ‘Live at Convivio Jazz Factory’. The album is released by the Sicilian label Isulafactory and distributed by Believe Italia. Recorded on 15 March 2024 at the Scontrino Conservatory in Trapani with an exceptional quartet consisting..
Jacopo Ferrazza and his new album ‘Prometheus’
For his fifth full-length album, three years after Fantàsia, Ferrazza is on a path of personal rebirth. Some aspects remain unchanged from the previous work, starting with the line-up. Ferrazza's double bass and synths are once again joined by Enrico Zanisi's piano and synthesisers, Livia De Romanis's cello and Valerio Vantaggio's drums, with Alessandra Diodati's..
The Baggage Room, the new album by Emiliano D’Auria
A year after the release of First Rain, Marche-based pianist Emiliano D'Auria is back with a new project, this time leading an American quintet. The new work is entitled The Baggage Room, contains tracks and was recorded at the Bunker Studio in Brooklyn (New York). The album, released on 20 November, is available on CD,..
‘Flowers and Storms’ by Daniele Ricciu, ‘The Songwriter Without Words’
‘Flowers and Storms’ is the new album by the Danyart New Quartet, the ensemble of Sardinian saxophonist Daniele Ricciu with Simone Sassu on piano, Lorenzo Sabatini on double bass and Antonio Argiolas on drums. The album cover puts us in front of a gloomy picture of wild thistle flowers that do not bode well (if..
Omnivorous, receptive, obstinate, enthusiastic: Luca Dell’Anna and his new album Tactile
The pianist and composer from Ferrara, Italy, talks in this interview about his latest musical effort: ‘Tactile’, inspired by the search for a physical perception of the sound dimension, played in a trio with bassist Alessandro Fedrigo and drummer Luca Colussi. This is his fourth album as leader and was recorded in the prestigious Artesuono..
Vincent Peirani: ‘The future of the accordion is in good hands’
Internationally acclaimed French musician and composer, winner of several awards, including two Victoire du Jazz and a German Jazz Echo, Vincent Peirani is renewing the language of the accordion with his charismatic, cosmopolitan and uninhibited musical vision. Among his many collaborations, the names of Denis Colin, François Jeanneau, Youn Sun Nah, Émile Parisien, Michel Portal,..