Saturday, January 2, 2021

Massimo Faraò Trio, Giulia Lorvich - The Great Thing in the Sky (50 Years with the Moon)

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:48
Size: 154,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:10) 1. Moon over Bourbon Street
(4:26) 2. Moondance
(7:03) 3. Sister Moon
(4:38) 4. Blue Moon
(6:53) 5. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
(5:08) 6. No Moon at All
(4:11) 7. How High the Moon
(4:48) 8. The Great Gig in the Sky
(3:51) 9. Moonlight Shadows
(3:24) 10. Dancing on the Moonlight
(5:59) 11. Walking on the Moon
(3:30) 12. Goodnight Moon
(3:26) 13. Half Moon
(4:15) 14. Moonlight Drive

Born in Bologna in 1985, she has been interested in music since she was a child, studying classical piano for 3 years. He then began to take an interest in African American music, and later in jazz in particular. In the meantime he studied theater and diction, then working for 2 years with the Living Theater, a theater improvisation workshop led by Gary Brackett. In 2014 she obtained, with a grade of 110 and honors, the Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Singing at the Girolamo Frescobaldi Conservatory in Ferrara, presenting a thesis on the rhythmic and stylistic approach of Anita O'Day, and in 2016 she obtained, with the same vote, the Biennial Degree of specialization in Jazz Singing and Didactics of Singing at the same institute, presenting a thesis on the relationship between music and text and scat vocality. In 2010 he also obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Semiotic Sciences at the Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna, with a thesis on musical languages.

She studied jazz singing with Tiziana Ghiglioni, Marta Raviglia and Giuppi Paone, and also attended numerous singing and jazz improvisation workshops held by established musicians and teachers, including Maestro Barry Harris, of whom she has been a student since 2010, Sheila Jordan, Kevin Mahogany, Dena DeRose, Michele Hendricks, Rachel Gould, Cinzia Spata, Gorge Garzone, Bob Stoloff, Denise King and others. She has performed regularly in jazz clubs and Italian clubs since 2008, accompanied by different formations, in duo, trio, quartet or quintet depending on current needs and projects. Among others, she has performed at: Bravo Caffè and Cantina Bentivoglio in Bologna, Bologna Jazz Festival, Jazz Club Turin, Vapore (Porto Marghera), Porretta Soul Festival, Gregory's Jazz Club (Rome), Salina Jazz Festival (Messina) Selva In Jazz (Bo), Gezzmatazz Festival (Genoa), Bobby Durham's Jazz Fest (Isola del Cantone, GE), Umbria Jazz, Enosteria (Brescia), Ferrara Jazz Club, Andora Jazz Festival, Valsamoggia Jazz Club, Teatro del Baraccano (BO). Together with the trio composed by Massimo Faraò (piano), Aldo Zunino (double bass) and Marco Tolotti (drums) in the spring of 2014 he recorded his first album as a soloist, containing a selection of jazz standards, and released in May 2015 for the Racing Jazz label.

In April 2015 he made the prestigious collaboration with drummer Jimmy Cobb, recording a double disc of Italian music rearranged according to the jazz language; the disc, in which Faraò and Zunino also play , is published by the prestigious Azzurra Records label. For the same label and with Massimo Faraò in 2019 he released the album The Great Gig In The Sky.On the other hand, the album Minutes of Gold, released on the Velut Luna label in collaboration with Egea Music, is in 2018, in which she is a vocal interpreter and author of the texts in English. Since 2014 he has been teaching vocal technique privately, jazz singing, English language and diction for singing, and since 2015 he has held the chair of singing at the Bentivoglio Music School (BO), the Enzo Suffritti Music School in Finale Emilia (Modena). and the Giovanni Capitano Music School of Ozzano (BO).She also works as an organizer of masterclasses of American artists in Italy, to whom she also acts as an interpreter during the lessons: the most important events she helped organize were the masterclass by Kevin Mahogany in Bologna (October 2013) and Sheila Jordan in Turin (April 2014).

He has collaborated with numerous musicians including: Jimmy Cobb, Massimo Faraò, Paolo Birro, Byron Landham, Aldo Zunino, Andrea Pozza, Steve Williams, Carlo Atti, Alessandro Minetto, Jimmy Villotti, Massimo Manzi, Massimo Tagliata, Luigi Scerra, Giannicola Spezzigu, Andrea Calì, Andrea Grillini, Stefano Dallaporta, Filippo Cassanelli, Oreste Soldano, Domenico LoParco, Luca Pisani, Teo Ciavarella, Massimo Dall'Omo, Alessandro Altarocca, Giancarlo Bianchetti, Jacopo Salieri, Nicola Govoni, Pietro Lussu, Fausto Negrelli, David Muehsam, Guglielmo Pagnozzi, Groove City Soul Band and others. Translate By Google https://giulialorvich.wixsite.com/giulialorvichjazz/about-me

The Great Thing in the Sky (50 Years with the Moon)

Steve Lacy - The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1960
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:16
Size: 85,6 MB
Art: Front

(5:27) 1. Louise
(5:34) 2. Introspection
(7:54) 3. Donna Lee
(5:53) 4. Played Twice
(6:40) 5. Air
(5:46) 6. Criss Cross

Some of soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy's most interesting recordings are his earliest ones. After spending periods of time playing with Dixieland groups and then with Cecil Taylor (which was quite a jump), Lacy made several recordings that displayed his love of Thelonious Monk's music plus his varied experiences. On this particular set, Lacy's soprano contrasts well with Charles Davis' baritone (they are backed by bassist John Ore and drummer Roy Haynes) on three of the most difficult Monk tunes ("Introspection," "Played Twice," and "Criss Cross") plus two Cecil Taylor compositions and Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee."~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-straight-horn-of-steve-lacy-mw0000193914

Personnel: Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone; Charles Davis - baritone saxophone; John Ore - bass; Roy Hanes - drums

The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy