Free ticket registration at: http://bit.ly/1qhT4PpAlessandro Lanzoni (Piano)Matteo Bortone (Double bass)
Enrico Morello (Drums)
Alessandro LanzoniThe
receiving of the “Top Jazz 2013” award as best new talent of the year,
decided by the most qualified Italian journalists on behalf of Musica
Jazz magazine, sets Alessandro Lanzoni among the major personalities of
Italian jazz. With his impressive curriculum and experiences of absolute
prestige, Alessandro has for several years by now come to the attention
of the world of music.His training as a musician is the result of an intense journey, developing in two directions:His
“classical” studies, leading to his Diploma in Piano obtained in 2012
with highest marks, honours and an honourable mention at the Cherubini
Conservatory of Florence under the guidance of Giovanna Prestia, and a
period of jazz studies under the watchful eye of L. Pieri and M. Grossi,
which was then followed by summer courses at Siena Jazz and Berklee in
Boston as well as the two-year course InJam, also part of Siena Jazz,
where he was able to take advantage of high level teaching by Masters of
the caliber of Danilo Perez, Kenny Werner, Aaron Goldberg, Steve Kuhn,
John Taylor, Franco D’Andrea, Stefano Battaglia, Danilo Rea.Enrico MorelloBorn
in Rome (Italy) in 1988, Enrico Morello began to play the drums very
early when he was only 9 years old. He started learning and playing jazz
music at “Scuola Popolare di Musica di Testaccio” (Rome) at the age of
13 and he continued his studies attending the summer workshops at “Siena
Jazz” (Siena, Italy) in 2006 and 2008. That is where he was selected
for the additional master classes with Enrico Rava and Gianluigi
Trovesi.During the following two years he attended a special
course for professional musicians in Siena, “International Master
Program”, obtaining the highest awards and a full scholarship. At
(In.Ja.M.) he had the opportunity to take drums lessons from the most
prestigious jazz musicians in the world like: Eric Harland, John Riley,
Jeff Ballard, Billy Hart, Ben Perowsky, Adam Nussbaum, Ferenc Nemeth,
Billy Drummond and many others.Matteo BortoneDouble
bass player/composer, Matteo Bortone is making a name for himself among
the rising talents of the newest jazz generation, not only as an
instrumentalist but also as a composer and bandleader. Born in
Otranto (South of Italy) in 1982, Matteo began to play classical piano,
guitar and electric bass, before moving to the double bass.Matteo’s
musical education is punctuated by various student awards, most
notably, two scholarships en¬dowed by SIENA JAZZ (2007 and 2008), with
the second one allowing him to represent Italy at the 19th Edition of
the IASJ (International Association of Schools of Jazz) in 2009, led by
Dave Liebman.He won the 1st prize at the REZZO competition (Jazz in Vienne 2008) and the “Trophées du Sunside” (Paris) with the band OXYD.The Programme includes the following pieces (not necessarily in this order):Neutrons (Alessandro Lanzoni)Brendy (Alessandro Lanzoni)Big Band (Alessandro Lanzoni)Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington)Yuca (Alessandro Lanzoni)El paso (Alessandro Lanzoni)Nervosetto (Alessandro Lanzoni)**The programme may be subject to change