[Dixielandjazz] Dado Moroni and Rosario Giuliani

Thu Jul 4 17:19:01 EDT 2019

Narrow minded?  Perhaps.  Who cares?
there is only one pair of ears I trust - mine.  And they tell me that the
so-called modern jazz is, with few exceptions, boring at best, or just
noise.  Took me a long time to separate wheat from chaff - there is no way
I'm going back!
Cheers

On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 at 19:20, Steve Voce <stevevoce at virginmedia.com> wrote:

> That's narrow-minded, Marek. If you ut your prejudices aside, I'm sure
> that these two guys will be able to play excellent interpretations of
> Duke's music. They'll know their audience, and have the technical abilities
> to adapt so that they'll remid you of Johnny Hodges and the others! You
> might miss out on something and regret it.
>
> Steve
> On 04/07/2019 16:47, Marek Boym wrote:
>
> Thank you, Steve.
> I did " clear between  my ears out" long ago, stopped listening to modern
> mayhemand moved to jazz instead.
> The saxophonists background does not bode well - no OKOM thereat all.  You
> have saved me money.
> Take care,
> Marek
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 at 18:04, Steve Voce <stevevoce at virginmedia.com> wrote:
>
>> Do you the world of good, Marek, if they can clear between  your ears out!
>>
>> Here's some info.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> Edgardo "Dado" Moroni (born October 20, 1962) is an Italian jazz pianist
>> and composer.
>>
>> A self-taught musician, Dado, who was born in Genoa, Italy, started
>> playing piano at age four. By his mid-teens he was playing professionally
>> around Italy and by age 17 had recorded his first album.
>>
>> Throughout the 1980s Dado worked mostly in Europe playing at festivals
>> and in clubs, including a long stint as part of former Duke Ellington
>> bassist Jimmy Woode's trio at Widder Bar in Zurich. Dado moved to the U.S.
>> in 1991, becoming part of the New York jazz scene, and appearing regularly
>> both as a leader and sideman, in some of the city's most prestigious clubs,
>> including Blue Note, Birdland, Village Vanguard as well as recording
>> several CDs.
>>
>> During his 35-year career Dado has played with legends including Freddie
>> Hubbard, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ray Brown, Ron
>> Carter, Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Hank Jones, Niels-Henning Ørsted
>> Pedersen and Alvin Queen. A highly respected musician, at age 25 he was
>> granted the honor of serving as a juror at the prestigious Thelonious Monk
>> International Piano Competition in 1987.[1]
>>
>> Based in Italy, Dado continues to perform worldwide. In 2007 he won the
>> Italian Jazz Awards as Best Jazz Act. In 2009 Dado was named Best Italian
>> Jazz Pianist in the Top Jazz referendum sponsored by Musica Jazz
>> magazine.[2] In 2010 he was appointed Professor of Jazz Piano at Giuseppe
>> Verdi Conservatory of Music in Turin, a position he currently holds.
>>
>> Dado is married to Ada Tour.
>>
>> As for Rosario,
>> He began studying the alto saxophone in the "Città di Terracina" band and
>> he graduated in 1987 from the Licinio Refice Conservatory in Frosinone. In
>> 1989 he participated in the Berklee College of Music courses organized as
>> part of the Umbria Jazz festival. In 1990 he was inserted by Rai in the
>> orchestra of "Young talents of European jazz" organized for a concert held
>> in Rome, at the Auditorium del Foro Italico, under the direction of James
>> Newton. In the following years he collaborated in the recording of film
>> soundtracks with internationally renowned masters such as Ennio Morricone,
>> Luis Bacalov, Armando Trovajoli, Nicola Piovani, Riz Ortolani.
>>
>> In 1996 he won the "Massimo Urbani" award, while the following year he
>> won the "Europe Jazz Contest" award, awarded in Belgium as the best soloist
>> and best group. In 2000 he won the Top Jazz in the new talent category, for
>> the annual referendum of the specialized magazine "Musica Jazz".
>>
>> In 2005 he participated in the "Land of the sun" project with Charlie
>> Haden and Gonzalo Rubalcaba.
>>
>> In 2006 he leaves for a tour that touches the most important cities of
>> the People's Republic of China.
>>
>> His collaborations are innumerable. Among others we remember those with
>> Kenny Wheeler, Randy Brecker, Bob Mintzer, Cedar Walton, Phil Woods,
>> Cameron Brown, Joe Locke, Donald Harrison and in Italy with Enrico Rava,
>> Maurizio Giammarco, Tullio de Piscopo, Franco D'Andrea, Giovanni Tommaso ,
>> Enrico Pieranunzi, Dado Moroni, Javier Girotto and Flavio Boltro.
>>
>> He has played in several international festivals, including the
>> following: Alatri Jazz (Italy), Jazz & Image, Tuscia in Jazz, Jazz in
>> Liège, Gexto Jazz Festival (Spain), Zagreb Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz,
>> Bergamo Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Festival (Paris), Town Hall 2001 (New
>> York), Nancy Jazz Pulsation (France), North Sea Jazz Festival
>> (Netherlands), London Jazz Festival (Great Britain), California, Mexico,
>> Hong Kong, Marciac Jazz Festival (France) , Ankara Jazz Festival, Smoke
>> jazz Club (New York), Jazz in Vienne (France).
>>
>> In September 2000 Giuliani signed a recording contract with the French
>> label "Dreyfus Jazz" with which he recorded his last 4 records, namely:
>> "Luggage", released in April 2001, "Mr. Dodo", published in October 2002,
>> "More Than Ever", released in October 2004, and "Anything Else", of January
>> 2007.
>>
>> On March 22, 2010, "Lennie's pennies" was released for the "Dreyfus Jazz"
>> label, which featured him with Joe La Barbera on drums, Pierre de Bethmann
>> on piano and Darryl Hall on double bass.
>>
>> His latest work is "Images" released in 2013 for the Dreyfus / BMG label.
>>
>> His sound and technique are influenced by artists such as John Coltrane,
>> Charlie Parker, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and Art Pepper, although the
>> saxophonist, inspired by these great masters, has been able to develop a
>> very personal style, and an absolutely timbre. new. The great Italian
>> composer Gianni Ferrio called him the "millenote boy", writing the liner
>> notes of Rosario Giuliani's "Tension" album, recorded in 1998 for Schema
>> Records, all dedicated to compositions for the cinema of the maestro and
>> others musicians, reproposed in a jazz key.
>> Send feedback
>> History
>> Saved
>>
>>
>> On 04/07/2019 15:53, Marek Boym wrote:
>>
>> Does any of you know the pianist Moroni and the saxophonist Giuliani?
>> They are scheduled to play an Ellington programme in February as part of
>> our "Hot Jazz" series.
>> Right now I'm listening to them playing "Lennie's Pennies," and it seems
>> that, while the pianist sounds fine, the saxophonist is far from an OKOM'er.
>> Cheers
>>
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