Silvia Schiavoni - Giancarlo Schiaffini & Phantabrass Play George & Ira Gershwin

«Nella lunga carriera di Schiaffini il più recente periodo è legato a due esperienze che in questo nuovo disco felicemente si incontrano, dandosi vicendevole slancio: da un lato Phantabrass, il singolare consesso di ottoni creato nel 2005, e dall'altro la fine cantante che con Schiaffini collabora da ben più lungo tempo. Su queste due basi è costruito tutto il concerto (che nel 2008 ha girato molto e con molto successo).

In un coraggioso repertorio formato da dieci songs capolavoro dei Gershwin (più un adeguato Rhythm Walked In del leader) sono infatti da ammirare, innanzi tutto, le eleganti partiture di Schiaffini, che giocano su quei corposi flussi tìmbrici: ed è senz'altro lo "scrivere jazz" a prevalere sui pur notevoli interventi (uno ciascuno) dei dieci solisti. Particolare suggestione viene ancora una volta dalla voce di Silvia Schiavoni, voce bella, articolata, e retta da un'evidente cultura musicale non limitata al jazz».

Gian Mario Maletto, da Musica Jazz Marzo 2009

«Ho tentato di trascodificare nel linguaggio grafico che ho provato a darmi, il rigore razionale e la spigolosa imprevedibilità di un assolo di sassofono (come quelli di Charlie Parker, di John Coltrane, di Eric Dolphy o di Ornette Coleman, per chi è in grado di intendere cosa voglio dire)».

Alfredo Profeta "Questione di carattere. Marchi, logotipi, testate e letterheads (1969-1996)", Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane 1997 

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Credits:

Silvia Schiavoni & Phantabrass

Play George & Ira Gershwin

Label: iMprint

Catalog#: IM017

Format: CD

Country: Italy

Recorded live in Buonconvento,

in collaboration with Fondazione Siena Jazz

Siena, July 30, 2008

Giancarlo Schiaffini (arr., direction, trombone),

Silvia Schiavoni (voice),

Luca Calabrese, Flavio D'Avanzo, Alberto Mandarini (trumpet),

Martin Mayes (french horn),

Lauro Rossi, Sebi Tramontana (trombone),

Giampiero Malfatto (euphonium),

Beppe Caruso (bass tuba),

Giovanni Maier (bass),

U.T. Gandhi (drums)

Tracklist :

1. Slap That Bass - 3:34

2. Embraceable You - 6:57

[solo: Mandarini, Schiaffini]

3. The Man I Love - 7:27

[solo: Maier]

4. But Not for Me - 9:17

[solo: Mayes, Schiaffini]

5. Nice Work If You Can Get It - 3:45

[solo: Davanzo]

6. Someone to Watch Over Me - 3:45

[solo: Tramontana]

7. Rhythm Walked In° - 3:06

8. How Long Has This Been Going On? - 8:22

[solo: Schiaffini]

9. A Foggy Day (in London Town) - 5:10

[solo: Calabrese, U.T. Gandhi]

10. They Can't Take That Away from Me - 5:01

[solo: Rossi, Caruso]

11. Love Is Here to Stay - 5:35

[solo: Malfatto]

° all songs are by George & Ira Gershwin,

except Rhythm Walked In by Giancarlo Schiaffini

Open Letter To Mingus by Orangethenblue (2011) and Stefano Maltese (1998)

Mingus at Todi, Umbria Jazz, 28 July, 1974

photo by Sergio Coppi

In those days I was contacted by Valeria Rios, a member of Orangethenblue’s group, which made ​​me aware of the recent production of a video documentary on Charles Mingus directed by his grandson Kevin Ellington Mingus entitled "Mingus on Mingus" (formerly known as "A True Jazz Legend"). 

Kevin Mingus describes his main motivation for making this film as "A grandson’s journey through the lore and legends of jazz history to find his grandfather, Charles Mingus."

You can read more here, on his website, and you can taste a sample in this clip, where Buddy Collette talks about Mingus at Monterey Jazz Festival Sept 20, 1964


Buddy Collette interviewed for "A true jazz legend" from 20 Fingers on Vimeo.

For the respect due to Charles Mingus and the admiration for his great music, I’ve agreed to support it, in any way I can, the work of Orangethenblue, dedicating a piece of my blog to this important initiative and I’would like to make it through two tributes to the project.

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Mingus at Pescara 1972 with Yusef Lateef, Kenny Drew and N.H.O. Pedersen

photo by Lucio Fumo

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The first homage is the publication of two rare letters from Mingus to Giuseppe Barazzetta, jazz critic, music consultant of the Bluebell record, since 1960, which distributed the Candid label in Italy. 

 

First Letter from Mingus to Barazzetta, May 29, 1962

Barazzetta, along with Polillo, Gian Carlo Testoni and Pino Maffei, was also the promoter of the first Mingus concert in Italy, held at the Teatro dell’Arte in Milan April 25, 1964.

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Mingus and Giuseppe Barazzetta, April 1964

photo by Eric Dolphy

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The letters, like so much other jazz material and more Barazzetta’s documents, are stored at the Centre for Studies on Jazz "Arrigo Polillo", directed by Francesco Martinelli, in the Siena Jazz Foundation.

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2nd handwritten letter from Mingus to Barazzetta, 

May 1966

The second tribute to Jazz from Italy dedicated to Mingus, is the recording of a concert performed by Stefano Maltese Open Music Orchestra for the twentieth anniversary of the death of Charles Mingus, recorded on 26 and 27 October 1998 and aired on Rai Radiotre Suite, by Pino Saulo.

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I know that this OOP album has already posted by Inconstant sol’s mates, but the importance of music by Stefano Maltese, in my opinion, has yet to be analyzed in-depth by italian critics and requires greater sharing, wherever this is possible.

Some time ago I started to draw a profile of this great Sicilian multi-instrumentalist, which unfortunately has been lost with all the store that I had in one of my hard disk, but I hope to complete it quickly and share it with you.

so long, Mingus!

 Mingus at Todi, Umbria Jazz, 28 July, 1974 

photo by Sergio Coppi

Credits:

Label: Musica Jazz
Catalog #: MJCD 1122
Format: CD
Country: Italy

Recorded at Radio Rai, Rome

26 and 27 october 1998

Stefano Maltese Open Music Orchestra:

Alberto Mandarini (tp, flgh),

Lauro Rossi, Sebi Tramontana (trnes),

Stefano Maltese (alto, bass cl, arr),

Eugenio Colombo (soprano, alto, fl, bass fl),

Carlo Actis Dato (bar sax, bass cl),

Umberto Petrin (p),

Giovanni Maier (bass),

Antonio Moncada (drums),

Gioconda Cilio (voice).

Tracklisting:

Part 1

1)      Pithecanthropus Erectus (Mingus) – 3’23”
2) Pow-Wow Mingus (Maltese) – 8’54”

Soloists: Moncada, Mandarini, Cilio, Maltese
3) Peggy's Blue Skylight (Mingus) – 2’29”
4) The Blue Meets The Moon (Maltese) – 13’05”

Soloists: Cilio, Colombo, Actis Dato, Rossi - Tramontana
5) Celia (Mingus) – 3’27”
6) The Wings Of The Night (Maltese) – 10’24”

Soloists: Colombo, Actis Dato – Petrin, Tramontana

Part 2

7) Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love (Mingus) – 2’36”
8) Love Call (Maltese) – 7’52”

Soloists: Maltese – Maier, Petrin
9) Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting  (Mingus) – 3’21”
10) A Stormy Night (Maltese) – 11’02”

Soloists: Mandarini, Maltese, Rossi, Petrin, Moncada
11) Eclipse (Mingus) – 3’49”
12) Things We Said (Maltese) – 5’28”

Solo: Maltese

Giancarlo Schiaffini - Rare and Unpublished tracks

To begin the new year, I can't find better than this compilation of rare tracks, and some previously unpublished, of this great musician, born almost seventy years ago.

Ladies, gentlemen and dear mates, here:

Giancarlo Schiaffini

Credits:
Giancarlo Schiaffini
- Rare and Unpublished tracks -

CD out of commerce
exclusive for the associates of
Musica Jazz magazine

Label: Musica Jazz
Catalog# MJCD 1189
Format: CD
Country: Italy
Date of release: March 2007



Tracklisting:

Part One

1) OUVERTURE (Schiaffini) – 3’58”
Giancarlo Schiaffini (trne), Maurizio Giammarco (sop. s.), 

Massimo Urbani (alto s.), Martin Joseph (p.), 

Bruno Tommaso (bass), Michele Iannaccone (drums).
Rome, June_1973
From HORO LP “Jazz a confronto 5” HLL 101-5

2) BROZZIMAN (M. Mengelberg) – 5’29”
Enrico Rava (tp.), Giancarlo Schiaffini (trne), 

Gianluigi Trovesi (sop. s., alto s., bass cl.), 

Baldo Maestri (alto s., sop. s.), 

Eugenio Colombo (alto s., fl.),
Renato Geremia (ten. s., sop. s., viol.), 

Misha Mengelberg (p., dir.), Larry Fishkind (tuba),
Han Bennink (drums, perc.)
Castello di Soncino, Italy, September 1979
From LP “Icp Orchestra: LIVE at Soncino” adLib 811

3) PEZZO TANTO PER DIRE (Schiaffini, Iannaccone, Colombo) – 2’30”
Giancarlo Schiaffini (trne), Eugenio Colombo (alto s.),
Michele Iannaccone (drums).
From LP “S.I.C.” Red VPA 137

4) ST. JAMES INFIRMARY (J. Primerose) – 10’53”
Luca Calabrese, Flavio Davanzo, Alberto Mandarini (tp.), 

Martin Mayes (fr. Horn), Giancarlo Schiaffini (trne, dir.), 

Lauro Rossi, Sebi Tramontana (trne),
Giampiero Malfatto (bombardino), 

Beppe Caruso (tuba), Giovanni Maier (bass), U.T. Gandhi (drums).
From  “Phantabrass - LIVE at Sant’Anna Arresi Festival” 1_September_2005

5) VERA (Schiaffini) – 3’49”
Portofranco Multicolor Orchestra : Alberto Mandarini (tp.), 

Martin Mayes (fr. Horn), Lauro Rossi (trne),
Eugenio Colombo (sop. s.), 

Charlie Mariano, Sandro Satta (alto s.), Claudia Bombardella (fis.), 

Marco Fagioli (tuba), Michele Rabbia (drums), Valerio Perla (perc.), 

Giancarlo Schiaffini (dir.)
UNISSUED LIVE:
Pelago, Italy  “On the road Festival”, 11_july_2002

6) AUX CHAMPIGNONS (Schiaffini) – 4’51”
Giancarlo Schiaffini (trne),
Jesùs Villa Rojo (cl.), Bruno Tommaso (bass)
UNISSUED
Rome, 26_January_1972

7) KO BIRD KO (Schiaffini) – 6’31”
Alberto Mandarini (tp.), Giancarlo Schiaffini (trne), 

Sandro Satta (alto s.), Daniel Studer (bass), Fulvio Maras (drums).
Rome, 13_December_1994
From “As A Bird” Penta Flowers CD 40

Part Two

8) REDINTEGRAZIONE (Schiaffini) – 3’08”
Giancarlo Schiaffini (trne, wah wah, electronics)
Pistoia, Italy, May_1978
From LP “A Tung Me” L’orchestra MILP 70005

9) LOVESKI (Schiaffini, Lovens) – 5’13”
Giancarlo Schiaffini (trne, electronics), Paul Lovens (perc.)
UNISSUED
“Controindicazioni” Rome, club Alpheus, 7_October_1991

10) LITANIA SIBILANTE (Schiaffini) – 6’58”
Pino Minafra, Alberto Mandarini, Guido Mazzon, Enrico Rava (tp.), 

Martin Mayes (fr. Horn), Giancarlo Schiaffini (trne, dir.), 

Lauro Rossi, Sebi Tramontana (trne), Eugenio Colombo (sop. s.), 

Mario Schiano, Gianluigi Trovesi (alto s.),
Daniele Cavallanti (ten. s.), 

Carlo Actis Dato (bass cl.), Umberto petrin (p.), 

Antonello Salis (fis.), Renato Geremia (viol.), 

Paolo Damiani (cello), Giovanni Maier (bass),
Tiziano Tononi (drums), Vincenzo Mazzone (perc.).

Rome, RAI, 8_March_2000
From “Italian Instabile Orchestra” Enja 9405 2

11)  MY FUNNY VALENTINE (Rodgers, Hart) – 4’38”
Giancarlo Schiaffini (trne), Dick Halligan (p.), Silvia Schiavoni (voice)
UNISSUED LIVE
Rome, Casa del Jazz, 8_June_2006

12) YOU ARE WHAT THIS DAY IS ALL ABOUT (A.Shepp) – 3’49”
Luca Calabrese, Flavio Davanzo, Alberto Mandarini (tp.), 

Martin Mayes (fr. Horn), Giancarlo Schiaffini (trne, dir.), 

Lauro Rossi, Sebi Tramontana (trne),
Giampiero Malfatto (bombardino), 

Beppe Caruso (tuba), Giovanni Maier (bass), U.T. Gandhi (drums).
From  “Phantabrass - LIVE at Sant’Anna Arresi Festival” 1_September_2005

13) LA GRANDE PORTA DELLE PULCI (Schiaffini) – 3’24”
Giancarlo Schiaffini (elettronics)
UNISSUED LIVE
Rome, Novembre_1999

14) PISA QUINTET 2 (Schiaffini, Rutherford, Lewis, Guy, Altena) – 4’28”
Giancarlo Schiaffini, Paul Rutherford, George Lewis (trne), 

Barry Guy, Maarten Altena (bass).
Abbazia di San Zeno, Pisa, Italy July_1980
From “Improvisors Symposium” Psi 04.03/4

15) VECCHIO CELLO (Schiaffini, Laura Lambiase) – 6’18”
Giancarlo Schiaffini (trne, electronics, voice)
UNISSUED LIVE
Rome, Novembre_1992


Total Time : 76’35”