Coming Up - August 2011

Michele Polga Trio

feat. Danilo Gallo & Tommaso Cappellato

August 2 - Caffe' Diemme - Padova

Upperground Orchestra

feat. Rabih Beaini & Tommaso Cappellato

August 6 - Götheborg, Sweden

Tommaso Cappellato Quartet Minus One 

feat. Stefano Senni & Michael Blake

August 17 - Alla Poppa, Venezia

August 18 - Padova Jazz Club, Correzzola (PD)

August 19 - Livingroom.fm Basel, Switzerland

August 20 - JazzWide Festival, Pisa

Originals

I finally decided to independently release an album originally recorded in 2007 with some of Italy's most talented up and coming jazz musicians. It was recorded live in one room at True Colours Studio in Padova and it features 8 of my original compositions.


Tommaso Cappellato (drums & composition)
Marcello Allulli (tenor saxophone)
Federico Casagrande (guitar)
Michele Manzo (guitar)
Matteo Alfonso (fender rhodes)
Andrea Lombardini (electric bass)
Shanthi Kumari Roat (vocals on "World Traveller")

Here's a clip from the studio session playing Nowhere, Now Here:

Summertime... and the living is easy!

So much music played and heard during these last couple of months. It's a very exciting and inspired period of my life where travelling is key for a musical and personal growth. In just a small period of time I was in New York, in Belgium and constantly up and down the Italian peninsula. I played some remarkably cool gigs with Upperground Orchestra, singer-songwriters Rosita Késs & Richard Julian, clarinet player Nico Gori 4et and with a brand new quartet of mine playing my original tunes. Here's an excerpt of the gig with Upperground Orchestra in Eupen, Belgium:

Upcoming Shows:

July 13 ALESSIA OBINO Quartet - Valdagno (VI)
July 14 MARCO PONCHIROLI Trio - Solighetto (TV)
July 20 MARCO PONCHIROLI Trio - Montegrotto (PD)
July 21 MARCO PONCHIROLI Trio - Ivrea
July 22 ALESSIA OBINO Quartet - Brescia
July 24 MICHELE POLGA Quartet - Venezia
July 26 SCOTT STEEN Quartet - Venezia
July 27 SCOTT STEEN Quartet - Portogruaro (VE)
July 28 SCOTT STEEN Quartet - Brugnera (PN)
July 29 SCOTT STEEN Quartet - Valdobbiadene (TV)

Richard Julian & Rosita Késs

I recently played a couple of fun gigs with singer and songwriters Rosita Késs and Richard Julian, along with electric bass player Andrea Lombardini. Great music, fat sound and fun hang!

Also check out Rosita's latest record Northern Sky:

and Richard's Girls Need Attention

Open Reviewed

Bruce Lindasy's review of my album "OPEN" on All About Jazz was voted (#70) among the top 100 recommended reviews of all time:

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article_recommended_alltime.php?article_type=100

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