Gulf Jazz Festival2013 in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar
April
24th-27th
2013
ROBERTO MAGRIS QUARTET WITH VOICE “CANZONI
ITALIANE IN JAZZ”
ROBERTO
MAGRIS – piano MARIO COGNO – acoustic bass
PAOLO PRIZZON – drums MARIA DAL ROVERE – voice
… Arrivederci (Umberto Bindi), Bambina
innamorata (D’Anzi), Che cosa c’è (Gino Paoli),
Estate (Bruno Martino), Domenica bestiale (Fabio
Concato), La canzone di Marinella (Fabrizio De
Andrè), E penso a te (Lucio Battisti), Mi sono
innamorato di te (Luigi Tenco), Napule è (Pino
Daniele), Parole parole parole (Mina), Quando
quando quando (Tony Renis), Senza fine (Gino
Paoli), Un’estate fa (Mina)…
ROBERTO MAGRIS QUARTET WITH VOICE /
CANZONI ITALIANE IN JAZZ
The
Internationally renowned Italian jazz pianist
Roberto Magris presents in an unique jazz setting
the best of the Italian pop songbook with amazing
arrangements, angular chords and fluent straight
jazz improvisations. The band includes the
outstanding Italian pop singer Maria Dal Rovere
(Sanremo, RAI 1, Canale 5 TV, Castrocaro etc.),
who’s vocal tone and emotional range are so
impressive facing the classic piano-bass-drums
jazz trio. Drummer Paolo Prizzon is one of the
top studio musicians in Italy, working with the
most famous names (from Fabrizio Bosso to
Alessandro Safina and the Moscow Prokofiev
Orchestra) and bassist Mario Cogno is a veteran of
the Italian jazz scene with several foremost
collaborations. Roberto Magris is one of the
most renowned and appreciated European jazz
pianists in the USA, where he’s the musical
director of JMood Records, the Kansas City jazz
label. He has recorded 18 albums and has played
concerts in 40 different countries in Europe,
America, Asia, Africa and Australia, also
performing at several top jazz festivals and jazz
clubs in the world, including “Catalina Jazz Club”
in Hollywood, “The Blue Room” in Kansas City, “The
Jazz Bakery” in Los Angeles, “Porgy & Bess” in
Vienna, “Unterfahrt” in Munich, “Bennett’s Lane”
in Melbourne, “Montreal Jazz Festival”, “San
Sebastian Jazz Festival”, “Ocho Rios Jamaica”,
“Umbria Jazz” and many others. Magris has
collaborated and recorded with Art Davis (bassist
for John Coltrane), Albert “Tootie” Heath, Idris
Muhammad, Herb Geller, Sam Reed, Brandon Lee,
Logan Richardson, Paul Carr, Tony Lakatos, Franco
Ambrosetti, Philip Catherine and many others.
About Magris’ style, jazz critic Ira Gitler wrote:
“as a pianist he reflects some of his most admired
models - Wynton Kelly, Tommy Flanagan, Bill Evans,
Kenny Drew, Jaki Byard, Randy Weston, McCoy Tyner,
Andrew Hill, Paul Bley, Don Pullen and Steve Kuhn
(a varied group indeed) - in his own way. There is
a quick, supple right hand and the rich harmonies
of the two-handed transitions in his playing that
don’t necessarily summon up instant comparisons to
any of the above or others.”
ROBERTO
MAGRIS – piano