Roma Jazz Festival

VISUAL JAZZ

Auditorium Parco della Musica

It is no accident that the debut of jazz on the silver screen is a milestone in the history of cinema.

The history of jazz and cinema are connected by a series of amazing analogies: they both are collective arts, they have reconciled high and popular culture, artistic avant-garde and media. They are both two big phenomena that played a fundamental role throughout all the XX century. The relationship between jazz, technology and visual arts dates back to the beginning of the last century. The first sound film, the first vinyl records, the interchange with contemporary art… And now new technologies and global distribution systems have further boosted this relationship.

Roma Jazz Festival, one of the most important events on the international scene, chooses every year a different theme and features big events to bring prestige to the whole festival. This year’s theme “Visual Jazz“ aims at catching the trends and the evolution of jazz music on both the international and national level. Today the wide diffusion of new media, from Internet and social networks to the use of tools for reproducing and editing sounds and images, has generated a new creativity jazz is obviously influenced by.

Roma Jazz Festival 2012 edition proposes an articulated and interdisciplinary project with the aim of highlighting all those artistic expressions originated by the relationship between jazz and visual arts: films, documentaries, fiction, cartoons, video clips, live soundtracks, computerized creations and all that “Visual Jazz”.

Mario Ciampà
Artistic Director

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12th October

JACOB TV

Sala Petrassi - 9 pm

“The News”
European premiere

Interviews to powerful people recreated into an urban rap. Live music synchronized with a remix of TV clips sheds new light on our world, on our political and cultural leaders unable to talk about freedom and democracy, religion, economy and global warming, catastrophes and morality, in short the fame and the infamy surrounding us. Jacob TV has been defined as a modern Jeff Koons for his original urban style made of speech, a daring use of media,   instrumental groove of great effect and a lot of jazz.
“The News”: ever breaking… never ending!

Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano
Lori Cotler, alto, konnakol, jazz vocalist

PMCE, Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble
Tonino Battista, conductor

Jacob TV,Chris Weda, sound directors
Jan Boiten, lights and set
Ayke Dirkzwager, director

Supported by Fondazione Musica per Roma in collaboration with Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and IMF Foundation.

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13rd October

FABRIZIO BOSSO QUARTET

Sala Sinopoli - 9 pm

“Il Sorpasso – The Easy Life” 50 years after Dino Risi’s famous film

The odd couple Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant with trumpeter Fabrizio Bosso’s quartet. The remake of the soundtrack will play along images from Dino Risi’s film from 1962. A successful multimedia project on jazz and cinema.

Fabrizio Bosso, trumpet
Luca Mannutza, piano
Luca Bulgarelli, double bass
Lorenzo Tucci, drums

Fabrizio Bosso: Web - Facebook - Twitter

16th October

Mauro Campobasso & Mauro Manzoni Quartet

Sala Petrassi - 9 pm

“Ears Wide Shut” -  A tribute to Stanley Kubrick

An extremely diversified musical journey, alternating tension and relaxation in a succession of original pieces composed by the two co-leaders and revisited music themes from  Kubrick’s films. A real journey through the world of cinema.

Mauro Campobasso, guitar, live electronics
Mauro Manzoni, saxophones, flutes, live electronics
Stefano Senni, double bass, live electronics
Francesco Cusa, drums
Giuseppe Bruni, video

Mauro Campobasso: Web - Facebook - Twitter
Mauro Manzoni: Web

17th October

GIOVANNI GUIDI TRIO plus ONE

Sala Petrassi - 9 pm

In a few years this musician has found his own path with a unique approach and wise artistic choices and is now highly regarded as a pianist and a composer. His musical ideas are explosive, his apparently simple pieces are clear and coherent, both the aggressive ones imbued with a vibrant tension and the lyrical and nocturnal ones enhancing Giovanni’s melodious style. A style here perfectly combined with Mattia Rimatori’s visual art.

Giovanni Guidi, piano
Francesco Ponticelli,  double bass
Enrico Morello, drums
Mattia Rimatori, images

Giovanni Guidi: Web - Facebook
Mattia Rimatori: Facebook

18th October

MANU KATCHÉ QUARTET

Sala Petrassi - 9 pm

“Third Round”
Italian premiere 

The French-African drummer has intensified his commitment for the “beautifully mutated grooves and jazzy themes” (to quote The Guardian) that distinguishe Manu Katché’s all-new line-up. Watson’s B3 Hammond groove, the delicate and energetic touch of saxophonist Tore Brunborg, the improvisations of Nils Petter Molvaer create an extraordinary and compelling sound.

Manu Katché, drums
Nils Petter Molvaer, trumpet
Luca Aquino, trumpet
Tore Brunborg, saxophones
Michael Gorman, hammond B3
live video

Manu Katché: Web - Facebook
Nils Petter Molvaer: Web - Facebook

19th October

CESARE PICCO

Sala Petrassi - 9 pm

“Blind Date – Concert in the Dark”

A unique event where the audience will have the privilege to listen to a piano concert totally improvised in the dark. A chance for abandoning one’s fears and entering a new sensorial  dimension.

Cesare Picco, piano

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20th October

New European Jazz
Xavier Dotras Trio

Sala Petrassi - 9 pm

“Vincent”
Italian premiere

Vincent was inspirited by the book “Letters to Theo”  from the painter Vincent van Gogh.
The object of this audiovisual project is to create an ideal atmosphere which shows the painters’ essence: his work, his life, his sentiments and his fears. This proposal has no other intention than to pay homage from deep admiration for a sensitive person who was not understood in his time and whose humbleness and short life prevented him from seeing his art blossom.

Xavier Dotras, piano
Cesar Martinez, drums
Toni Pujol, double bass
Montse Vilà, speaker
Josep M. Masvidal, projections

Supported by Embassy of Spain in Italy in collaboration with IMF Foundation.

Xavier Dotras: Web
Xavier Dotras Trio: Myspace

21st October

ENZO PIETROPAOLI, MICHELE RABBIA

Sala Petrassi - 11 am

“Cortoons”

Photographer Alessandro DʼUrso proposes a montage of precious and challenging short animated films created with different techniques: Flash, Stop Motion, 2D and 3D. An original soundtrack performed live for a concert that will bring jazz closer to children.

Enzo Pietropaoli,  double bass
Michele Rabbia,  percussions, electronics

Enzo Pietropaoli: Web - Facebook
Michele Rabbia: Myspace - Facebook

21st October

ALDO ROMANO, LOUIS SCLAVIS, HENRI TEXIER, GUY LE QUERREC

Sala Petrassi - 21 pm

“Root” africaine du Trio & du Griot

African and Middle-Eastern atmospheres, a wide range of expressions and an extraordinary artistic symbiosis characterize this trio that loves to explore new and ever-changing dimensions. A “melodic painting” imbued with a lyrical surrender and nostalgic feelings, sparkling with quick improvisations that perfectly interact with Guy le Querrec’s photographs.

Louis Sclavis, clarinets
Henri Texier, double bass
Aldo Romano, drums
Guy le Querrec, photo & video

Louis Sclavis: Web - Facebook
Henri Texier: Facebook

22th October

HERBIE HANCOCK

Sala Sinopoli - 9 pm

“Plugged In. A Night of Solo Explorations”

For the first time in his career, the seventy-year-old Herbie Hancock will perform a piano solo concert. With the help of a computer and synth, he will go through his wide repertoire ranging from bebop, funk, rock and electro music. A diversified approach to music that gained him several Grammy Awards and the attention of many young music lovers.

Herbie Hancock,  piano, keyboards, laptop

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23rd October

MARTIN REITER – EVA FISCHER

Sala Petrassi - 9 pm

“Inventions&impressions”

Instant compositions, brief improvisations on a powerful theme with an evocative sound accompanied by the images of the Luma.Launish duo, well-known Austrian visual artists. Themes and improvisations combined with the images, will highlight the “inventions and impressions” proposed by the young Austrian pianist.

Martin Reiter, piano
Eva Fisher, live visuals
Luma.Launisch, video

Supported by Austrian Cultural Forum – Rome.

Martin Reiter: Web
Eva Fisher: Web
Luma.Launisch: Web

24th October

AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE QUINTET

Sala Petrassi - 9 pm

“When The Heart Emerges Glistening”

A rhetorical matter expressed by Akinmusire in his “manifesto”, in search of the Promised land. A need for a sincere and clear reflection on all that concerns us personally: change, vulnerability, pride, firmness, confidence. Opposite frames of mind coexisting inside ourselves that Akinmusire renders with a sincere and open touch.

Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet
Walter Smith III, tenor sax
Sam Harris, piano
Harish Raghavan, double bass
Justin Brown, drums

Ambrose Akinmusire: Web - Facebook - Twitter

25th October

TRIPLE VISION

Sala Petrassi - 9 pm

“Visual Design And Sounds”

A sentimental and dreamlike journey into music through visual art’s emotional impact and the combination of three music projects (R.A.J. Trio, Nohaybandatrio, M.A.T.) and the video-artists’ different personalities (Gabriel Zagni, Alessandro Rebecchi Aka Byruz, Nadia Cassino). Special guest Fabrizio Bosso.

R.A.J. TRIO
Antonio Jasevoli, guitar, electronics
Michele Rabbia, drums, percusions, laptop
Marcello Allulli, tenor sax, electronics

NOHAYBANDATRIO
Fabio Recchia, guitar, bass
Emanuele Tomasi, drums, electronics
Marcello Allulli, tenor sax

M.A.T.
Marcello Allulli, tenor sax
Francesco Diodati, guitar, electronics
Ermanno Baron, drums

R.A.J. TRIO: Facebook
NOHAYBANDATRIO: Myspce - Facebook
M.A.T.: Facebook

26th October

RITA MARCOTULLI SEPTET

Sala Petrassi - 9 pm

“A tribute to Truffaut”

In her tribute, Rita Marcotulli portrays an intimate Truffaut, deeply translated into music. This project is not meant as an alternative soundtrack to the French master’s films, but the expression of Truffaut’s poetic universe through his images, characters, recurring themes in an alternation of heaviness and lightness.

Rita Marcotulli, piano
Javier Girotto, saxophones
Luciano Biondini, accordion
Francesco Puglisi, double bass
Aurora Barbatelli, celtic harp
Roberto Gatto, drums
Maria Teresa De Vito, live movie

Rita Marcotulli: Myspace - Facebook
Javier Girotto: Web - Facebook
Roberto Gatto: Web
Luciano Biondini: Myspace
Francesco Puglisi: Facebook

27th October

50 YEARS OF MUSIC – FRANCO MICALIZZI & The Big Bubbling Band

Sala Sinopoli - 9 pm

“Cult Soundtracks and Jazz”

In the seventies Franco Micalizzi, musician and composer, wrote the soundtrack for   “Rome Armed to the Teeth”, “Brothers Till We Die”, “They Call Me Trinity” working with such directors as Corbucci, Lenzi and Salce. He played a fundamental role in those Italian crime films that would later inspire Quentin Tarantino. Several hip hop artists and DJs revisited the production of this musician, one of the best jazz funk composers of that period.

The Big Bubbling Band, director Franco Micalizzi

Myspace

28th October

New European Jazz
RUSCONI

Teatro Studio - 9 pm

“Revolution”
Italian premiere

Whilst Rusconi take a keen interest in the interplay between composition and improvisation, their unconventional combination of instruments and voices and their playful use of rather more unusual sound-making devices is rooted in their desire to create soundscapes whose rich textures are designed to add depth to their pieces. And whilst ‘sound’ is undoubtedly their core tool, Rusconi would not want to neglect the visual dimension of their work. They take a highly active role in the creation of videos, photographs, record sleeves and website designs, an interest that has already led to several collaborations with artists like Pipilotti Rist, Diana Scheunemann, and the “Zweihundfilm” collective. Rusconi may be uncategorisable, unpredictable and unconventional. Whatever they might also be, they are most definitely fun. Especially live.

Stefan Rusconi, piano, space echo & sound preparations, backing vocals
Fabian Gisler, double bass, distortion & feedback, backing vocals
Claudio Strueby, drums, tape & glockenspiel, backing vocals

Supported by Swiss Institute of Rome , Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, with the friendly support of Popkredits from the City of Zürich and the Swiss cooperative of artists intepretes (SIG) in collaboration with IMF Foundation and Fondazione Musica per Roma

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30th October

GIANLUCA PETRELLA

Sala Sinopoli - 9 pm

“Il Bidone – The Swindle” A tribute to Nino Rota

A selection of musical pieces and soundtracks by the great composer revisited in a electro, jazz and pop key. Petrella reinterprets particularly rare materials as well as the masterpieces everybody loves, as the soundtracks for Federico Fellini’s films.

Gianluca Petrella, trombone
Giovanni Guidi, piano
John De Leo, vocals
Beppe Scardino, sax baritone
Andrea Sartori, electronics and sartofono
Joe Rehmer, bass
Cristiano Calcagnile, drums

Gianluca Petrella: Web - Facebook

31st October

JOE JACKSON AND THE BIGGER BAND FEATURING REGINA CARTER – 2012 TOUR

Sala Sinopoli - 9 pm

“The Duke”

Joe Jackson presents his album dedicated to Duke Ellington at Roma Jazz Festival. A world renowned artist for his pop hits, Jackson reinterprets the master of swing’s classics using his imagination and creativity, experimenting groove and surprising new sounds. As a result, different styles and sounds freely coexist in the way they did for the great composer Ellington.

Joe Jackson, vocals and piano
Darryl Jones, bass
Charley Drayton, drums
Adam Rogers, guitar
Sue Hadjopoulos, percussion
Allison Cornell, keyboards, viola and vocals
Regina Carter, violin

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3rd November

FRANCESCO BEARZATTI – TINISSIMA QUARTET

Sala Petrassi - 9 pm

“Monkʼnʼroll” A tribute to Thelonious Monk

After the projects “Tina Modotti” and “Suite for Malcolm X”, warmly acclaimed by both critics and the audience in France and abroad, saxophonist Francesco Bearzatti and his quartet celebrate Thelonious Monk in an original way. The energy and the power of the most popular rock songs (Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Michael Jackson) meet the most famous pieces of the composer in an entertaining and galvanizing new form.

Francesco Bearzatti, tenor sax, clarinet, xaphoon, electronics
Giovanni Falzone, trumpet, human effects
Danilo Gallo, double bass, acoustic bass guitar
Zeno De Rossi, drums and percussions
Antonio Vanni, live video

Video project by
Francesco Chiacchio, Valentino Griscioli and Antonio Vanni
Kamran Thaerimoghaddam
Nicholas Myers, video contributions
Roberto Polillo, photos

Francesco Bearzatti: Web - Facebook

22nd November

New European Jazz
ACTUUM

Music Inn - 10 pm

“Brutal music for nice people”
Italian premiere

“Actuum are not afraid to express an ambitious manifesto with implications of dystopia, chaos and instability, and they’re well equipped to give it a very convincing musical representation. Trumpeter Louis Laurain, saxophonist Benjamin Dousteyssier, bassist Ronan Courty and drummer Julien Loutelier go about their business with fiercesome purpose, with brilliantly controlled violence that smashes the musical elements like particles in the large hadron collider. Then every so often, a subliminal message in the writing that evokes the spirit of Charles Mingus or George Russell, reminding you that despite everything, this is still a jazz band.”
Gerard Godeley (12 Points Festival)

Benjamin Dousteyssier, saxophones
Ronan Courty, double bass
Louis Laurain, trumpet
Julien Loutelier, drums, percussions

Supported by Jazz Migration Editin 2012 AFIJMA (Association des Festivals Innovants en Jazz et Musiques Actuelles) in collaboration with IMF Foundation.

Myspace

Entrance, buffet and concert € 15

Music Inn
Largo dei Fiorentini, 3
00186 Rome (Italy)
tel. +39 06 68806751
www.musicinn.eu

23rd November

New European Jazz
INSEARCH

Music Inn - 10 pm

“Art Alarm”
Italian premiere

InSearch describe themselves as musicians who play alternative jazz and post-rock. In fact, fans of the jazz legend, Miles Davis, and the Icelandic group Sigur Ros, which escapes any generalisations, may find something familiar in the music played by InSearch. The persistent search and unusual music solutions represent the game the group undertakes on daily basis. ‘We create a vigorous and colourful musical space in which stylistic barriers and characteristic sound clichés lose their function, whereas the interface between the expression and sound of the idea becomes the key aspiration.

Juozas Martinkėnas, guitar
Nojus Jurkus, saxophones
Paulius Adomėnas, bass
Mantas Augustaitis, drums

Supported by Embassy of Republic of Lithuania in collaboration with IMF Foundation.

Myspace

Entrance, buffet and concert € 15

Music Inn
Largo dei Fiorentini, 3
00186 Rome (Italy)
tel. +39 06 68806751
www.musicinn.eu

 

24th November

New European Jazz
ARVE HENRIKSEN / JAN BANG DUO

Teatro Studio - 9 pm

“All the way along I have been influenced by Don Cherry, Miles Davis and above all Nils-Petter and Jon Hassell. At one point Nils lent me a cassette of shakuhachi playing . Then things changed. I believe mine is contemporary music, made of sound landscapes and soundtracks.”

A popular Norwegian musician, Henriksen stands out for the peculiar sound of this trumpet and an original use of the voice. Being fond of nature, he often performs in beautiful natural places.

Arve Henriksen, trumpet
Jan Bang, live sampling
Helge Norbakken, drums
Ingar Zach, percussions

Arve HenriksenSito web - Facebook
Jan Bang: Sito web

Supported by Embassy of Norwegian in collaboration with Fondazione Musica per Roma and IMF Foundation.

25th November

IRENE GRANDI – STEFANO BOLLANI

Sala S.Cecilia - 9 pm

A new project by Stefano Bollani who brings on stage the voice of Irene Grandi. They started together in the band La Forma, and since then have always found ways to collaborate and now have finally decided to perform as a duo. The repertoire represents a journey through the years of their friendship: the sounds from Brazil, Europe, past and present, from jazz standards to contemporary authors. An elegant fusion between Stefano Bollani’s jazz and Irene Grandi’s warm and rock voice.

Irene Grandi,  voice
Stefano Bollani, piano

Stefano Bollani: Web - Facebook
Irene Grandi: Web - Facebook
Irene Grandi & Stefano Bollani: Web - Facebook

Exhibition

OFFRIMI IL CUORE (OFFER YOUR HEART TO ME)

Multimedia project by the artist Nero Project/Antonello Fresu
European premiere

“Offrimi il cuore” is a project halfway between contemporary art and music consisting of an installation with several wide screen monitors playing videos of the various performances. Musicians, visual artists and dancers are invited to improvise using as a basic rhythm the beat of their own heart recorded live during the performance. Over forty artists – most of them are international renowned musicians – will participate to “Offrimi il cuore” that will premiere at 2012 Roma Jazz Festival. The multimedia exhibition catalogue will include criticism, photographs and clips on dvd.

Initiative promoted by PAV – visual arts project by Time in Jazz, in collaboration with Roma Jazz Festival Jazz  and Auditorium Parco della Musica, with the support of the cultural association Isolasenzatitolo.

Events

JAZZ AND CINEMA, A PATH BETWEEN THE ORIGINS.

Sala Trevi
Vicolo del Puttarello 25 (Fontana di Trevi)
Telefono: +39 06.6781206

Produced by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Fondazione Musica per Roma, IMF Foundation

OCTOBER 11th
Between Swing and Jazz

h. 05,00 p.m. – IL SORPASSO – Direct by Dino Risi
h. 07,00 p.m
- IL BLUES DELLA DOMENICA (1951) – Direct by Valerio Zurlini
- NOI INSISTIAMO! SUITE PER LA LIBERTÀ SUBITO (1964) - Direct by Gianni Amico
- APPUNTI PER UN FILM SUL JAZZ (1965) – Direct by Gianni Amico
h. 08,30 p.m - GLI ARCANGELI (1963) – Direct by Enzo Battaglia


OCTOBER 14th

Chet Baker: a great jazz musician in small roles on the big screen

h. 05,00 p.m – L’AUDACE COLPO DEI SOLITI IGNOTI Direct by Nanni Loy
h. 06,45 p.m – TROMBA FREDDA – Direct by Enzo Nasso
h. 07,15 p.m – URLATORI ALLA SBARRA – Direct by Lucio Fulci
h. 09,15 p.m – NUDI PER VIVERE, different authors


OCTOBER 16th

Dedicate to Piero Umiliani

h. 06,00 p.m – SMOG – Direct by Franco Rossi
h. 07,50 p.m – UNA BELLA GRINTA – Direct by Giuliano Montaldo
h. 09,45 p.m – I PIACERI PROIBITI – Direct by Raffaele Andreassi


OCTOBER 18th

The classics of origins

h. 05,00 p.m – LA NOTTE – Direct by Michelangelo Antonioni
h. 07,15 p.m – UNA STORIA MILANESE – Direct by Eriprando Visconti
h. 09,10 p.m – BOTTA E RISPOSTA – Direct by Mario Soldati

Contacts

IMF Foundation
Via Giuseppe Sacconi 19 / G
T./F. +39.06.9020.7045
romajazzfestival@gmail.com

Ufficio Stampa:
Big Time
Claudia Felici 329. 9433329
Fabio Tiriemmi 329.9433332
tel. 06.5012073 – fax 06.5011770
pressoff@bigtimeweb.it

Tickets

Auditorium Parco della Musica
Viale Pietro de Coubertin, 30 – Roma
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IMF Foundation

President
Mario Ciampà

Advisors
Luca Mangano
Omer As

Artistic Conception and Direction
Mario Ciampà

With the collaboration of
Flavio Severini
Oscar Pizzo
Nicola Calocero

Production Assistant
Katia Forgione
Serena Dinnocenzo
Francesco Grieco

Administration
Studio Cicchelli

Comunication
Fabio Tiriemmi

Website
Snob production

Graphic
Andrea Fiorentini

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