IJD 2012
30th September – 9th October 2012
NEW YORK. The Italian Jazz Days lands in New York City for its fourth annual celebration. This year the Festival will feature forty musicians for a real jazz feast. The opening night (Monday, October 1) will be held at Bar on Fifth, a venue inside the Italian five-star hotel Setai, just along fashionable Fifth Avenue. Produced by TwinsMusic, Italian Jazz Days will celebrate world-class music and musicians for more than an entire week. The artists will perform in the acclaimed Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Columbus Circle), in the historic pizzeria Arturo’s (West Village, in the modern restaurants Brio Flatiron (920 Broadway), Le Pescadeux (Soho) and Robert (Columbus Circle).
The closing nights (October 8-9) are much anticipated. The Italian pianist Antonio Ciacca will debut at Dizzy’s Coca-Cola with a Big Band of 15 musicians. Ciacca has been preparing for this magnificent performance since 2009, writing and recording for the big band. Taking inspiration from his mentor Benny Golson, and having programmed shows at Jazz at Lincoln Center for four years, Ciacca has developed a strong love and vitality for the big band. He promises fireworks.
Italian Jazz Days will host world renewed musicians, such as guitarists Lucio Ferrara and Luca Nostro, saxophonist Attilio Troiano, crooner Walter Ricci, bass player Giuseppe Venezia, drummer Elio Coppola, trumpeter Nicola Tariello. On the stage, there will also be American musicians with Italian blood in their veins. Guitarist Randy Napoleon, renewed for having recorded a Grammy-nominated album with the international star Michael Bublé, will lead the opening night. Joseph Lepore (bass), Pete Malinverni (piano), John Di Martino (piano), Gene Bertoncini (guitar), Gabrielle Stravelli (singer) will offer intimate night concerts. Also on stage: pianist Simona Premazzi and drummer Luca Santaniello; who moved from Italy to New York specifically to pursue their dreams in the land of jazz and who are today very well known in the clubs in the West Village.
Italian Jazz Days will be also the right occasion for Brio Flatiron to announce the beginning of his jazz season. The restaurant managed by Damien Scoditti is going to be a new jazz venue in the city that never sleeps, a meeting point to write down in the agenda, every Sunday by September 30.
Italian Jazz Days 2012
Cedric Shannon New CD Release
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Il concerto si svolgera Venerdi, 30 Settembre, 2011; alle 19:00. Le porte saranno aperte alle 18:00.
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Italian Jazz Days
Italian Jazz Days 2011
1 - 10 ottobre 2011 - New York
4-5 October 2011
Dizzy's Jazz CocaCola
ANTONIO CIACCA QUINTET feat.
Dominick Farinacci - George Garzone - Steve Kirby - Lewis Nash
6 October 2011
Dizzy's Jazz CocaCola
ANTONIO CIACCA QUINTET feat.
Marco Pignataro - Matt Marvuglio – John Patitucci - Billy Drummond
7–8-9 October 2011
Dizzy's Jazz CocaCola
ANTONIO CIACCA QUINTET feat.
Dominick Farinacci - George Garzone - Steve Kirby - Carl Allen
Sempre al Dizzy's nel programma dell'After Hour si alterneranno dei giovani gruppi dotati di un consistente spessore artistico che ospiteranno il vincitore del premio Jimmy Woode Award 2011 (Francesco Ciniglio) ed il secondo che ospiterà invece il rappresentante del Premio Massimo Urbani 2011 (Cristiano Arcelli). Entrambi i gruppi vedono la presenza di due itali-canadesi: il 6 ottobre Mario Romano come unica data a New York che presenta il suo ultimo CD "Valentina", mentre il 7 e 8 sarà la volta del trio di Latin Jazz di Roberto Occhipinti.
4-5 October 2011
Dizzy's Jazz CocoaCola after hours
Luke Celenza - Joseph Lepore - Francesco Ciniglio
6 October 2011
Dizzy's Jazz CocoaCola after hours
MARIO ROMANO QUINTET
Mario Romano – piano, Pat Labarbera - ten sax, Guido Basso - trumpet, Roberto Occhipinti - bass, Mark Kelso - drums
7-8 October 2011
Dizzy's Jazz CocoaCola after hours
Roberto Occhipinti trio with Cristiano Arcelli
Cristiano Arcelli alto sax, Roberto Occhipinti bass, Dafnis Prieto - Drums, Manuel Valera – Piano
Altri due jazz club coinvolti nell'Italian Jazz Days sono lo Smalls con due presentazioni di CDs:
SMALL'S
7 October 2011
Marco Pignataro Quintet
Sofia's Heart
8 October 2011
Luca Nostro NYC Unser Quartet Feat. Donny Mc Caslin
music from CD "Ulrich"
e il Kitano con il quartetto della cantante Alice Ricciardi.
Articolo su Antonio Ciacca sul Sole 24 Ore
Pubblicato sul IlSole24Ore un articolo su Antonio Ciacca.
"Ai piani alti del Jazz Lincoln Center di New York si sente chiamare un nome italiano. «Antonio, c’è la riunione, we need you», esclama una assistente, quasi con tono di supplica.
Tra una conversazione interrotta a metà, una telefonata di lavoro, e l’ascolto di un pezzo di Duke Ellington, Antonio Ciacca ci chiede di ritornare più tardi. Dopo un’ora, nel suo ufficio è seduto un giovane pianista jazz..."