According to Kaspars Zaviļeiskis, the representative of Rīga rhythms, the Italian pianist, who combines excellent technique and bright artistic expression, will start the concert series on October 13. Lorenzo De Fintiwho will be joined by a double bass player Stefano Dall’Ora, trumpeter Alberto Mandarini and a drummer Marco Castiglioni. Lorenzo specializes in jazz and contemporary music, reflecting his influences from traveling and performing in Europe and the United States. He is also a lecturer and jazz radio host who conducts seminars and workshops on piano and keyboard performance and technical aspects. As stated in a Danish jazz magazine Jazz Special, “it’s high-class soulful chamber jazz played with the inspiration of the “Northern Tone” we know from ECM records with Keith Jarrett or Jan Garbarek. A mix of jazz and new school compositional music”.
A week later, on October 20, in the studio of Latvian Radio 1, it will be possible to dive into the music created by another unusual Italian band with listening ears and an open heart. Satoyama is a group of four curious and daring Italian musicians, always on a journey to the frontiers of contemporary music. This year they celebrate the tenth anniversary of this road and are ready to invite the public of Latvia to the anniversary party. Satoyama Northern European jazz influences are woven into the music, mixed together with experiments in both the acoustic and electronic fields. On the British jazz portal JazzViews trumpeter pair Luca Benedetto, guitarist Christian Russanobassist Marco Bellafiore and a drummer Gabriele Luttino music said: “This river of surreal sound is thought provoking and despite its weighty harshness, it still has an elemental syrupy, whiff of optimism that balances the melancholy and sentiment of the trumpet.”
On October 28, it will be possible to enjoy American jazz of the highest quality in Riga, because then a pianist will perform in the 1st studio of Latvian Radio Emmet Cohen together with a double bassist Joey Ranieri and a drummer Joe Farnsworth. Jazz pianist and composer Emmett Cohen is at the vanguard of his generation’s musical development. An acknowledged child prodigy, Cohen began piano lessons at the age of three and quickly emerged as a young artist offering musicality, technique and a mature concept. The past is always present in Emmett’s music, and his trio lives and plays according to the belief that all music and art is contemporary, because what is created in the moment lives alongside the artist. In the legendary American jazz magazine DownBeat stated that “Cohen and his trio are able to create virtuosic, breath-taking music in a carefree and entertaining way that is an understated yet deeply grounded testament to the excellence of early jazz”.
Concert series on November 3 Art of Riga Jazz will be concluded by Laura Prince – a French-Togolese singer and composer with a broad perspective on the world of music. Together with pianist and arranger Gregory Privat from Martinique, she performs soulful melodies in Afro-Latin rhythms. Lora has always blended together her global music influences with a great legacy of blues and jazz voices. As read on the French jazz portal Jazz inthen the listeners will be greeted by “a voice that is deep and attractive, deep and sensual, full of gentle sensitivity with a slight hint of melancholy, with a tonality that is alternately quite dark or even furious.”
Art of Riga Jazz is a special series of improvisation and jazz music concerts for musically passionate listeners who appreciate high-quality artistic performance and new nuances of musical sound, as well as want to meet great and internationally recognized musicians in a more intimate atmosphere. The concerts in the 1st studio of Latvijas Radio will start with a conversation led by music journalist Kaspars Zaviļeiskas, allowing you to understand even more the nuances of their creative activity.
All concerts start at 19.00. Tickets are available for purchase bilesuparadize.lv.
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2023-09-18 10:25:07
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