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Silvia Bolognesi

Born in Siena, Silvia Bolognesi graduates in double-bass at the “R. Franci Institute” with Andrea Granai while attending Alberto Bocini’s double-bass classes at the “G.Verdi Institute” in Prato. Her approach to jazz starts by following lessons at the “Siena Jazz Foundation” with F. Spinetti and by attending summer courses (1998-1999) organized by the same Institute, studying with Furio di Castri, Ettore Fioravanti (ensemble music) and Giancarlo Gazzani (big band). As well she attends the course “High level qualification for Jazz Performers”, founded by the European Union (with Furio di Castri, Mario Raia, Stefano Zenni and Francesco Martinelli) and the “Trio course” directed by Stefano Battaglia, Paolino dalla Porta and Fabrizio Sferra

Torino Jazz Festival 2024, Part 1

by Antonio Baiano
May 2, 2024

Part 1 | Part 2 A collection of photos from the Torino Jazz Festival, 12th edition in Torino, Italy from April 20, 2024 to April 30 2024 featuring Dave Holland, Christian McBride, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ernesto Simpson, Jaleel Shaw, Eric Harland, Roscoe Mitchell, Steve Lehman, Michele Rabbia, John Zorn, Laura Klain, Ares Tavolazzi, Sakina Abdou, ...

Silvia Bolognesi, Dudu Kouate, Griffin Rodriguez: Timing Birds

by Neri Pollastri
February 5, 2024

Primo lavoro di un trio dalla strumentazione piuttosto atipica, Timing Birds nasce dall'intesa di lunga data tra il percussionista senegalese, ma residente da anni a Bergamo, Dudu Kouate e la contrabbassista Silvia Bolognesi. I due, dopo varie collaborazioni occasionali, si sono ritrovati assieme nell'Art Ensemble of Chicago, cosa che li ha spinti a cercare l'occasione per ...

Jazz & Dance: modi diversi di unire le due arti

by Neri Pollastri
January 15, 2024

Sebbene gran parte del jazz nasca dalla musica da ballo e nella sua storia non manchino importanti collaborazioni di musicisti con danzatori --il primo che viene in mente è Steve Lacy --, oggi i rapporti tra questa musica e l'arte della danza non sono frequentissimi. Da un po' di tempo, tuttavia, qualcosa dalle nostre ...

Timing Birds

Label: Fonterossa Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Saman; Polo; Vision; Fonterossa; Kumpa; Finorossa; Mademba; Fuki Buki; Timing Birds.

The Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris

By Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Label: Rogue Art
Released: 2023
Track listing:
CD 1:
Leola; Introduction to Cards; Cards; Improvisation One; Ritual "Great Black Music"; Kumpa / Stormy Weather; New Coming; Jigiba / I Feel Like Dancing; Bulawayo Korokokoko.
CD 2:
We Are on the Edge; Variations and Sketches from the Bamboo Terrace; I Greet you with Open Arms; Funky AECO; Improvisation Two.

Anna Webber, Steve Lehman, & Silvia Bolognesi

by Maurice Hogue
October 31, 2023

Digging into the music on new releases from saxophonists this week from rising-star Anna Webber's new Shimmer Wince, the highly-praised Steve Lehman with the Orchestre National De Jazz from France, Pasquale Calo from Italy and his quartet, and Chicago powerhouse Dave Rempis with Belgian bassist Farida Amadou, plus Italian bassist Silvia Bolognesi on her new world-music ...

Carlos Bica, Coltrane/Dolphy & James Brandon Lewis

by Maurice Hogue
August 28, 2023

This show is highlighted by Portuguese bassist Carlos Bica's latest release on Clean Feed--Playing With Beethoven. Bica creates some very unexpected music. No one expected to hear em>Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy; the original recording sat undiscovered for many years. But it's now available and there's a great deal of buzz ...

Vision Festival 2023

by Luciano Rossetti
August 3, 2023

Tobia Bondesan: Frenesia Creativa

by Libero Farnè
June 26, 2023

Lo devo all'amico Vladimiro Pelliciardi se anni orsono ho conosciuto l'esistenza del collettivo BlueRing Improvisers e se, nel primo anno del Covid, ho avuto l'occasione di incontrare a Bologna i giovani Tobia Bondesan e Giuseppe Sardina. Pelliciardi è un personaggio poliedrico, vulcanico, dalle iniziative imprevedibili: nell'arco di oltre un quarantennio ingegnere, sassofonista, insegnante, trakker su percorsi ...