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FRANCESCO CAFISO “Island Blue” Quartet :
Francesco Cafiso, Dino Rubino, Giovanni Mazzarino and Giuseppe Bassi have deep roots in the jazz tradition but look at the future for a newer and original sound.
Their aim is to create a 360 degree wide music, ranging from blues to modern jazz; they arrange all the songs in a personal way and convey a music that can move the audience, even the less competent, mainly drawing on Francesco’s original compositions. Impressive is the quartet’s amazing synergy and the potential of each component, their ability to listen to each other and create a genuine dialogue between the instruments, the compact sound of a group.
In this band the emphasis is more on a collective band sound, enhancing the cohesiveness amongst the musicians, and their collective interpretation of the music.
The musical balance of this unit relies on the crucial contributions of Giovanni Mazzarino’s essential pianism, Giuseppe Bassi’s beautiful double bass lines enjoying and great Dino Rubino on trumpet. The quartet’s repertoire is based on American standards and Francesco’s original compositions drawing its inspiration mostly from their musical background reworked in a more evocative fashion, rather than a direct one.
In such a varied musical offering, the collective aspects of music-making stand out, true to the very nature of jazz: a genre based on the interaction amongst the musicians, where the featuring of a musician’s individuality happens within a group, in total harmony with the other bandmates.
Band:
Francesco Cafiso – Alto Sax
Dino Rubino – Trumpet – Flugelhorn
Giovanni Mazzarino – Piano
Giuseppe Bassi – Bass
Biography :
Francesco Cafiso (Vittoria May 24 1989 )
One of the most precocious talents in the history of jazz. When he was barely nine years old Francesco took his first steps, working with internationally famous musicians. Meeting Wynton Marsalis in Pescara at the jazz Festival held on July 2002 was a decisive moment for Francesco’s career. Amazed by Francesco’s qualities, Marsalis took him along with his septet on his European tour 2003, where Francesco performed in prestigious theatres in the largest cities in Europe. From that moment on, Francesco went through a series of important experiences both in Italy and abroad. He won various important prizes: the Massimo Urbani National Award in Urbisaglia, the EuroJazz Award in Lecco, the International Jazz Festivals Organization Award in New York, the World Saxophone Competition in London, the Django d’Or in Rome and many others.
In order to improve his English, but most of all, in order to experience new musical styles and genres, Francesco went to New Orleans where he played with Ellis Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Thadeus Richard, Bob Franch, Maurice Brown and many other important local musicians while taking special lessons from Alvin Batiste.
In 2005 the Swing Journal, the authoritative Japanese jazz music magazine, confers him the New Stars Award, prize reserved to the emergent foreign talents. Immediately after, the affirmation in the Top Jazz, referendum of the Italian Music Jazz magazine, that recognizes him as the best new talent of the year.
Francesco has performed with world famous musicians: Hank Jones, Dave Brubeck, Cedar Walton, Mulgrew Miller, Jonathan Batiste, Ronnie Matthews, Jimmy Cobb, Ben Riley, Ray Drummond, Reggie Johnson, Doug Sides Lewis Nash, James Williams, Joe Lovano, George Mraz, Joe Locke, Enrico Rava, Gianni Basso, Dado Moroni, Franco D’Andrea, Franco Cerri and many other Italian and American musicians.
In February 2006 Francesco achieved the Diploma in Transverse Flute at the Musical Institute V. Bellini in Catania. Since 2008 he has been Artistic director of the “Vittoria Jazz Festival” in Vittoria his native city. On January 19, 2009 he played in Washington DC during the celebrations in honor of President Barak Obama and Martin Luther King Jr. day. On July 17, 2009 the Umbria Jazz Foundation named Francesco “Ambassador of the Italian jazz music in the world. In 2012, he arranged “Don’t Stop” the background music for the current commercial for the ENI station. In July of 2012, for the Olympics, he was invited to perfom in London, at the headquarters of the Casa Italia in the presence of the Italian Ambassador in London and of the leaders of CONI. In September of 2012, during a long stay in the United States, he has held a series of master classes in Saxophone at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Dino Rubino.
Dino Rubino was born in Biancavilla (CT) on 20 October 1980. As a child he soon showed a great musical talent; at the age of three he could reproduce on the piano the melodies his father used to play. When he was eleven he began attending piano courses at Musical Institute in Catania. In 1994, seeing a concert of the great trumpet player Tom Harrel in Perugia, he was fascinated by the trumpet and started studying this instrumental and jazz. Thanks to his knowledge in piano music he soon became an appreciated trumpet performer. In 1996 he attended seminary at “Siena Jazz” led by Paolo Fresu and Enrico Rava , awarding a scholarship for the following two years.
In 1998 he won the prestigious national competition “Massimo Urbani” as the best new Italian jazz talent. Since this years he is a member of the “Orchestra Jazz del Mediterraneo” in Catania; the orchestra has performed under the direction of Gianni Basso, Pietro Tonolo, George Gruntz, Bob Minzer, Maria Schneider, etc…In 2000 and 2001 he took part in the Workshop led by Furio di Castri for the “Biennale Giovani Artisti d’ Europa”.
In 2002 he started again playin piano and in the summer of the same year he participated in the International competition “Ibla Grand Price” awarding a good place. In 2005 he performed in New York with the sax player Paul Jeffrey. Despite his young age he was played with acknowledged in national and international musicians, such as: Enrico Rava, Gianni Basso, Flavio Boltro, Franco Cerri, Salvatore Bonafede, Rosario Giuliani, Roberto Gatto, Pietro Tonolo, Dado Moroni, Giovanni Amato, Bruce Forman, Valery Ponomarew, Steve Grossman, Eddy Enderson, Lester Bowie etc…In 2005,2006, and 2008 he teaches modern piano at Accademia Musicale Siciliana “ Enzo Randisi” in Piazza Armerina (EN).
In 2008 he has to record with Francesco Cafiso, in the same year he is a member of the Cafiso’s Quartet Italian. In these years he has participated in several Master-Classes for classical music. At present is diplomat in piano classic at the Musical Istitute in Catania, and at the same time he goes on with his personal research improving his piano and trumpet technique.
Giovanni Mazzarino
Giovanni Mazzarino is born on May 26 th 1965 in Messina. He begins very early (5 year-old age) to play the piano by self-educated, showing a notable musical talent. From the 1973 to 1975 He’s interested in the classical study of the piano subsequently forsaken because of the great attraction of listening and studying the great American orchestras of Swing. From 1980 to 1985 He deals of arrangement in recording studies.
In 1986 He frequents the course of orchestration and arrangement in the Berklee school of Boston, in Perugia on the occasion of the Umbria Jazz Festival with excellent results; In 1990 his collaboration starts with one of the most important Italian musicians: Enzo Randisi.
From the 1997 He’s teacher of Harmony and Piano Jazz in the Musical High school of Caltanissetta. In October 1997 goes out a new CD of the Giovanni Mazzarino Trio “I REMEMBER MILES” for the Anaglyphos Record with Nello Toscano (bass) and Paolo Mappa (drums). May 1998: International Tour with Randy Brecker; CD “LIVE AT BRASS Jazz CLUB” with Randy Brecker & Giovanni Mazzarino Trio for Brass Group Record.
In the 2003 Giovanni Mazzarino wins the TOP Jazz (referendum proclaimed by the specialized magazine Music Jazz as Good New Italian Talent
Giovanni Mazzarino has collaborated and recorded with the following musicians:
Franco Ambrosetti, Gianni Basso, Francesco Bearzatti, Francesco Cafiso, Fabrizio Bosso, Flavio Boltro, Franco Cerri, Stefano D’Anna, Mimmo Cafiero, Dario Deidda, Tullio De Piscopo, Claudio Fasoli, Ettore Fioravanti, Roberto Gatto, Rosario Giuliani, Gianluca Petrella, Enzo Randisi, Roberto Rossi, Nicola Stilo, Marco Tamburini, Massimo Urbani, Carl Allen, Randy Brecker, Lester Bowie, Joan Cartwright, Jimmy Cobb, Hal Crook, David El Malek, Anne Ducros, Silvia Droste, Bobby Durham, Joy Garrison, Dusko Goykovich, Mick Goodrick, Steve Grossman, Tom Harrell, Eddie Henderson, Reggie Johnson, Tom Kirkpatrick, Bob Mover, Bob Mintzer, Mark Murphy, Adam Nussbaum, George Robert, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Bucky Pizzarelli, Valery Ponomarev, Tony Scott, Steve Swallow, Erwin Vann, John Webber, Eliot Zigmund
Giuseppe Bassi (Bari 1971)
He studied at the Conservatory of Music N. Piccinni of Bari, graduating in music theory, he studied privately with jazz bassists as Ray Brown, Dave Holland, Christian McBride, living in New York City for about three years. Giuseppe Bassi, has played and recorded with some of the greatest jazz musicians of the world including: Lew Tabackin, Mal Waldron, Jed Levy, Joe Magnarelli, Helen Sung, Mark Soskin, Bill Goodwin, Billy Drummond, Bobby Durham, Greg Osby , John Hicks, David Liebman, Tony Scott, Harold Danko, etc …
He has performed and recorded with all the most important and representative jazz musicians in Italy as Enrico Pieranunzi, Dado Moroni, Roberto Gatto, Fabrizio Bosso, Stefano Bollani, Gianni Basso, Dino Piana, Franco Cerri, Gege Telesforo, Rosario Giuliani, Roberto Ottaviano etc. .
As a leader he has released three CDs : Apaturia 1995 (R. Ottaviano, F. Boltro, N. Morelli, M. Magliocchi), We ‘ll be together again 2000 (D. Moroni, F. Bosso, D. Scannapieco, L. Tucci ), My love and I 2005 (N. Andrioli, F. Scarafile, M. Campanale).
With the disc Apaturia, Giuseppe Bassi is present in the “Penguin encyclopedia” written by Richard Cook and Brian Morton who evaluate the product disc as “excellent and original in the international jazz scene,” the highest artistic evaluation.
As part of their training, include important records in the international production as JAZZ AT PRAGUE CASTLE – with the LEW TABACKIN quartet, REMEMBERING SHELLY in two volumes with Roberto Gatto Quintet, FAST FLIGHT, disc that launched Fabrizio Bosso, LOOK OUT WITH Rosario Giuliani, Fabrizio Bosso, Gianluca Petrella ..
Bass is present in one of the last records of Gianni Basso “You are my everything” and the last disc of Dino and Franco Piana with a great group composed by Enrico Pieranunzi on piano, Roberto Gatto on drums, Franco Piana flugelhorn, DINO PIANA on trombone, Fabrizio Bosso on trumpet, Max Ionata on saxophone, Luca Manutza piano.
He has recently released the latest work of “Jazz Convention”, a group of all Italian stars : Bosso, Partipilo, Accardi, Filippini, Bassi.
Bass recorded with Peggy Stern, Roberto Ottaviano, Guido Di Leone, Nicola Andrioli, Larry Franco, Paola Arnesano, Mario Rosini, Daniela D’Ercole and with almost all jazz musicians representative of Italy.
Bassi records and plays constantly in the new Gege Telesforo quartet.
He has taught jazz bass in 2005 at the Conservatory of Cosenza, then for artistic reasons that have committed to NYC for three years he has ceased his activity as a teacher. Since 1996 he has taught at the Bass School of Music “il pentagramma” in Bari.
Bassi is active as a composer and leader of various groups since 1996.
With his name groups, there are musicians as Dado Moroni and Roberto Gatto (Ray Brown Tribute), Fabrizio Bosso and Rosario Giuliani (Bosso – Bass Quintet), and Flavio Roberto Ottaviano Boltro (Apaturia), Helen Sung, and Sangoma Everett (Blues connotations ), Lew Tabackin …..
Friday, October 18′ – 2013
at 19.30
Usmar Ismail Hall (PPHUI)
Jalan H.R Rasuna Said Kav.C-22
Kuningan
Jakarta 12940
For information and reservation :
please call +62 21 3927531/32 (Ms.Dian Fitriani)
e-mail : dian@itacultjkt.or.id
