ENRICO BLUMER MANAGEMENT
mostly jazz, mostly from Italy
breaking borders...
My name is Enrico Blumer. My initiative called mostly jazz, mostly from Italy, breaking borders... is looking to let know to a wide range of listeners, musicians not yet famous, young and less young, jazz and not-only jazz performers, Italians and not-only Italians, all with the common denominator of quality and freshness that grow from their proposals. All these artists are representing my personal and assorted proposal which I offer to all of you with pleasure and pride. |
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Mi chiamo Enrico Blumer. La mia iniziativa chiamata mostly jazz, mostly from Italy, breaking borders... nasce con l'intento di fare conoscere ad un pubblico più vasto musicisti ancora non molto conosciuti, giovani e meno giovani, jazzisti ma non solo, italiani ma non solo, tutti accomunati dalla qualità e dalla freschezza delle loro proposte artistiche. Questi artisti rappresentano la mia personale, variegata proposta che offro a tutti con piacere e orgoglio. |
If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams. |
Se noi, cittadini, non sosteniamo i nostri artisti, allora sacrificheremo la nostra immaginazione sull'altare della cruda realtà, e finiremo senza alcun credo e i nostri sogni saranno senza alcun valore. |
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Macedonia/Italy |
Italy |
Hungary
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This trio is more than just a creative collaboration between Macedonian and Italian artists. They play music that deeply resonates with the human soul. |
2009 Top Jazz Award: Aquino plays and composes with the heart of a romantic. Whether Harmon-muted or on open horn, his fluid approach, embracing sound, and tasteful articulation are superb. His intonation and incantation and expansion of improvised ideas are terrific. Nicholas F. Mondello, AllAboutJazz |
A fresh and fizzy hungarian band who surfs on the nu-jazz wave in an uncommon way. The sensation of Rolling Stones wrapped into old-school jazz vibrations, in the interpretation of an energetic punky blondie who hints the sexy spice into the sound. The result is surprisingly adventurous! |
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Italy |
Italy |
Italy |
An extremely talented singer, Franca Masu's thrilling voice first graced the jazz scene in the mid-'90's, during a concert appearance with American clarinet legend Tony Scott; Scott - who played extensively with Billie Holiday - immediately declared her one of Italy's top vocal talents. In Catalan, Sardinian or Castilian, Franca Masu expresses sentiments and transmittes emotions. |
Moving and elegant songs from the vocal labyrinth of Sardinian song, one of the richest repertoires of Mediterranean polyphonies. Originating from Eastern Sardinia, Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei trace the complex history of these choral works in the domains of both the sacred and the profane. They deeply moving performances solemnly yet forcefully evoke Sardinia's secular and insular heritage, at one with the hearthbreaking laments of the Earth and the wandering harmonies of the seas. With their traditional costumes, this Sardinian quintet leads the audience on an emotional journey to the hearth of the island's soul. |
Music from the future, by an artist who is a science fiction fanatic! Niccolo' works for a better tomorrow made of pure emotions. |
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Armenia |
The Armenian State Jazz Band led by Armen Martirosyan, direct successor of the first jazz orchestra in the whole Transcaucasus, founded by talented composer Artemi Ayvazyan by the order of the Government of the Republic of Armenia in 1938. The outstanding composer succeeded in creating a wonderful band, which would later be admired on the whole territory of the USSR. The basis of the band’s repertoire was the national folk music, which singled out the band among others. |
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Germany
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The theremin is enjoying growing popularity, and Berlin-based Barbara Buchholz is one of the world’s top virtuosos of this instrument: the magic kit that came to us from Russia at the beginning of the previous century. It is the only instrument that is played without being touched and the grandfather of all electronic instruments. |
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The Netherlands |
Monica Akihary and Niels Brouwer have the tendency to describe their music as folk music. Folk music in the sense Thelonious Monk had in mind when he explained Bob Dylan “we all play folk music”. |
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Austria |
As trombonist, pianist, composer and conductor, Christian Muthspiel is internationally active in the areas both of jazz/improvised music and of new classical music. 2007 Hans Koller Preis Musician of the Year. |
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A band that has been the basis of many projects of jazz and other styles like flamenco or Cuban music. A group who rely on style fusion, offering unrepeatable concerts in high connection with the audience. |
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Cristiano Calcagnile - Chant Italy |
Chant is a trio born in 1999 from an idea of drummer Cristiano Calcagnile. Their music is the result of personal research between composition and improvisation, but with a strong intention of leaving the interplay and the simple joy of playing together intact. |
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Norway |
Eldbjorg has been working with free improvisation for a long time, to explore the possibilities and abilities of the voice, and a cappella has been main part of her works for more than ten years. |
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Spain |
El Trio Chikiboom is an international trio of female voices (the Catalan Txell, the Canadian Anne and the French Aude)
that was born out of the need to create a unique project based on their passion for singing. |
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Italy |
His tenor singing symbolizes the imagine of Sardinia, which is built with different folk musicalness expressions. The chant imitates the nature-mother, through the guttural sounds like primordial sounds. |
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Macedonia |
Georgi Sareski is a composer, arranger and guitarist of contemporary music. |
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Gianluigi Trovesi has accomplished that most difficult of feats, not only for a jazzman, or a musician even, but for any artist. He managed to create a musical world that is instantly recognizable and completely original at the same time. |
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Spain |
With her first album Colorista, Giulia immediately won the composition prize of the Musicians' Association of Catalonia. Within her music she incorporates echoes of Catalonian music in an unconventional way. |
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Canada |
Gordon Grdina is a Vancouver based Oud/Guitarist whose sound is a combination of his interests in mainstream jazz, free-form improvisation and Arabic classical music. |
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Norway |
Haddy N'jie is a Gambian-Norwegian composer and singer who released her first album in 2005. Reviewers called it "impressive", "sensationally strong" and "one of the best newcomers in a long time". |
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Spain |
Its style is the outcome of powerful rhythmic sounds based on the harmonic language of Jazz at the service of their own compositions, made of all kind of bars: piped, looped, surprising turns... which refers to many sonorous worlds: Funk, Latin, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Flamenco, Brazil, Eastern, African... A true "everything is allowed", hardly classify, but that its 4 members has baptized World Groove. |
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USA
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A native of Santa Barbara, California, Jonathon Haffner began studying saxophone at age 10. While attending Santa Barbara High School Haffner had the opportunity to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival and The North Sea Jazz Festival. |
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Ireland |
Dublin based drummer Kevin Brady has been performing professionally for 15 years. He is a founder member of the Hammond organ group Organics and is also a member of the critically acclaimed piano trio led by UK pianist Phil Ware. |
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USA |
By combining sophisticated composi-tions and virtuosic improvising, Kneebody has created a diverse, loyal fan base in the United States and Europe. Founded in 2001, Kneebody has built upon an impressive array of individual resumes and conservatory training to create a truly singular voice within the instrumental world. |
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Italy |
Luisiana Lorusso is a graduate cum laude in violin at the N. Piccinni Conservatory of Monopoli. She has also pursued her passion for jazz, which she brought to fruition as a vocalist, winning several well-known Italian vocal competitions. |
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United Kingdom |
Born in Glasgow to Polish parents, Magdalena Reising is a singer and harp player. Her sumptuous elegance and smoky vocals is joined by Steve Thompson, double bass, Alex Eberhard, drums and percussion, and Tony Pancella, piano. |
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Italy |
He was born in Galatina, Lecce, December 18th, 1982.
From his earliest youth he showed a prominent inclination for music.
In 2002 Marco attended the clinics of Umbria Jazz, won the Talent Award of BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC (Boston, USA), and was invited at the Umbria Jazz Winter. |
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Massot / Florizoone / Horbaczewski Belgium |
There's so much you can do with an accordion a tuba and a cello. No doubt about it. The three instruments have a lot in common: they are well equipped with a big sound, an imaginary character, a large register and a photogenic outfit. |
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Italy |
Music with a fiery, forceful character; eclectic and energizing, with hues of blues and tinges of reggae... |
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USA |
He has performed with Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster,
Art Farmer, Zoot Sims, Clark Terry, Sonny Rollins,
Phil Woods, Chet Baker and many others. In 1965 he joined the Sonny Rollins Quartet and played
for about two years during one of Sonny’s more creative
periods but unfortunately an unrecorded one due to
a dispute with a recording company.
He became pianist/composer/arranger with the
Phil Woods Quintet at its inception in 1963 and toured
the world successfully many times.
The Quintet, and later the Quartet, released nine recordings
two of which, Live from the Showboat and The Phil Woods
Quartet vol.2, won Grammy Awards. |
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Belgium/Italy |
Moker (Flemish for sledgehammer) is a Belgian-Italian jazz collective and it’s musicians are jazzfanatics to the bone. All of them are active figures in the Belgian-mondial music scene and they are well recognized for their work. They have a reputation for their energetic and convincing performances with a set of mainly original compositions and improvisations. The music is entirely jazz-rooted but accents are put on free improvisation as well as on songwriting. |
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Australia |
Young Australian pianist and composer Nat Bartsch is fast gaining a reputation for playing touching music with beauty, soul and clarity. |
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Norway |
Orange is a piano trio from Trondheim. These three experienced young men deliver the
debut album Implicity with extraordinary ensemble playing on Rennestraum´s
recognizable and strong songs. |
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Israel |
Ori’s music can be described as deeply rooted in Israeli, East European, Yemenite and North-African music. His compositions and improvisations combine his deep love for the Jazz tradition and his strong connection with the sounds of his homeland. All this creates a unique sound and a distinguished musical style. |
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USA |
Pete Robbins moved to New York in September, 2002, and immediately became “a welcome presence on the creative music scene.” |
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Italy |
Born on 1981, he approaches the sax study as a 7 years old child with a strong passion for music and jazz. |
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Russia |
Roman Stolyar is an amazing improviser. His piano style reminds me of Bill Evans or Keith Jarrett sometimes, then Prokofieff or Bartok, later. His synthesizer keyboard work is first rate, too. I like the synthesized big band sounds. Most of all, I like his improvisations on recorder which has an Asian sound to it. |
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Italy |
A great representative of the new Italian jazz scene. |
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Italy |
Born in 1962 in Turin, Italy, Simone Guiducci, guitarist and composer, has been hailed as one of the most talented musicians on the Italian jazz scene since the early ‘90’s going on to make several internationally acclaimed recordings as leader. |
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Turkey |
23 groups playing the magic sounds of Turkey. |
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Italy |
Stefania Tallini is daughter of the emotion and mother of the beauty. She seeks the simplicity without vulgarity and the depth without complexity.
When I listen to Stefania play the piano I feel like singing… Guinga |
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United Kingdom |
Currently the second ever jazz BBC New Generation Artist, the work of trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer Tom Arthurs (b. 1980) finds itself in increasingly unique territory, drawing influence from music ranging from Gyorgy Ligeti to the pygmies of Central Africa, the work of film directors Andrei Tarkovsky and Jean-Luc Godard and the philosophies and creations of pioneering chef Ferran Adrià. |
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Moldova |
Trigon is playing improvisational music based on traditional folk music from Balkans region. Since 1992 has performing across the world.
In the history of the group we can find international awards as well enthusiastic press reviews.
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Argentina |
Virginia sings traditional Argentinian songs in a jazz key, but retaining the characteristic features of the original versions. The idea is to revive the flavors of this music based on the research for beautiful melodies and characteristics rhythms, finding an original sound to create something new. |
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