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muzycy:
Glauco Benedetti - Tuba
Michael Losch - Piano
Achille Succi - Clarinet
Helga Plankensteiner - Bariton Saxophone
Marco Solda - Drums

Editor's info:
On today's music scene, many people devote themselves to paying tribute to important artists-a truly noble aim. However, the point of a tribute undoubtedly lies in the idea, in the creative act that supports this process. A tribute is meaningful if it moves against the indifference and the tendency toward celebration that is rampant today, if it focuses on an artist's work, increasing the possibilities of knowledge and nurturing opportunities to pursue new paths. The work of Helga Plankensteiner and her collaborators has often turned to the history of jazz, to unveil new reading routes and develop original perspectives. The already well-established BARIONDA, involving four baritone saxes and drums, is a cheerful example of paying homage to artists such as Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan and Pepper Adams.

The current work, JELLY ROLL PLAYS MORTON, explores one of the legendary figures of the origins of Jazz with splendid sensitivity - Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton, pianist, composer, leader, singer – the very person who had 'Originator of jazz-stomp-swing' printed on his business card. Which might even contain a grain of truth if it did not clash with the fact that the creative musical process was a collective one, of a musical community that lived and worked mainly in New Orleans. However, it is undeniable that Morton was the first true, great composer of jazz. Songs such as 'King Porter Stomp', 'Wolverine Blues', 'Wild Man Blues', 'Kansas City Stomp' and 'The Pearl' which originated about a hundred years ago, when the pianist was in his thirties or so, are now jazz classics and have had interpretations by so many leading figures, including Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans and Benny Goodman.
With her Jelly Roll Quintet, Plankensteiner tackles Morton's splendid legacy with an attitude that on a first listen appears joyful, colorful, rich in moods and dynamics, with a few sprinklings of funk ami.......
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