Conceived as the natural follow-up to The Many Moods Of Interaction, the duo recordings by TIZIANO TONONI and EMANUELE PARRINI (Felmay 2021) that was so well received upon release, this new offering is meant to be the expansion of most of the concepts the two musicians explored in the demanding duo format, both in terms of sounds and the ability to develop a higher level of interplay, no matter how enlarged the band setting could be. Differently from the long thought-about Winter Counts (We’ll Still Be Here!)(Felmay 2023), the Native Americans inspired and dedicated work by Tiziano Tononi , this musical journey turned out to become a just-play session, and to this regard the mutual knowledge among the five components of the unit was definitely key-factor to go for the final result. Knowing that the common background the band could share would have been a door-opening factor to the new compositions, the materials the two leaders brought in played an important role in defining the direction of the music herein contained. Not very much to read, but a lot to play. from the suggestions of the written pages…this was the main direction everybody endorsed so well, and most of the most inspired episodes you can enjoy listening to this record come directly from this playing philosophy..
TIZIANO TONONI Born in Milan in 1956, he began playing drums in rock bands and from the mid-'70s progressively approached jazz in its various forms. In 1978 he met the American percussionist Andrew Cyrille, with whom he began to study in New York and later, both in the U.S. and in Europe. In 1981 he founded with the saxophonist Daniele Cavallanti the Nexus group, a band that became known in Italy and in Europe through participation in concerts, shows and international festivals. He is a founding member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra as well, with whom he played at major international festivals. He recorded for ECM, Enja, Leo Records, Black Saint, Soul Note, Splasc (h), Red Record and LongSong and has won numerous critics, national and international awards. He has !played and/or recorded with Tiziana Ghiglioni, Gianluigi Trovesi, Roberto Ottaviano, Dino Betti Van Der Noot, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Enrico Rava, Muhal Richard Abrams, Pierre Favre, David Friedman, Dave Liebman, J, Oliver Johnson, Maggie Nicols, Andrew Cyrille, Barre Phillips, Mark resser, Ray Anderson, Steve Lacy, Dewey Redman, Tony Scott, William Parker, Cecil Taylor, Glenn Ferris, Mark Dresser, Herb Robertson, Steve Swell, Joe Fonda, Jaimoe, Roswell Rudd. With the Nexus album Call for a New Life (Felmay 2022) won the lifetime achievement award of Musica Jazz magazine (Italy) .
EMANUELE PARRINI is becoming a point of reference in the innovation of improvisational language on the violin. Engaged on several fronts, he shares the experiences of numerous groups of different musical orientation, from the Italian Instabile Orchestra, to the Dinamitri Jazz Folklore, to the groups of Tiziano Tononi and Daniele Cavallanti and has an impressive amount of collaborations: Cecil Taylor, Amiri Baraka, John Tchicai, Anthony Braxton, William Parker, Butch Morris, Marc Ribot a.o..
TIZIANO TONONI EMANUELE PARRINI from Felmay Shop
Emanuele Parrini violin Roberto Ottaviano soprano sax Steve Swell trombone Andrea Grossi double bass Tiziano Tononi drums, percussion, gongs