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Like Water in the Bucket A CONCERT ON TRAVELING BETWEEN SOUNDS AND IMAGES FROM THE WORLD
with MARCO ALEMANNO violin LUIGI CATELLA double bass FABIO DELLE FOGLIE drums ALBERTO DI LEONE trumpet VITTORIO PALMISANO piano and hammond PAOLO DE FALCO voice and guitar And MICHELE POLGA sax Photos by PAOLO DE FALCO
Musician,theaterandfilmdirector,visualartist,performerandwriter,PaoloDeFalcoreturnstomusicaftermanyyears,offeringa concertofhis compositionsmovingbetween rockandjazz, blues and afro, tango and samba atmospheres, reworked in a personal key,Intimateandsolar.Anintenseandsensualconcertabletoletthemindtravelandthebodydance,tomeetaneclecticandundergroundartistwhohastheworldinside.
TheconcertfeaturestheLikeWaterintheBucketalbum,whereDeFalcoplaystogetherwithabandofhighlyskilledItalianmusicianswhohaveworkedwithhimonthisrecordthatwillbereleased,aftermuchanticipation,inMay2017.ThealbumwillbefeaturedinacompletelyoriginalandengagingkeytothescreeningofimagesfromaroundtheworldandalsofromDeFalco'scinematicwork.
LikewaterinthebucketThisalbumisahypnoticparadeofstyles.Jazz,rock,blues,tango,classicalmusicandmanyotherinfluencesblendintoabucketoflunarmusic,crossedbyauniqueinspiration,anighttimeanddreamysound.Itistheworkofanartistwhoappearstobeateaseonlyinaworldofmusicsuspendedbetweenpopularrootsandcultures,afterconsumingthemanylanguagesandrhythmsoftheworld.SupportedbythemasteryofagroupofexcellentItalianmusicians,especiallyjazzmusicians,thisprojectdemonstrates,whiletellingstoriesoflonelinessandchangesthattouchthesoul,thattherereallyisthewholeworldoraworldfulloffertilecontaminationintheItaliancreativedna.AriannaL'Abbate(expertincommunicationandculturalpromotion)Thefirstrecord,butwhichseemstocomefromalongmusicalhistory,ofanundergroundpoettravelinginspaceandtimeandwhoneverseemstosleep...MarioFesta(architectandartcritic)
*2Likewaterinthebucketisasingularandextraordinaryalbum.DeFalcocrossesthegenresasifheweretravelingonafreewayatnight.Asiftheyweregasolineforaquietandcontinuousfirethatcanwarmusinourdepths.Withadeepandseductivevoice,hesingsorhespeaksandtellsastory,usingEnglish,butalsootherlanguagesthataresometimesindecipherable,immersedinenchantingatmospheresthatdefinelandscapesatthesametimetheyleavethem.Therehasbeenthe,inrecentyears,foranartistsoItalianandsointernationalthathecontainstheresearchandintensityofsomuchpastmusic,goingbacktotheworldtotakeit...faraway.PetraVidal(poetess)
VITTORIO PALMISANO was self-taught from the age of thirteen. He studied piano and jazzharmonywithMaestroDavideSantorsolaandheattendedthemasterclassestaughtbypianistHelenSung,DadoMoroniandbythesaxophonistBarendMiddelhoff.HeplayedattheUmbriaJazzfestivalin2016withtheGiovanniAngeliniOpen4etasafinalistoftheConadJazzcontest.
LUIGICATELLAbassplayerandbassistmusician,studiedwithsomeoftheleadingnamesinthemusicsceneofSouthernItaly(V.DiModugno,G.Vendola,D.Santorsola)andiscurrentlyenrolledinacademiccoursesattheConservatoryN.PiccinniofBariundertheM°M.Quintavalle.HehasrecordedseveralCDsandhascollaboratedwithmanyartistsontheItalianmusicscene,playingmanyconcertsranginginmanydifferentmusicalgenresfromelectricbluestojazzandworldmusic.
FABIODELLEFOGLIEbegantoplaythedrumsattheageof15andtaughthimselfbylisteningtoartistslikeP.Daniele,S.Wonder,Incognito,andJamiroquaiwholedhimtodevelopaninterestindifferentmusicalstyles.From2001to2007hestudiedjazzdrummingatthe"ThePentagram"MusicSchoolinBari,wherehecurrentlyteachesdrums.HeparticipatesinrhythmicsectionworkshopswithR.Gatto,E.Gomez,B.Dhuram,B.Drummond,andA.Watson.In2005heattendedthesummercoursesof"SienaJazz"studyingdrumswithM.ManziandF.SferraandmusictogetherwithF.D'AndreaandS.Battaglia.Since2002hehasperformedconcertsintheaters,jazzfestivals,clubsthroughoutItalyandparticipatesinjazzfestivalsinEngland,Morocco,Bulgaria,Montenegro,China,Belarus.In2010hegraduatedinJazzMusicatthe"N.Piccinni"ConservatoryinBari.Hehasmademanyrecordingsofjazz,funkandbossanova.HehasalsotaughtseveraljazzmusicseminarsinSpain.
MARCOALEMANNOgraduatedinviolinin1995attheConservatoryofLecce.Hecontinuedhisstudieswithinternationallyrenownedmasters.Hehasparticipatedasasoloistinnumerouscompetitions,winningseveralawardsandcollaboratingwithmanymusicreviews.InItalyandabroadhehasperformedwithchambermusicformationsandwithnationalorchestrasplayingbothconcertinoandsectionviolin.Heiscurrentlydevotedtothecompositionofinstrumentalsongsandteachesmusicinkindergartens.
MICHELEPOLGAgraduatedinsaxophoneattheMartiniConservatoryofBolognaandinjazzattheBomportiConservatoryofTrentowithFrancoD’Andrea.HehasattendedseminarsatbothVeneto Jazz and Siena Jazz, winning a scholarship to the IASJ (International Association ofSchoolof Jazz)clinicsbyDavidLiebman.Nextyear,hewill attendacourse inBostonat theprestigious Berklee College of Music. During his career, he has played with Fabrizio Bosso,PaoloFresu,FrancoD’Andrea,CarlaBley,SteveSwallow,MariaSchneider,JeffGardner,EliotZigmund, Tino Derado, Ferenc Nemeth, Paul Jeffrey, and many others. What distinguishesMichele Polga, on a very broad international jazz scene, is his ability to phrase and theconsistencyofhissolos.Amonghis Italiancolleagues,hestandsoutforhisunderstandingofthemoderninterpretationtradition,hishighperformancelevels,andfortheoriginalityofhiscompositions.Theseaspectsputhiminthegroupofmusicianswhogiveuniqueperformancesworldwide.
ALBERTODILEONEgraduated in trumpetat thePiccinniConservatoryofBari.Since2014hehas studied jazz at Bari's PentagramwithGuidoDi Leone, attending variousworkshops andseminarswithE.Rava,F.Bosso,D.Weckl,A.Watson,F.Cerri,J.Snaidero,B.Dhuram,andF.Morgera. He is part of several jazz formations such as the Pocket Orchestra and a quintetplaying in several jazz shows. He has participated in two productions of the symphonicorchestraof theProvinceofBari as a young soloist andplayedwith thequintetdirectedbyLarryFranco.HealsoperformedwiththebigbanddirectedbyA.TroianoplayingwithS.Gut,T.KirkpatrickandB.D'Amato.
PAOLODEFALCOafterstudyingclassicalandjazzguitars,hestartedworkingintenselyonoriginalprojects,playinginvariousrockandnewwavebandsintheApulianandRomanpanoramassincethe80's.HewastheleaderofMTUandFOOLS,whoin1992wontheArci-AnagrumbacompetitionasthebestrockbandinApulia,recordingacollectivealbum.HehasalsocomposedforseveralItalianandinternationalchoreographers.Heisknownasatheaterandcinemadirector,havingdirectedmanyworksandfilmsinvariouscountriesaroundtheworld.Biographyandmoreonwww.paolodefalco.it
LikeWaterintheBucketwasrecordedatInternationalSoundStudio-Conversano(BA)-ItalyProducedbyPaoloDeFalcoRecordedbyRobertoMatarrese,AssistedbyMatteoDeTommasiMixedbyRobertoMatarreseandPaoloDeFalcoMasteredbyRobertoMatarrese
ROBERTOMATARRESEisproducer,sounddesigner,soundengineerandpolytechnistmusician.ThesoundengineerofCamilla'sLaFameband,healsoworksasasoundengineer,producerandaudioeditorfornumerousprojects,collaboratingwithvariousItalianrecordlabels(includingUniversalMusic,SugarMusic,RaiTrade,Carousel,GerberaProductions).Alsoactiveincontemporaryartasasounddesignerandinteractiveinstaller,hecollaborateswithseveralartistscontributingtotherealizationofworksexhibitedinimportantItalianandEuropeanmuseums(suchasMaxxiandMacroinRomeandtheGoppingenKunsthalleinGermanyetc).Indance,hecollaboratedwithcellistP.SalvatoriandpianistD.MorgaintheproductionofasongthenusedbyM.CampagnaniandR.Bolle(in"Prototype").MilitaiscurrentlyintheBuckwiseandLastCallToHonolulubands.HeisalsopartoftheFactorHillcollective,agroupofheterogeneousartistscombiningelectronicmusic,contemporarydance,visualartandinteractiveart.
RoberoMatarresecanalsofollowtheconcertasstagesoundengineer.
PaoloDeFalcocanalsoplayinatrioorquartet.Occassionalyinaduo.AllthecompositionsarebyPaoloDeFalco.FromMay15,2017youcanlistenorbuyLikeWaterintheBucketonwww.paolodefalco.it(Musicsection)*1Notitle–RiodeJaneiro(Brasil)photobyPaoloDeFalco*2Notitle–Cracow(Poland)PhotobyTosiaGuidzkowska
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