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PEDRAPRETAMUNIR HOSSN TONI SCHIAVANO FLO REICHLE

“BOM PA TI“

THEY FOUND EACH-OTHER WITHIN THE BRAZILIAN MUSICAL UNIVER-SE AND DIVERSITY, WHILE SEARCHING FOR RHYTHMS, HARMONIES AND MELODIES. THE GREAT SALVADOR OF BAHIA, WHERE THE AFRO-BRAZILIAN HERITAGE IS MOST PRESENT AND WHERE THIS ENCOUNTER TOOK PLACE, WHICH ALSO WAS THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT FRIENDSHIP: PEDRA PRETA WAS BORN. THREE MUSICIANS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS BUT WITH THE SAME GOAL OF SHARING AND DEVELOPING THE MUSICAL LANGUAGE, DECIDED TO GATHER THEIR STYLES IN ORDER TO CREATE A MUSIC OF PERSONALITY AND RICH CULTURE. THE LAST TWO YEARS PEDRA PRETA PLAYED NUMBERLESS CLUB AND FESTIVAL SHOWS. THEY JUST RELEASED THEIR SECOND ALBUM „BOM PA TI“ AND ARE TOURING AGAIN. DURING EACH CONCERT, MUNIR HOSSN, TONI SCHIAVANO AND FLORIAN REICHLE PROVIDE US WITH POETIC MOMENTS AND POWERFUL GROOVES. THEIR PERFORMANCES ARE EXCEPTIONAL AND COLOURFUL EXPERI-ENCES HARD TO FORGET.

MUNIR HOSSN GUITAR & VOCALSTONI SCHIAVANO ELECTRIC BASSFLO REICHLE DRUMS

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PRESSJAZZTHING

JAZZTHETIK

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"THE INTERPLAY OF THE TRIO IS A LESSON IN CREATIVE AND ABOVE ALL INCREDIBLY VIBRANT INTERACTION. THE DEFINITION OF BRAZILIAN JAZZ WILL HAVE TO BE RECAST FROM NOW ON."

„COLORFUL, MULTILINGUAL AND ALWAYS SURPRISING. THE INTERNATIONAL TRIO PLAYED THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE GLOBALIZED WORLD.“

"IF THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE COSMOPOLITAN JAZZ THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE BIG, WIDE WORLD, THEN IT IS THE MUSIC OF THE TRIO PEDRA PRETA. THE MUSIC PULSATES AND FILLS THE AIR WITH EMOTION CHARGED ENERGIES."

"..... PUSHED BY THE POWERFUL AND AGILE GROOVE TANDEM TONI SCHIAVANO AND FLO REICHLE, THE BRAZILIAN BORN GUITARIST AND SINGER MUNIR HOSSN DISPLAYED A EUPHORIANT PERFORMANCE IN WHICH THE LUDICROUS VIRTUOSITY WAS PAIRED WITH AMAZINGLY FRESH MUSICALITY (...) PEDRA PRETA IS GIVING AFRO-BRAZILIAN JAZZ A REVITALIZING MAKEOVER."

"PEDRA PRETA FORMULATES A FORM OF BRAZILIAN MUSIC BEYOND BEING CARRIED AWAY BY SAMBA-SPIRITED SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN CONCESSIONS, AND AVAILS ITSELF OF WHERE INTERESTING GROOVES AND UP TO NOW MAINTAINED TRADITIONS CAN BE DISCOVERED.“

„THE COLOURFULLNESS OF THE SONGS ARE IMPRESSIVE. A TOTALLY UNIQUE BAND, THAT SHOWS UNBELIEVABLE SPIRIT AND ENERGY ON STAGE.“

NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG

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MUNIR HOSSNMUNIR HOSSN IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PLAYERS ON THE CURRENT AFRO-BRAZILIAN SCENE AND SPREADS HIS SOUND FROM SALVADOR TO MOSKOW. HE ALREADY WORKED LIVE AND IN THE STUDIO WITH THE FOLLOWING MUSIC GREATS: GILBERTO GIL, (ZAWINUL) SYNDICATE, MOKHTAR SAMBA, PACO SERY, MAYRA ANDRADE, ROBERTO FONSECA, CHANO DOMINGUEZ, HERMETO PASCOAL AND SEAMUS BLAKE.

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TONI SCHIAVANOHIS DISTINCTIVE, SOULFUL SINGING BASS LINES HAVE REFINED MANY A STUDIO PRODUCTION, AND LED HIM ON TOURS ACROSS EUROPE, AS FAR AS BRAZIL AND SOUTH AFRICA. THE LIST OF BANDS AND MUSICIANS, BY WHOM TONI SCHIAVANO WAS INVITED IS NEARLY ENDLESS, PROVING HIM TO BE A CURIOSITY DRIVEN ARTIST. THE LIST BEGINS WITH THE AMERICAN RAPPER AKIL THE MC (JURASSIC 5), AND EXTENDS OVER THE SWISS SOUL SINGER WILLIAM WHITE, UP TO THE SWISS JAZZ ORCHESTRA OR THE CUBAN

SAXOPHONE PLAYER PAQUITO D`RIVERA.

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FLO REICHLEGROWN UP NEAR ZURICH, DRUMMER, PERCUSSIONIST AND BEAT MAKER FLO REICHLE GOT INVOLVED IN SWITZERLANDS FINEST MUSIC SURROUNDINGS OF JAZZ, BRAZILIAN, AFRO AND BEAT-BASED MUSIC. WITH A SEARCHING, OPEN MIND AND HIS DYNAMIC BUT ENERGETIC PLAYING, HE ESTABLISHED HIS VERY OWN TOUCH. FLO PLAYED CLUB AND FESTIVAL GIGS ALL OVER EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA AND BRAZIL. HE CO-PRODUCED STEFF LA CHEFFE'S NO.1 ALBUM "VÖGU ZUM GEBURTS-TAG", WORKED WITH FILEWILE (CH) AKIL THE MC (LA), MATT WELCH (NYC), LUCAS NIGGLI (CH), JOY FREMPONG (GHA) AND MANY OTHERS.

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