Mediterranean Fragments with Menzel / Di Puccio / Bottiglieri / Marcelli
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About the Event
Mediterranean Fragments with Menzel / Di Puccio / Bottiglieri / Marcelli
Florian Menzel – Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Alessandro Di Puccio – Piano
Giuseppe Bottiglieri – Bass
Andrea Marcelli – Drums
Contemporary Mediterranean Jazz
Jazz Soloists coming from the Mediterranean area, mixing colors and rhythms, with contemporary Jazz and Soul. The band, which is part of the prolific Berlin Jazz Scene, includes talented trumpet player Florian Menzel, a rhythm section from different parts of Italy, with swinging pianist Alessandro Di Puccio from Florence, creative bassist Giuseppe Bottiglieri from Naples and dynamic drummer Andrea Marcelli from Rome. They will present an interesting blend of original compositions and famous tunes from Jazz History. The Quartet will convey harmony and bring to everybody a beautiful message of peace through their music.
FLORIAN MENZEL – Als Trompeter wurde er 2007 mit dem „SkodaJazzPreis“ der deutschen Jazz-Föderation ausgezeichnet. 2009 belegte er den ersten Platz beim „Yamaha Trumpet Contest. Während seines Studiums in Berlin wurde Menzel für sein außerordentliches Engagement auf musikalischer und sozialer Ebene mit dem „Savoy Award of Excellence 2011“ geehrt.Mit der Band The Major Minors erhielt er den „Deutschen Filmpreis in der Kategorie beste Filmmusik“ und den Preis „beste Filmmusik 2012“ vom Verband deutscher Filmkritiker.
Weiterhin arbeitete er in der Dieter Michel Bigband, Atlanta Jazzband, WDR Bigband, der European Yamaha Bigband, dem Aarhus Jazz Orchestra, dem Ed Partyka Jazz Orchestra, dem Sunday Night Orchestra oder Electro Deluxe und als Theatermusiker (u. a. Deutsches Theater Berlin, Staatsoper Hannover). Er ist auch auf Alben von Stefan Schultze Large Ensemble, Malte Schillers Red Balloon, Reinhold Schmölzer & Orchest•ra•conteur, Laura Winkler, Jazzanova sowie mit Clueso, Die Fantastischen Vier, Matthias Schweighöfer und dem Soundtrack zu Babylon Berlin zu hören.
Nach einer Ausbildung an der Glen Buschmann Jazzakademie Dortmund war er vier Jahre lang Jungstudent an der Musikhochschule Köln bei Andy Haderer.Er gehörte zum Jugendjazzorchester NRW und zum Bundesjazzorchester. Seit 2004 absolvierte er ein Studium am Jazz Institut Berlin bei Gerard Presencer und Malte Burba. Neben der akademischen Ausbildung absolvierte er Workshops bei Klaus Osterloh, Till Brönner und Ilana Schapira-Marinescu.
ALESSANDRO DI PUCCIO, pianist, vibraphonist.
From the early ’80s, he has played in the most important clubs, festivals and exhibitions in Italy and Europe, with jazz and world music musicians, like: Toots Thielemans, Albert Mangelsdorff, Mal Waldron, Stefano Bollani, Antonello Salis, Sal Nistico, Massimo Urbani, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Pietro Tonolo, Gianluigi Trovesi, Marco Tamburini, Paolo Birro, The Musipolitana orchestra, Bruno Tommaso, Enrico Pieranunzi, Luca Flores, Gianni Cazzola, Fabio Morgera, Franco D’Andrea, Larry Nocella, Rita Marcotulli, Alberto Marsico and SCOTT HAMILTON,
„Di Puccio is a fine vibraphone player who plays with the energy of a young Hampton, knows the blues like Bags and has listened to Hutcherson as well…“ Larry Hollis – Cadence – March 1999
He has conducted and written compositions and arrangements for jazz orchestras and music for theatrical works.
He has founded together with other artists (photographers, musicians, painters and video makers) the Collective Fu.Ori.
They have been presented on numerous occasions including editions of the Florentine Jazz Festival “Settembre in Piazza della Passera” of which Alessandro is the artistic director since 2001.
Drummer/composer ANDREA MARCELLI moved to the USA in 1989, spending eight years in Los Angeles and four in New York City. He has resided in Berlin since 2001. Over 200 of his compositions have been recorded. Two of his tunes are included in both “The European Real Book“ and “The Digital Real Book part 2“.
He is leading a very active international musical life, performing in five continents. He collaborate with Wayne Shorter, Don Menza, Dave Liebman, Allan Holdsworth, Mike Stern, Bob Mintzer, Eddie Gomez, Markus Stockhausen, Ekkehard Wölk, Ralph Towner, Eberhard Weber, Palle Danielsson, John Patitucci, Alex von Schlippenbach, Hiram Bullock, Frank Gambale and for over 20 years with many local musicians from the Berlin jazz scene. He recorded many albums and two critically acclaimed Cds with legendary Label Verve/PolyGram.
John Kelman schreibt:
„…Marcellis Kompositionen transzendieren simple Melodien, die den Zuhörer zu bekannten und unbekannten Plätzen entführen, versteckte Emotionen ans Licht bringen… Da ist die Reife des Konzeptes, die klare Vision, die ‚Beyond the Blue’ zu einer Art Markenzeichen Marcellis wird.“
GIUSEPPE BOTTIGLIERI, bassist from Torre Annunziata, Italy. Studied Kontrabass at the Conservatory of Salerno and graduated at the Codarts Rotterdam Academy. During his time in Holland he discovered his passion for improvised and experimental music. Since 2010 he has lived in Berlin and is active in the local and international music scene. In 2017 he led a quintet under the name Freedomland. His first Solo record Neomelodic Open structures was released in 2019. His latest project Todo Modo has a strong influence from nowave to free jazz music.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florian_Menzel
https://www.alessandrodipuccio.com
www.andreamarcelli.com
https://www.autrecords.com/artists/giuseppe-bottiglieri/
TICKETRESERVIERUNG
Reservierte Karten müssen eine halbe Stunde vor Beginn der Veranstaltung abgeholt werden!
Reserved tickets need to be picked up 30 minutes before the beginning of the event!