Silta records - CD CATALOGUE

Silvia Pellegrino: vocals; Guido Canavese: piano, keyboard; Claudio Lodati: guitar;
Walter Porro: accordion; Enrico Fazio: bass; Fiorenzo Sordini: drums

Alessandra Chiurco: voce, Flavio Davanzo: tromba, flicorno, Anna Garano: chitarra, pianoforte

Gianni Lenoci (piano, prepared piano, voice), Vittorino Curci (alto & soprano sax, voice, megaphone),
Marcello Magliocchi (drums and percussions), William Parker (double bass)

“Serving an Evolving Humanity” is a suite in 3 parts, totally improvised in a concert recorded in Noci, Italy, in a summer night.
The four musicians, all well known for tghe fruitful experiences in the field of improvisation (even extreme!), meet for the first time and generate a great performance, where instruments sounds merge with the fresh air of the public square where the stage was built.
Peculiarity of the CD, the booklet contains poems by William Parker and Vittorino Curci, kindly provided by their editors, and chosen for the subject of the concert: for an evolving humanity! SR1003

Stefano Pastor (violin), George Haslam (bar. sax, tarugato), Gianni Lugo (alto sax), Giorgio Dini (double bass)

This project is witness of the artistic growth of Stafno Pastor, also confirmed by the many reviews he got (for instance, his duo CD with Borah Bergman by “All About Jazz New York”) and above all from the excellent ranking on Top Jazz 2009, with votes from the italian critics. This music has a clear reference to Free Jazz form the sixties, here performed with freshness in a modern key. SR1001

A SILTA RECORDS & SLAM PRODUCTIONS JOINT PRODUCTION!

Chiara Liuzzi : Voice, sound objects
Francesco Massaro : Baritone and Alto Sax, Clarinet, Sound objects
Adolfo La Volpe : Guitar, Electronics, Banjo, Oud
Valerio Daniele : Sound Design

Gianni Virone – saxes, alto flute // Davide Liberti – double bass // Mattia Barbieri – drums

Three years after the release of “Night Dancers”, Boston based Italian drummer Paolo Lattanzi presents an entirely renewed group with an absolutely original repertoire. These captivating and flowing arrangements highlight the improvisational skills of the sextet, enriched by the presence of acclaimed trombonist Robin Eubanks (known, among things, for his works with Dave Holland). SR0906

Guido Premuda (guitar), Enrico Guerzoni (cello), Luigi Albertazzi (drums), Gilberto Grillini (double bass)

Guido Premuda records again for Silta Records , a Cd under his own name with original compositions and a surely atipic quartet. His presentation of the project:

The project "the Next" started with the idea of breaking down the rigid borders between the different musical genres (jazz, classical and ethnic). The search is in the music which belongs to the present and the future, but without renouncing tradition and the past, gathering key elements such as melody (from ethnic), dynamics (from classic), rhythm and improvisation (from jazz). It has been a great pleasure to play with these fine musicians and, first and foremost, good friends. SR0905

Dario Mazzucco (drums), Stacy Dillard (tenor sax), Lucio Ferrara (guitars), Ryan Berg (double bass), Guest: Antonio Ciacca (piano).

An italo-american quartet, sometimes enriched by a special guest: pianist Antonio Ciacca, important musician of the New York scene. The snardads here performed perfectly fit in the program of original compositions by Dario Mazzucco; this is a clearly Jazz-style, fluent and amazing. It shows how this form of improvisation is always able to bring emotions, yesterday like today. SR0907

Marco tardito (soprano saxophone, arrangements), Giorgio Giovannini (trombone), Stefano Risso (double bass), Donato Stolfi (drums and percussioni).

The repertory is surely unusual in the field of improvised music; re-arrange madrigals from the 17th century for Jazz performers is not an easy task, but Marco Tardito shows here great capability as arranger and saxophonist. The arrangements are precise and bring tasteful ideas, while the interpretations of the quartet are rich of creativity and expressive balance. SR0902

		SR1005 - S. PELLEGRINO - G. CANAVESE: "ORIGINE" Silvia Pellegrino: vocals; Guido Canavese: piano, keyboard; Claudio Lodati: guitar; Walter Porro: accordion; Enrico Fazio: bass; Fiorenzo Sordini: drums “Origine” ('Origin') is the most recent project created by Silvia Myorin Pellegrino (bodyworker, singer, teacher, composer) and Guido Canavese (pianist, composer and arranger). It proposes new sounds in a sensitive lyrism of musical languages, mixed with the most ancient traditions well in balance between improvisation and melodic themes. SR1005
		SR1004 - ANNA GARANO TRIO: "COME IL RE DI UN PAESE PIOVOSO" Alessandra Chiurco: voce, Flavio Davanzo: tromba, flicorno, Anna Garano: chitarra, pianoforte On February 10th, 2010 poet Philippe Jaccottet received the important èprize "Gran Premio Schiller" and has been mentioned as one of the most important poets in french of the 21st century. In this circumstance, Silta Records is pleased to produce this fine and delicate work of Anna Garano: a tribute in music to great writers like Verlaine, Baudelaire and Jaccottet, who personally expressed to the artist his appreciation for this work. SR1004
		PARKER - LENOCI - CURCI - MAGLIOCCHI: "SERVING AN EVOLVING HUMANITY" Gianni Lenoci (piano, prepared piano, voice), Vittorino Curci (alto & soprano sax, voice, megaphone), Marcello Magliocchi (drums and percussions), William Parker (double bass) “Serving an Evolving Humanity” is a suite in 3 parts, totally improvised in a concert recorded in Noci, Italy, in a summer night. The four musicians, all well known for tghe fruitful experiences in the field of improvisation (even extreme!), meet for the first time and generate a great performance, where instruments sounds merge with the fresh air of the public square where the stage was built. Peculiarity of the CD, the booklet contains poems by William Parker and Vittorino Curci, kindly provided by their editors, and chosen for the subject of the concert: for an evolving humanity! SR1003
		STEFANO PASTOR: "FREEDOM" Stefano Pastor (violin), George Haslam (bar. sax, tarugato), Gianni Lugo (alto sax), Giorgio Dini (double bass) This project is witness of the artistic growth of Stafno Pastor, also confirmed by the many reviews he got (for instance, his duo CD with Borah Bergman by “All About Jazz New York”) and above all from the excellent ranking on Top Jazz 2009, with votes from the italian critics. This music has a clear reference to Free Jazz form the sixties, here performed with freshness in a modern key. SR1001 A SILTA RECORDS & SLAM PRODUCTIONS JOINT PRODUCTION!
		CHIARA LIUZZI: "ELICA" Chiara Liuzzi : Voice, sound objects Francesco Massaro : Baritone and Alto Sax, Clarinet, Sound objects Adolfo La Volpe : Guitar, Electronics, Banjo, Oud Valerio Daniele : Sound Design "It seemed that the living soul of the colors released a musical calling, when the relentless will of the brush took away part of their lives. Sometimes I would hear the quiet chattering of the colors as they would mix; it was a mysterious experience; surprised in the mysterious kitchen of an alchemist." V.Kandinsky SR1002
		GIANNI VIRONE: "FRAMMENTI" Gianni Virone – saxes, alto flute // Davide Liberti – double bass // Mattia Barbieri – drums Frammenti ('fragments') is a peculiar work which deserves attention, no doubt. This music spreads an inner power and a modernity that being inside the border of Jazz language it allows to express fresh, original and surprising ideas. Peculiarity in the peculiarity, the graphics are a work of the painter Mery Rigo, here inspired by the musical life of the Trio. SR0908
		CHARACTERISTIC PITCHES feat. Robin Eubanks: "MULTITUDE" Daniel Rosenthal (Tromba), Rick Stone (Alto Sax), Robin Eubanks (Trombone), Lefteris Kordis (Piano), Greg Loughman (Contrabbasso), Paolo Lattanzi (Batteria). Three years after the release of “Night Dancers”, Boston based Italian drummer Paolo Lattanzi presents an entirely renewed group with an absolutely original repertoire. These captivating and flowing arrangements highlight the improvisational skills of the sextet, enriched by the presence of acclaimed trombonist Robin Eubanks (known, among things, for his works with Dave Holland). SR0906
		GUIDO PREMUDA: "THE NEXT" Guido Premuda (guitar), Enrico Guerzoni (cello), Luigi Albertazzi (drums), Gilberto Grillini (double bass) Guido Premuda records again for Silta Records , a Cd under his own name with original compositions and a surely atipic quartet. His presentation of the project: The project "the Next" started with the idea of breaking down the rigid borders between the different musical genres (jazz, classical and ethnic). The search is in the music which belongs to the present and the future, but without renouncing tradition and the past, gathering key elements such as melody (from ethnic), dynamics (from classic), rhythm and improvisation (from jazz). It has been a great pleasure to play with these fine musicians and, first and foremost, good friends. SR0905
		DARIO MAZZUCCO 4TET: "LIGHT LUNCH" Dario Mazzucco (drums), Stacy Dillard (tenor sax), Lucio Ferrara (guitars), Ryan Berg (double bass), Guest: Antonio Ciacca (piano). An italo-american quartet, sometimes enriched by a special guest: pianist Antonio Ciacca, important musician of the New York scene. The snardads here performed perfectly fit in the program of original compositions by Dario Mazzucco; this is a clearly Jazz-style, fluent and amazing. It shows how this form of improvisation is always able to bring emotions, yesterday like today. SR0907
		ALESSANDRO SACHA CAIANI: "EFFETTO LUDICO" Alessandro Sacha Caiani (tenor sax), Achille Succi (alto sax, bass clarinet), Biagio Coppa (tenor and soprano sax), Xabier Iriondo (mahai metak, shaahi baaja), Silvia Bolognesi (double bass), Cristiano Calcagnile (drums). This sextet will surprise you. It is true, with such musicians the expectation must be high, but this recording not only is the confirmation of he value of these single musicians: the sound of the group, the unitarity and the consistency of the project will surprise you. Ideas flow and improvisations, never banal, follow a logic path with freshness and enthusiasm. You will be contaminated! c
		WILLIAM PARKER & GIORGIO DINI: "TEMPORARY" William Parker (double bass, shakuhachi), Giorgio Dini (double bass) Five duets of freely improvised music, dialogue and creation of highly expressive musical movements, always changing. The basses merge, counterpoint, whisper, scream, conversate in a revelation of expression and the broad sound range that they are able to produce. A conquering listening experience. SR0903
		MARCO TARDITO "AMARILLI QUARTET" - THE MUSIC OF CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI Marco tardito (soprano saxophone, arrangements), Giorgio Giovannini (trombone), Stefano Risso (double bass), Donato Stolfi (drums and percussioni). The repertory is surely unusual in the field of improvised music; re-arrange madrigals from the 17th century for Jazz performers is not an easy task, but Marco Tardito shows here great capability as arranger and saxophonist. The arrangements are precise and bring tasteful ideas, while the interpretations of the quartet are rich of creativity and expressive balance. SR0902
		STEVE LACY & MAL WALDRON: "LET'S CALL THIS... ESTEEM!" Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone), Mal Waldron (piano) The legendary Lacy/Waldron duo recorded live during their first British tour, playing the music of Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk as well as that of Waldron and Lacy. This disc contains the whole of their concert at the Oxford Playhouse Jazz Festival on 16th May 1993. SR0901 REPRINT OF THE LEGENDARY CD ORIGINARY ISSUED BY SLAM PRODUCTIONS IN 1993, THIS IS A LIMITED EDITION - COLLECTORS' ITEM 999 NUMBERED COPIES!
		STEFANO SAVINI: "CORTILE" Stefano Savini (guitars), G.M. Matteucci (clarinets), S. Ricci (bass), M. Gazzoni (drums), M. Patricelli (piano on tr.7-8-9). Stefano Savini own recording for Silta Records comes 3 years after the release of NOPOP CD (SR0501). There is a strong link between the two CDs (most of musicians appeared in Nopop) but also differences: here Savini is handling the project with personality, playing his own compositions. The sound of the CD is an evolution of Nopop style, with italian-Jazz athmosphere and some ethnic influence, reminding somehow some soundtracks of the traditional Italian movies (Fellini for example). SR0805
		THE ORIGINAL TRIOLOGY Max Carletti (guitars), Giorgio Giovannini (trombone), Marco Tardito (sax, clarinet) This original combo includes professional musicians with heterogeneous experiences (Carletti is a fix member of the recent band of the italian rock star Eugenio Finardi, Giovannini performs with Roy Paci in the Zelig TV Band), here together in a long-lasting project, with arrangements and compositions which will surprise you for originality and consistance of sound. The absence of the drums does not mean there is a low rhythmic power, on the contrary allowa to reach unique fades of sound. SR0804
		SIMONE ZANCHINI: "BETTER ALONE...! live! Simone Zanchini (accordion, midi accordion, live-electronics, laptop) Live performance by accordionist Zanchini, which here is freely allowing his creativity to flow out in a show which is rich of effective sounds, situations and research in a musical land that we will discover together with him! SR0803
		T R I O: "BILL'S HEAVEN - to Bill Evans" Antonio Cavicchi (guitar) - Ares Tavolazzi (double bass) - Riccartdo Biancoli (drums) A Jazz Trio proposing a hommage to Bill Evans may look a bit hazardous, but this is not the case: in fact, this is a piano-less trio and the project is focused on Bill Evans the Musician, composer and performer, with very fine interpretations. This is the result of a lucky collaboration among the three Italian musicians, which in this CD are appreciated for elegance, taste and interplay. SR0802
		BORAH BERGMAN & GIORGIO DINI: "ONE MORE TIME" Borah Bergman (piano) - Giorgio Dini (double bass) Seven extemporaneous improvisations, played in an afternoon in July 2007, - an outstanding performance of the historical newyorker pianist Borah Bergman in duo with bassist Giorgio Dini: after the released CDs with Thomas Chapin, Anthony Braxton, Evan Parker, William Parker, Hamid Drake and many other known names of the 'New Stream' of world Jazz, the very first Borah's recording in duo with double bass. You can't miss it. SR0801
		PASTOR / SCHIAFFINI / DINI / ROTELLA: "UNCRYING SKY" Stefano Pastor (violino) - Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone) - Giorgio Dini (contrabbasso) - Daviano Rotella (batteria) This work starts from the will to act against today’s materialism and the imposition of certain a-cultural and social models; Pastor’s compositions contain highly creative improvisations; the (post)modern approach of the quartet displays his own rebellion, supported by the literal text (by Pastor itself) in Italian and English with the 28 pages booklet, recommended by contemporary writer Mark Weber. SR0702
		ENZO OREFICE: "THE OLD STANDARDS" Enzo Orefice (piano) - Luciano Ciamarella (sax tenore) - Vittorio Pepe (basso el.) - Ivo Parlati (batteria) An ambitious project: Jazz arrangements of famous classical compositions (by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven…). Enzo Orefice, author of all the arrangements and capable to lead the quartet with power, balance and originality. A project with a guaranteed success thanks to the refined interpretations of the band, capable to find a new and stimulating improvisative path. SR0701
		LUCA LO BIANCO: "LA SCOMPARSA DI MAJORANA" Note: the CD contains music and spoken text (in italian) Actors: Claudio Gioè, Rosario Tedesco; Musicians: Luca Lo Bianco – bass, live electronics, Francesco Guaiana – guitar, Gaspare Palazzolo – saxophones, Giorgia Meli – vocals, Mauro Schiavone – piano, Fabrizio Giambanco – drums The work is freely inspired by the book La scomparsa di Majorana (Disapperaing Majorana) by Leonardo Sciascia and following the thesis of the writer about the disappearing of the sicilian physician Ettore Majorana (born in 1906, 100 years ago) it develops creating musical suggestions directly linked to the text. SR0604
		PAOLO LATTANZI GROUP: "NIGHT DANCERS" P. Lattanzi - drums / N. Moiseenko - sax / A. Budynek - guitars / P.Terol - piano & organ / M. Panascia - bass This eterogeneous quintet collects 5 professional players of the Boston area, here proposing a pulsant and alive music, alternating tension and energy to moments of pure lyrism. A fresh recording, rich of rhythmic and melodic ideas, giving good hopes about the new direction Jazz is following, also in the US. SR0603
		GIANNI LENOCI / GIORGIO DINI / MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN: "ERGSKKEM" G. Lenoci - piano / G. Dini - double bass / M. Stockhausen - trumpte and flugelhorn "Ergskkem" is a project including 6 extemporary improvisations intensively performed by this Trio, with no use of written music nor pre-defined forms. A ‘intuitive’ music which is characterized by a unique atmosphere, where the musicians express interplay and creativity at very high level. SR0602
		TRIO PREMUDA / GRILLINI / DALLA: "BLUES EXPLORATIONS" Guido Premuda - guitars / Gilberto Grillini - double bass / Alessandro Dalla - drums, with Stefano Scippa - soprano sax A journey through the blues, from rock to free, that explores the 12 tones of western musical notation. A way to accentuate the multiplicity of aspects that an essential and multicultural musical expression can assume. A project consisting of rearranged jazz standards and original compositions written in tones that have probably never been explored in the blues, in which a soprano sax joins a modern Jazz Guitar Trio. SR0601
		JEAN CLAUDE JONES: "WITH FRIENDS" J. C. Jones - d.bass & live electronics / Harold Rubin - clarinet / Josef Sprinzak - voice / Ariel Shibolet - s. sax / Yuval Mesner - cello / Yael Tai - voice / Hagai Fershtman - perc. / Gan Lev - sax / Maya Dunietz - piano / Albert Beger - flute Jean Claude Jones is since many years a central figure of the Israel Jazz scene and he is active member of the avant-garde/free jazz movement in Israel. This is his first recording as a leader and he propose duets with his usual friends like Harold Rubin, Yuval Mesner and many others. This is a sampler of his ability as musician and improviser and it is an important document of the local scene. SR0502
		NOPOP: "SESTETTO" G.Matteucci - clarinet / G.Facchini - piano / M.Zaniboni - sax / S.Ricci - double bass / S.Savini - guitars / M.Gazzoni - drums This new italian sextet, “whose music hops around genres in a manner reminiscent of Carla Bley, but with less humour and more drama” (from Cadence Magazine, USA), is proposing a work where spirit of adventure goes along maturity. ‘Sestetto’ is a great record containing fresh and original tracks, with refined arrangements and the typical sound of the land of origin of the six musicians. SR0501
		GIORGIO DINI & CARLO ACTIS DATO: "OUT!" G. Dini - double bass / C. Actis Dato - saxophones & bass clarinet A unconventional duo and a recording which is out of the traditional musical schemes, open to different trends and with will to research; “These are strong, melodic ideas, interpreted freely and intelligently by two formidable technicians who never subordinate expression to mere technique” (from Jazz Review, UK). SR0401