
Editor's Note
“Mondo!”, the debut album of La Répétition - Orchestra senza confini, the project originated from the collaboration between Claudio Prima and Giovanni Martella, opens our first November issue. Created in March 2017 aiming at intertwining West African sounds and the creativity of Salento music scene, this large ensemble featuring, among others, Meissa Ndiaye (Senegal), Somieh Murigu (Kenya), Mike E. Eghe (Nigeria), Rachele Andrioli and Claudia Giannotta, has refined his style reaching an original musical texture, which overcomes the codifications and fashions of the so-called multi-ethnic orchestras. We caught up Claudio Prima who presents this new adventure, talks about the sound research and the group live act. We continue along the paths of world music with the reviews of “La Mélancolie Royale. Méditation Soufie ", solo album by Kudsi Erguner, undisputed master of ney flute and “I Thàlassa Mas ", the meeting between guitarist Francesco Mascio and saxophonist Alberto La Neve. For our regular live music page, we hear from Davide Mastropaolo, “Italian World Beat” ’s delegate, reporting from WOMEX 2019, held in the Finnish city of Tampere. It follows Costantino Vecchi’s chronicle covering the first performance of “Dance Dance Dance”, a series of events dedicated to the dance arts, curated by the Intercultural Institute of Comparative Music Studies of Venice, which saw Sardono Kusumo, a pioneer in contemporary Asian dance. Still, there is the report of Mshakht and New Landscapes’s gigs given in Padua (November 2nd and 3rd). For our Burning Issues section, Elisabetta Malantrucco contributes with the article “Il Tenco e la Canzone d’Autore”. On the jazz side you’ll find the excellent “TransAdriaticum”, the latest release from the celebrated Istrian singer and composer Tamara Obrovac and her TransAdriatic quartet. We, then, review Bruno’s “Spawning”, while Valerio Corzani’s counter-cover pic has caught Mauro Palmas on stage at Premio Bianca d‘Aponte.
Ciro De Rosa
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WORLD MUSIC
- Kudsi Erguner – La Mélancolie Royale. Méditation Soufie (Seyir Muzik, 2019)
- Francesco Mascio/Alberto La Neve – I Thàlassa Mas (Manitù Records, 2019)
- WOMEX, Tampere, Finlandia, 23-27 ottobre 2019
- Sardono W. Kusumo, Fondazione Cini, Venezia, 25 ottobre 2019
- Mshakht e New Landscapes, Barco Teatro e Carichi sospesi, Padova, 2 e 3 Novembre 2019
SUONI JAZZ
CONTEMPORANEA
CORZANI AIRLINES
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