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****ORGAN PRODIGY CARLO BARILE DEBUTS AT PERUGIA JAZZ EVENT
20/11/2007 06:44:12
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****ORGAN PRODIGY CARLO BARILE DEBUTS AT PERUGIA JAZZ EVENT
A prodigious young pianist from Bari, Italy, Carlo M. Barile, will be playing in the first of two groups, Cristiano Arcelli's Holy Frog trio, at a major concert at Auditorio Santa Cecilia of Perugia, on Wednesday, Nov 21 (The second group is that of pianist Danilo Rea!) Outstanding debut for Barile, only 17 years old...all the more so because Barile, student of famed organist Vito Di Modugno, will be playing the trio jazz concert on pipe organ!!!
Barile has been winning organ competitions for some time now, from First Prize in the December 2004 National Organ Competition at Castellana Grotte (Rocco Rodio European Competition) to the May 2006 National Organ Competition in Viterbo ("Top First Prize"), to December 2006, once again in Castellana. The young talent seems never to lose!
My attention was drawn to Carlo when I heard him playing with a trio at Cucina Stagionale, in Greenwich Village, New York, in August 2007. His casual sit-in turned into a full set of tunes, with his complex, technically high-powered but also feelingful style drawing the attention of audience and
fellow musicians alike. Many dropped jaws could be observed among diners and players, including the group's vocalist, Stephanie Clarke, bassist Whitney Moulton and pianist Rom Ferri! Barile's first U.S. visit drew similar attention everywhere he played, including venues in Boston, Mass.
The Holy Frog Trio, scheduled to perform at 8:45 PM, includes Cristiano Arcelli on alto and soprano sax, Barile on organ, Igor Spallati on bass, and Alessandro Paternesi on drums, playing a mix of standards and originals. The November 21 performance is part of the two-day "Waltex Jazz Competition" (First Edition), for "Emerging Groups", beginning Tuesday, Nov. 20 with a performance by Gabriele Mirabassi Quartet. More info and tickets are € 15,00 and can be obtained at tel. 075 5716259 (9.30-13.00/15.30-19.00). More info at:
http://www.comune.perugia.it/news.asp?id=3511
Barile's info can be seen on www.myspace.com/carlombarile, where one notes that he is also a drummer!!
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Report on a Great Summer in Europe
16/09/2007 14:03:07
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SUMMER 2007 TOUR, MY FIRST TIME IN FRANCE and ENGLAND
Italy, Paris, England. Two months. Much travel, many trains, planes, and long car rides. Fine rhythm sections. 22 concerts in all, three weddings in: Sabaudia (can't stop gasping over the beauty of the place), Taranto (Too hot!! But Lino Patruno & co. dropped in to play a number and surprised the rest of us in the band), and Paris. In England I played wth some unforgettable musicians, who show a great deal of depth: pianist Craig Milverton, drummer Malcolm Garrett (wow!), saxophonist Alan Barnes (besides all the other horns, he is PERFECT on bari!!!!!) and so many others.
In Italy I was with many of my favorites. Guitarist Carmelo Tartamella. Bassist Antonio Cervellino. Drummers Vittorio Sicbaldi and Luigi Gungui. So many more, I can't even find the space to talk about them. My admiration grows, and my sense of good fortune to be hooked up with all these great players.
Is Italy the only land that sits musicians down to a meal between sound check and gig? I'm beginning to think so. Have I been spoiled?? Yes!!!
Other than getting stranded in the midland floods in UK, all went perfectly. On that occasion, the concert organizer, Paul, was brilliant about thinking up a road to get me out of there after two nights, so I was able to move on, catch my flight back to Rome and thence back to New York.
Saw some beautiful towns. Played the Birmingham Festival - 6 gigs, lots of great venues - then Swanage on the South Coast, a gorgeous seaside town with ready-made return audience. There I played two gigs, with Alan Barnes and his great rhythm section, and American saxophonist Greg Abate. I couldn't walk down the streeet without someone asking for an autograph or stopping me to make a positive comment. Greg brought some great original tunes, "Hard Bop" and "For the Love of Life". What a fine, fine player and both he and Alan are amazing doublers with great knowledge of the language of bebop and all styles, incredible speed and great ability to render a ballad. Alan's bari sound and style have my unequivocal applause.
When I played "Weaver of Dreams" on tenor someone came up and asked me to check out the hairs standing on end on his arms.
In Bournemouth (where I spent a free day after Swanage - beautiful gardens!), I ran into an attendee in a bookstore, who said he questioned the management's pairing of me with these two giants. That was the first inkling I got that some folks felt this way. I trusted the management's decision and didn't think I was expected to match their level, but rather to play my own style. Who plays like Alan Barnes or Greg Abate?? Who can make an audience laugh like Alan Barnes? These are unique individuals.
I did some research and came across a blog entry by a writer who didn't think it appropriate that I should have been paired with Alan Barnes, and the response that followed it. The critic said that 'someone in my hotel' had said she wondered why they would put us together.
HERE IS THE RESPONSE (BY A REALLY GOOD WRITER!):
Grumpytone said...
Geoff,
Your take on the Barnes/Sudhalter set on Friday of the Swanage Jazz Festival leaves me a little cold. When I first visited Swanage some years ago, it was referred to by one high-profile artist as 'The Alan Barnes Festival' It was said in jest but resonated with everyone, because this view rather over-shadowed other artists. This year's festival, and indeed last year's, did not have the same Barnes obsession, but your comments prompt this response. These paired sets are not in the nature of a competition, but more about mutual appreciation. Carol Sudhalter's quality of expression on both tenor and flute seem to have passed you by, but I am sure will have been noted by Alan Barnes. Much in the way that Greg Abate will have admired Carol's splendid response, at blistering pace, to the complex arrangements he asked her to join him in during their set the next day. A set, by the way, that you chose simply to mention rather than review.
And another thing, Geoff. Dave Brennan's bass player Mick Kennedy announced his retirement at the Festival, not his brother Terry.
2:22 AM
So, so much more to say but will have to post another entry. It's been a great two months. Davide Corini, Carmelo Leotta, Corrado Severi Silvestrini, Vito di Modugno, so many gigantic wonderful players I love, and love to work with too, keep coming to mind. One thought/memory leads to another. But deadlines lie ahead, and computer life can only consume a small part of one's day, or we'd never sit down to a meal!
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Carol Sudhalter tournee' italia francia inghilterra
27/05/2007 15:19:17
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ARRIVO finalmente in italia il 4 giugno (a milano) e i primi spettacoli che posso annunciare a questo punto sono elencati sotto. Non vedo l'ora di vedere tutti gli amici e anche le bellezze d'italia e inghilterra:
Jun 7 2007 9:00P Doria Hotel of Milan Milano, Milano w/Davide Corini group
Jun 14 2007 9:00P L'Officina Musicale D'Alba, Alba, Italy Alba w/Davide Corini, Vittorio Sicbaldi, Yves Rossignol
Jun 17 2007 9:00P MAG Cafe, Milan, Italy Milano w/Angelo Bifezzi (pno) and Marco Mistrangelo (bs)
Jun 22 2007 9:00P Taylor's Coffee Blues - Bitritto, Italy Bitritto, Bari - w/Vito Di Modugno (organ) and Francesco Lomagistro (drums)
Jun 30 2007 6:00P Saporetti, Sabaudia, Italy Sabaudia with Carmelo Tartamella, Roberto Pistolesi, bassist tba and guest artist/composer Corrado Severi Silvestrini
Jul 7 2007 7:00P Bateau Mouche, Paris, France Paris
Jul 10 2007 10:00A Morning time and venue TBA Birmingham
Jul 10 2007 5:30P Pizza Express, Birmingham, England Birmingham
Jul 11 2007 12:00P Pitcher and Piano, Birmingham, England Birmingham
Jul 11 2007 7:00P Bar Room Bar, Birmingham, England Birmingham
Jul 12 2007 12:00P TBA Birmingham
Jul 12 2007 7:30P TBA Birmingham, England
Jul 13 2007 8:15P Marquee 3, Swanage, England Dorset with Alan Barnes group
Jul 14 2007 4:45P Marquee 2 Dorset with Greg Abate Group
Jul 20 2007 8:00P Hanley Castle High School, Northern England Upton-upon-Severn
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 "...la raffinata abilità e il buon gusto di Carol, oltre alla sua esemplare capacita di esprimere il suo profondo feeling per il jazz...per questo che sono convinto che Carol sia uno dei più grintosi sassofonisti attualmente sulla scena." W. Royal Stokes, Growing Up With Jazz, Oxford Univ. Press, 2005 Carol Sudhalter, sax baritono, tenore, alto, e flauto, nata e cresciuta a Boston, si è trasferita a New ...
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