Mimmo Malandra Soloist and concert artist
DISCOGRAFY
Confluenze
Mimmo Malandra Quartet
feat Mike Mainieri, Gil Goldstein, Allen Hinds
Il progetto CONFLUENZE nasce in seguito all’omonimo lavoro discografico del sassofonista Mimmo Malandra realizzato con la partecipazione di ospiti internazionali di grandissimo rilievo. Hanno preso parte alle registrazioni il vibrafonista, compositore e produttore discografico Mike Mainieri , il fisarmonicista, compositore, pianista Gil Goldstein e il chitarrista Allen Hinds . CONFLUENZE è un album che celebra la tradizione del jazz e le sue sfaccettature più moderne con alcuni riferimenti ai contenitori formali cardini della musica classica. Questo incontro tra Generazioni e linguaggi è raccolto in un corpus di composizioni che mettono al centro le molteplici possibilità creative ed espressive proprie del jazz moderno
The CONFLUENZE project was born following the homonymous album by saxophonist Mimmo Malandra, which featured the participation of highly acclaimed international guests. The recordings were joined by vibraphonist, composer and record producer Mike Mainieri, accordionist, composer and pianist Gil Goldstein, and guitarist Allen Hinds. CONFLUENZE is an album that celebrates the tradition of jazz and its most modern facets with some references to the cornerstone formal containers of classical music. This meeting between generations and languages is collected in a corpus of compositions that focus on the multiple creative and expressive possibilities of modern jazz.
NOVOSAX : Great composers for Mimmo
Recording project of premieres for soprano saxophone
Presentation:
The saxophone, being a modern instrument, has a very recent musical literature that covers all the 20th century, which includes all the new compositive languages and stimulates the composers’ creativity.
All the compositions included in the project show various expressive, technical and stylistic skills of the soprano saxophone. They sum up different musical languages, that vary from the typical classical style to the contemporary one, from the evocative music to the cinematographic one, following each composer’s specific characteristics.
The project was born thanks to the collaboration with some of the greatest contemporary Italian composers: Sergio Rendine, Ennio Morricone, Nicola Piovani and Luis Bacalov Oscar awards; the famous harpist Cecilia Chailly, the cellist Giovanni Sollima and the chamber music writers Marco Tutino, Marco Betta, Giovanni D’Aquila and the Opera writer Lorenzo Ferrero.
In this CD these great contemporary authors have written, just for the sax soloist Mimmo Malandra, compositions that will be performed for the very first time here.
Other excellent musicians took part in the realisation of this work: the saxophonist Gaetano Di Bacco who plays Marco Betta’s composition for two sax and piano, the Italian pianists Marco Ciccone, Marco Colacioppo and Emilia Di Pasquale. Precious and extraordinary is the organ contribution of the Maestro Sergio Rendine.
In conclusion, this CD could be defined as unique. This production is born thanks to the trust and high regard felt by many musicians for the art of the soprano sax of Mimmo Malandra.
