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Enzo Favata Tentetto featuring Tenores di Bitti The New Village (Il Manifesto) Sardinian musician and composer Favata has been roiling the roots-jazz of Italy for decades now, recording Cds and playing more than 2,000 concertsaround the world. He fuses tradition with a contemporary sense, forging a new music form folk, jazz and avant garde elements that are strictly original. He has studied classical and jazz saxophone, plays the soprano, sopranino and tenor sax, and the bass clarinet, as well as other ethnic wind instruments from Sardinia and elsewhere. Adding Latin, African and middle eastern influences, he has come up with a creative and original new sound that pays homage to the jazz greats while being beholden to no one. This recording features the incredible Tenores di Bitti, who offer not only their voices, but the inspiration of their melodies that are infused into the very core of Favata's new compositions.

Listen: T'ame Monte Seris Comare Mia Musicians: Enzo Favata - sax tenore & samplers Riccardo Pittau - trombone Daniele Di Bonaventura - pianos Marcello Peghin - electric guitar e live electronics Salvatore Maltana - cobass, acoustic/electric U.T. Gandhi - drums Daniele Cossellu (Tenores di Bitti) - oche & mesu oche Piero Sanna (Tenores di Bitti) - oche & mesu oche Pierluigi Giorno (Tenores di Bitti) - contra Mario Pira (Tenores di Bitti) - basciu More info: ENZO FAVATA is one of the most active and best known Sardinian musicians on the Italian and international music scene, having played more than 2,000 concerts the world over. His research weds tradition and modernity and ranges between different musical cultures. He has studied classical and jazz saxophone, plays the soprano, sopranino and tenor sax, and the bass clarinet, as well as other ethnic wind instruments, above all from Sardinia. He is also a capable user of electronics, that he utilises together with acoustic instruments. His career started in 1983: after having played traditional jazz for some years, he concentrated on the study of the folk music of Sardinia, of which he is well-versed. Based on these models, together with other ethnic influences, such as those from Latin America, he has developed an idiom and composition style that are totally original. He has composed soundtracks for the cinema, the radio, TV, the theatre and the dance. He has designed and realised sound environments for museums and exhibitions. Have make concertsin Europe, Japan , Egipt, Brasil, Argentina, Croazia, Slovenia, Albania, Kuwait, om Jazz Festival and tourne.. He has played and recorded with Dino Saluzzi, Enrico Rava, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Django Bates, Miroslav Vitous, Dave Liebman, Lester Bowie, Flavio Boltro, Michel Marre, Tenores di Bitti, Metropole Orkest , Chaber Orchestra of Tirana, Guinga, Quinteto Violado and many others. ENZO FAVATA Attualmente uno dei musicisti sardi pi.. attivi e conosciuti nel panorama musicale italiano ed internazionale, Enzo Favata .. un artista poliedrico, al quale piace indagare l’universo sonoro a 360 gradi. Il suo originale percorso di ricerca lo porta a misurarsi con linguaggi musicali diversi, a coniugare arcaico e moderno e culture musicali tra loro lontane. Suona i sax tenore, soprano e sopranino, il clarinetto basso, strumenti etnici a fiato, soprattutto della Sardegna. E’ un abile utilizzatore di live electronics che usa insieme agli strumenti acustici. La sua attività di musicista inizia nel 1983: dopo essersi formato nell’ambito del jazz tradizionale, abbandona il mainstream per dedicarsi allo studio della musica popolare della Sardegna di cui ora .. un profondo conoscitore. Su questi modelli, unitamente ad altre influenze, come quella latinoamericana, sviluppa un linguaggio ed uno stile compositivo del tutto originali. Ha al suo attivo 12 dischi come leader ed .. presente in 5 compilation di artisti internazionali. Ha tenuto concerti in tutta Europa, Giappone, Egitto, Brasile, Argentina, Croazia, Slovenia, Albania, Kuwait, ospite di festival jazz e rassegne di rilievo. Ha suonato con: Dino Saluzzi, Enrico Rava, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Django Bates, Miroslav Vitous, Dave Liebman, Anja Lechner, Lester Bowie, Flavio Boltro, Michel Marre, Tenores di Bitti, Metropole Orkest della Radio Nazionale Olandese, Orchestra da Camera di Tirana, Quinteto Violado, Guinga e molti altri. Dal 2001 .. direttore artistico del Festival Musica sulle Bocche a Santa Teresa Gallura e Bonifacio , uno dei pi.. apprezzati festival Jazz della Sardegna.

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