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MASSIMILIANO ROLFF, Double BassTOMMASO PERAZZO, Piano
MARCELLO CARDILLO, Drums
Save the dates and don't miss this great concert of Italian double bass player **MASSIMILIANO ROLFF TRIO ** on tour in Canada in September.
Massimiliano Rolff, is one of the most reknown and active jazz musician in Italy. In over 25 years of carreer he released 9 successful albums, and he has performed all over the globe leading his own bands and as sideman with great jazz stars such as Steve Grossman, Phil Woods, Scott Hamilton, Dave Kikoski among hundreds of others.
Massimiliano Rolff’s trio has performed with extraordinary success over 100 times in the last 2 years, presenting this original concert dedicated to the great composer George Gershwin in the most important jazz clubs and venues in Europe and Asia.
George Gershwin’s extraordinary musical world emerges, caresses us, amazes us and finally overwhelms us in the uniqueness of this concert. Rolff shapes in a contemporary writing, the songs, the musicals, the jazz and the orchestral sound that made Gershwin’s music the pillar on which the ‘American Sound’ is built. On November 2021 the dutch label CHALLENGE RECORDS releases Massimiliano Rolff’s new album “GERSHWIN ON AIR – Porgy, Bess and Beyond”. Massimiliano Rolff Trio found a surprising feeling and a unique understanding through the highlights musical moments of the opera ‘Porgy and Bess’ and on the amazing series of wonderful songs all signed by George and Ira Gershwin.
Melody is the main character of this concert, where interplay, imaginative atmospheres, soul and swing are revealed, in a climax of vibrant improvisations. The concert features a suite from “Porgy and Bess” (including Ain’t necessarily so, Summertime, I loves you Porgy) and many great Gershwin’ songs such as A foggy day, Embraceable you, But not for me…
The beauty of George Gershwin's music as you might have never heard before! --“The sound created by Massimiliano Rolff shows us a new color and a new taste in these great songs, projecting Gershwin's music into the twenty-first century.” – Jazz Critique Japan -
We are waiting for you, see you there!
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
GigSpace Performance Studio, Leaping Raster, 953 Gladstone Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Y 3E5, Canada,Ottawa, Ontario
