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Kunstfabrik Schlot, in den Edison Höfen – Invalidenstraße 117 (Zugang auch über Schlegelstraße 26) – 10115 BerlinMediterranean Fragments:
Zeidler / Di Puccio / Howhannesijan / Marcelli
Niko Zeidler - saxophones and flute
Alessandro Di Puccio - piano
Nesin Howhannesijan - bass
Andrea Marcelli - drums
(Contemporary Mediterranean Jazz)
Jazz Soloists coming from the Mediterranean area, mixing colors and rhythms, with contemporary Jazz and Soul. The band, which is part of the prolific Berlin Jazz Scene, includes refined pianist Alessandro Di Puccio, talented young saxophonist
Niko Zeidler, creative bassist Nesin Howhannesijan and dynamic drummer Andrea Marcelli. They will present an interesting blend of original compositions and famous tunes from Jazz History. The Quartet will convey harmony and bring to everybody a beautiful message of peace through their music.
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ANDREA MARCELLI - Drummer/composer born in Rome, Italy.
He moved to the USA in 1989 spending 8 years in Los Angeles
and 4 in New York. He is, since 2001, resident in Berlin/Germany.
He performed and/or recorded with Wayne Shorter, Don Menza,
David Liebman, Bob Mintzer, Harold Land, Markus Stockhausen,
Eddie Gomez, Mike Stern, Mitchel Forman, Allan Holdsworth,
Bob Berg, John Patitucci, Eberhard Weber, Alphonso Johnson,
Jeff Berlin, Palle Danielsson, Arild Anderson, Mike Mainieri,
Bob Sheppard, Frank Gambale, Hiram Bullock, Andy Summers,
Rick Margitza, and others.
During his career he performed in USA, Japan, India, Brazil, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tunisia, Italy, Germany, England, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Estonia, France, Belgium, Finland, Luxembourg, Lebanon and others.
Andrea recorded many CDS and two acclaimed solo CDs for legendary Major Jazz Label VERVE/PolyGram with his original compositions.
He graduated in 1986 from the L. Refice Conservatory in Frosinone (Rome) in Classical Clarinet, Jazz Composition and Arrangement.
Two of Andrea's compositions are included in "The European Real Book" and "The Digital Real Book part two" by www.shermusic.com.
Andrea has more than 200 of his compositions recorded in CDs and
broadcasted world-wide.
- Wayne Shorter wrote: "Andrea Marcelli's music is as vibrant and
thought-provoking as today's events. Andrea is such a chameleon.
When I first heard his music, it struck me that he played drums,
clarinet, percussion, keyboards and composed in a variety of styles
that defied classification, moreover, his display of sensitivity and
creative approach to the work produced."
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NIKO ZEIDLER ist ein deutscher Jazz Saxophonist und Komponist, der in Berlin geboren und aufgewachsen ist.
Im Jahr 2019 beendete er sein Saxophonstudium am Jazz Institut Berlin. Dort erhielt er Unterricht bei den international renommierten Musikern Peter Weniger, Gregoire Peters, Greg Cohen und Andreas Schmidt.
Niko Zeidler nahm bereits an verschiedenen Wettwerben, wie dem MeerJazz Festival, dem Biberacher Jazzpreis oder dem Sparda Jazz Award teil. 2018 wurde ihm mit der Band The Kenniko Standards Duo ein Stipendiat vom Verein Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now e.V. verliehen.
Von 2018 bis 2019 war er Mitglied des Bundesjazzorchesters mit dem er zahlreiche Tourneen in den USA, Canada, England, Bosnien & Herzegovina, Albanien und Montenegro spielte. Außerdem entstanden mit dem BuJazzO Konzerte in Zusammenarbeit mit der WDR Big Band, Randy Brecker, Django Bates, Ansgar Striepens , Steffen Schorn, Nils Klein and Jiggs Whigham.
Aber auch in anderen Genres fühlt sich der junge Saxophonist zuhause und arbeitete so mit Stewart Copeland. Wnbl und Make A Move sind zwei seiner Bands, mit der er in ganz Deutschland auf großen Festivals, wie den Leverkusener Jazztagen oder der Elbphilharmonie spielt. Derzeit komponiert er vorrangig für sein eigenes Jazz Quartett MTJQ und spielt zudem regelmäßig als Gastmusiker für die Deutsche Oper Berlin.
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ALESSANDRO DI PUCCIO, pianist, vibraphonist.
From the early '80s, he has played in the most important clubs, festivals and exhibitions in Italy and Europe, with jazz and world music musicians, like: Toots Thielemans, Albert Mangelsdorff, Mal Waldron, Stefano Bollani, Antonello Salis, Sal Nistico, Massimo Urbani, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Pietro Tonolo, Gianluigi Trovesi, Marco Tamburini, Paolo Birro, The Musipolitana orchestra, Bruno Tommaso, Enrico Pieranunzi, Luca Flores, Gianni Cazzola, Fabio Morgera, Franco D'Andrea, Larry Nocella, Rita Marcotulli, Alberto Marsico and SCOTT HAMILTON,
"Di Puccio is a fine vibraphone player who plays with the energy of a young Hampton, knows the blues like Bags and has listened to Hutcherson as well..." Larry Hollis - Cadence - March 1999
He has conducted and written compositions and arrangements for jazz orchestras and music for theatrical works.
He has founded together with other artists (photographers, musicians, painters and video makers) the Collective Fu.Ori.
They have been presented on numerous occasions including editions of the Florentine Jazz Festival “Settembre in Piazza della Passera” of which Alessandro is the artistic director since 2001.
He has held seminars on Improvisation in jazz in several Italian music schools and Conservatories.
From 1986 to 2017 he was the Teaching Director of the Jazz School Centro Attività Musicali and from 1986 to 2003 also of the Municipal Jazz School of Scandicci (FI) and the Jazz Department of the Accademia Musicale in Florence and the Silence JAM Arts Centre in Florence.
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NESIN HOWHANNESIJAN - deutscher Kontrabassist mit Armenischen und Türkische Wurzeln.
''Nesin has a unique style of bass playing which is strong and expressive. He is intelligent and passionate
as a musician.'' -Bruce Gertz (professor, Berklee College of Music) He played with musicians like Vardan Ovsepian,
Hiromi Uehara,Charlie Mariano and many more...
Howhannesijan erhielt in früher Kindheit klassischen Violinenunterricht. Später wechselte er zum Kontrabass und studierte von 2000 bis 2003 am Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA, wo er sein Studium in Jazzperformance mit Diplom abschloss. Er nahm u. a. Unterricht bei Dave Santoro, Dave Clark, Bruce Gertz, Whit Browne und Jesper Lundgaard. Während seines Studiums in Boston war er auch Mitglied im Orchester des Boston Conservatory.
Er veröffentlichte vier CDs als Bandleader seines eigenen Trios, unter anderem bei Konnex Records (Gravitation feat. Vardan Ovsepian) Außerdem wirkte er bei Aufnahmen als Sideman verschiedener Musikstile mit. Er spielte auch in unterschiedlichen Besetzungen klassischer Musik (Oper, Operette, Kammermusik oder sinfonische Werke). 2021 legte er das Soloalbum The Shadow of Charles Mingus vor.
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