MAURIZIO BRUNOD: ENSEMBLE

Vinyl 180 gr.


To celebrate his thirty-year career, guitarist Maurizio Brunod creates a special
project in which he reinterprets some of his compositions for the first time,
throughout his repertoire.

With a career marked by partnerships with international jazz stars (to name a
few: E. Rava, M. Vitous, J. Girotto, J. Surman, A. Balanescu, T. Berne), for this
new group he chooses two young jazz talents of the Turin area, the pianist
Emanuele Sartoris and the double-bass player Marco Bellafiore. The work with
Sartoris and Bellafiore is aimed at a chamber sound and at the same time a
psychedelic identity, in order to give a different aesthetic to Brunod
compositions.

The record will come out in march 2020 for Caligola Records, with the
partecipation of two guests: Daniele Di Bonaventura and Gianluigi Trovesi,
musicians with whom Maurizio collaborated in his career and which can also be
invited to play in the trio concerts, to create a real "artistic residence" on
Brunod's compositions.


-Marco Bellafiore, Double Bass
-Emanuele Sartoris, Piano
-Maurizio Brunod, Guitar & Live sampling
-Daniele Di Bonaventura, Bandoneón

Maurizio Brunod
One of the best known guitarist/composer in Italy, a "transversal" and eclectic
musician, he has collaborated and collaborates with many ensembles and
soloists of different backgrounds. His influences range from classical music to
jazz, from ethnic to progressive rock. His discography now has 52 titles, 6 of
which are for solo guitar.

For years he has always been among the best guitarists in the various
referendums such as the "top jazz" of Musica Jazz and JazzIT's "jazzIT awards",
he boasts numerous illustrious collaborations: Enrico Rava, Miroslav Vitous,
Ralph Towner, Javier Girotto, Septeto Nacional Ignazio Pinero, Orchestra Elio
Reve ', John Surman, Tim Berne, Elliott Sharp, Alexander Balanescu, Dave
Gilmore, Roberto Gatto, Garrison Fewell, Enten Eller, Calixto Oviedo, Danilo
Gallo, Claudio Lodati, Achille Succi, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Zlatcko Kaucic,
UTGhandi, Emanuele Parrini, Aldo Mella, Daniele Di Bonaventura, Antonello
Salis, Giorgio Li Calzi, Boris Savoldelli and many others. He is also the cofounder,
together with Massimo Barbiero, of the ensemble Enten Eller, one of
the longest-lived groups in the European jazz scene, with thirty years of history
and 13 records.

Many radio and television programs have hosted him or broadcast his music:
Fahrenheit Rai 3, Otto e mezzo La 7, Battiti Rai 3, Piazza Verdi Rai 3, Radio
Montecarlo, Rai stereo night. He has played in important festivals and clubs in
Italy, Europe, Russia, Africa and USA. He has published the method "The
Curious Guitarist Survival Guide" with fingerpicking.net (distr.ediz Curci).

Emanuele Sartoris
He comes to Jazz music attending improvisation and orchestration seminars
and he graduates under the guidance of Dado Moroni at the Turin
Conservatory where he also graduates in Composition and Jazz Orchestration
with honors under the guidance of Furio Di Castri and Giampaolo Casati.

He has played in many festivals including the Turin Jazz Festival, the Open
Papyrus Jazz Festival, the Novara Jazz Festival, the Moncalieri Jazz Festival,
Narrazioni Jazz 2017, Joroinen Music Festival in Finland. For three years he has
been a regular musical guest in ???Nessun Dorma???, a television show on RAI 5,
conducted by Massimo Bernardini.

With the show he has the opportunity to collaborate with guests like Eugenio
Allegri, Enrico Rava, Tullio Depiscopo, Eugenio Finardi and Patrizio Fariselli.
Currently he has released 4 records for some of the most prestigious Italian jazz
labels.

Marco Bellafiore
He started playing electric bass at 11, from 21 he has been studying Jazz and
double bass with Furio Di Castri.

He is a co-founder of Satoyama quartet, with whom he released the first album
in 2015 and has played in many festivals in Italy and Europe: Euro Open Jazz
Festival, Ivrea Open World Jazz Festival, Pianfiorito in Jazz, Barolo Jazz ( contest
winners in 2014), Novara Jazz ("Taste of Jazz" 2016 winners), Turin Jazz Festival
(Sonic Genome by Anthony Braxton), JazzIT Fest, Jazz Narrations, North Sea
Jazz Fringe Festival (Rotterdam), JazzMI and others.

In 2017 they have played in Sweden and Denmark and collaborated with the
saxophonist Jonny Wartel with whom they have published the redord "In
Sweden"; in 2019 they have released their third work, "Magic Forest", for Auand
Records, very well welcomed by critics.

Since 2017 he collaborates regularly with the pianist Emanuele Sartoris: they
have released, for the label Dodicilune, the record "I Suoni del Male", a duo
work where they have written compositions inspired by Charles Baudelaire???s
???Les Fleurs du Mal???.