Racconti di jazz

"Racconti di jazz" (Jazz Tales) is a project that weaves music and words together to tell the often-tormented lives of some of the great protagonists of jazz, revealing, through a blend of reality and a touch of imagination, the stories hidden within their music.

Music by: Lester Young Jelly Roll Morton Charlie Parker Miles Davis Thelonious Monk Ben Webster Django Reinhardt

Gianfranco Menzella – sax Camillo Salerno – double bass Cosimo Maragno – guitar Sandro Savino – piano Elisabetta Rubini – narrator

Duration: approx. 1 h 10 min.

Technical requirements: acoustic piano, two speakers, mixer, 1 microphone and stand for guitar, 1 headset microphone for the narrator, microphones for piano, 2 stage monitors, music stands.

Below is the promotional video of the show, which has been successfully performed at Palazzo Pesce in Mola di Bari, Circolo Unione in Bari, Le Monacelle in Matera as part of the "Viva Verdi" Festival, Teatro Vida in Gravina in Puglia for the "Gravina in Musica" series and the Castello del Malconsiglio in Miglionico as part of the "Gezziamoci" event, promoted by the Onyx Jazz Club of Matera and the Municipality of Miglionico. At the end, a report on the Matera performance is also included.