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          The Phophonix Orchestra was born in december 2000 in the dismissed industrial area

          called ex-cerit that was occupied to protest against the lack of spaces for art and

          culture in the north-east of italy.A militant beginning for an ensemble whose

          goal is to explore the territories of improvised music using jazz,ethnic music and

          contemporary sounds as a starting point.The orchestra is formed by 18 improvisers

          from north eastern italy, some of them are well-known protagonists of the international

          jazz scene, his repertoire is completely original,the leadership is collective.phophonix is an

          artistic reality that is deeply grounded in his home land but fights against localism.looking

          back at the utopistc efforts of the avant-garde jazz,the orchestra goes for his own search ,

          aware of the past and projected in to the future.

          Jazz-writer Luigi Onori wrote”…living in

          between written parts and improvised sections,between conductions and directions,

          the orchestra displays all his tremendous timbric potential(between the ultra low didjeridoo

          and the hig tones of female voice),expressive,energetic.

          The impact is unning,phisical,throbbing,liberatory.”

          The strong soloists serveing a collective project,the unusual strumentation,the balance

          between written and improvised,the workshop-like attitude make think about

          phophoponics like a rising band in the improviseing big bands panorama.  

 

                                    Personnel   Phophonix Orchestra

 

          Lorena Favot :  voice

             Massimo de mattia :  flute

             Luciano caruso : soprano saxophone

             Giuliano Tull :  contralto saxophone

             Enrico Sartori : clarinet, contralto saxophone

             Federico missio : sassofono tenore e soprano

             Ivan Pilat : sassofono baritono

             Lorenzo Marcolina :  bass clarinet, tenore saxophone

             Maurizio Cepparo : trombone

             Federico Cumar : trombone

             Giorgio Pacorig : pianoforte, piano rhodes

             Romano Todesco : accordion, double bass

             Riccardo Bozzetto : guitar

             Fabio Sfregola : guitar, trumpet

             Giovanni Maier : double bass

             U.T. Gandhi : drums

             Ermes Ghirardini : drums, percussion

              

                       

                                                                                       

 

                     Listen                                                                                Download

 

     Heartquake    ( G. Maier)            min.  1.08  MB  1.34                               Heartquake...

      La çuete     (E. Ghirardini)           min.  1.00   MB  1.14                                La çuete...

      Dove tutto e’ concesso  (M. De Mattia)     min.   1.09  MB  1.31       Dove tutto…

      Perche’ ci crediamo   (Phophonix Orc.)      min. 0.53  MB  1.01         Perche’ ci …                

                                                

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