29 April Laboratori di Barriera
H 17.00–23.00 Jazz School Torino
Two days of jazz stories, singing and music, promoted by Jazz School Torino, located at the LABORATORI DI BARRIERA Workshops (Via Baltea), and Torino’s Barriera di Milano ward. Day 2. The seminars continue. Grand finale: Three concerts. For the complete program, visit jazzschooltorino.it
Events:
H 17.00 BLACK VOICES, A seminar by Monica Fabbrini
The evolution of vocal and stylistic techniques from the antebellum cotton plantations to the present. A journey through spirituals, gospel, jazz and soul. The personal trials and tribulations of the great Afro-American voices.
H 18.00 THE CONTINENT OF PANGEA AND THE PENTATONIC SCALE, A seminar by Diego Borotti
Starting point: the refusal of a bizarre theory that emerged in the 1970s. This seminar recounts the “natural” origins of the pentatonic scale and its evolution throughout musical cultures across the globe, all the way up to the birth of blues and jazz.
H 19.00 BLUES LEGACY
Dario Lombardo, guitar and vocals
Andrea Scagliarini, harmonica and vocals
Katia Costa, Hammond organ
Marco Costa, guitar
Alice Costa, bass and vocals
Arcangelo Aluffi, drums
H 20.00 JST BIG BAND, CONDUCTED BY GIANNI VIRONE
H 21.30 MANOUCHE LEGACY, FEATURING GIOVANNI GRIMALDI
Gian Giacomo Rosso, guitar
Veronica Perego, double bass
Mattia Barbieri, drums
feat. Giovanni Grimaldi, vocals
The set kicks off with songs from the Manouche tradition, winding its way to the genre’s latest developments. A whirlwind of 1930s atmosphere collides with modern, all-new, vivid elements.
FREE ADMISSION
Reservation: tel. 011 2074514 (mon – sat 11.00-23.00)