"Singin' in the brain" comprende composizioni originali, standard della tradizione jazzistica e canzoni provenienti da diversi repertori.....gia` il titolo, che deforma quello di una vecchia canzone, fornisce una precisa indicazione sulla natura di questo lavoro. L'approccio naturale ed istintivo di StandHard 3io e Silvia Donati all'improvvisazione, intesa come processo compositivo e non solo performativo, e una forte tendenza a sperimentare sono i fattori chiave del lavoro di reinvenzione del materiale scelto. Le decisioni in merito agli arrangiamenti sono state ridotte al minimo, al fine di creare un’atmosfera aperta e libera, caratterizzata da una profonda ricerca di interplay tra i 4 musicisti, ove la tensione tra accordo/disaccordo di gesti musicali simultanei risulta essere il centro di tutto il progetto. Standhard 3io tende a prendere molti rischi nel suonare; le strutture (ritmo, armonia, melodia, forma, dinamiche, etc..) vengono spesso deformate e de-costruite evidenziando un certo piglio 'punk' (simile all'eccitazione di un bimbo che smonta un giocattolo). Il linguaggio jazzistico e` dunque soltanto un componente della miscela, un mezzo espressivo e non un assioma estetico. L'atmosfera dei brani ricopre un ampio spettro espressivo: da orizzonti minimali a tessiture affollate, da acide schegge ironiche a meditazioni su temi 'impegnati'. Silvia Donati, con la sua grande sensibilita` e originale vocalita`, si unisce al gioco piegando melodie e strutture con grande creativita` e regalando un insostituibile spessore emotivo
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"Singin' in the brain" includes original compositions by the band, jazz standards and songs from different repertoires.The recording's title itself, that deformes an old song's one, provides a suggesting indication about the inner nature of this work.standhard 3io's and silvia donati's natural and instinctive approach to improvisation, as a compositional and performing process, and anexperimental attitude have been the key-factors in the work of re-inventing the choosen material.Decisions about arrangements have been reduced to the minimum level, in order to allow a truly free and open atmosphere to emerge.The whole game is based on adeep research on the interplay between the 4 musicians, so the constant tension between agreement and dis-agreement of simultaneous musical gestures become the very core of the entire project.standhard 3io use to take a lot of risk while playing; the structures (rhythm, harmony, melody, form, dynamics, etc.. ) are often deformed and de-constructed revealing a kind of 'punk' attitude, like the childish joy to unscrew the toy, jazz language being only a part of the mixture: just a medium and not an aestheticaxiom. The tunes' atmosphere covers a wide expressive range, goin' from minimal landscapes to overcrowded textures, from ironical and acid sketches to meditations on deep themes. Silvia Donati, with her great sensitivity and original vocal skill, join thegame bending melodies and structures with great creativity and providing a lot of emotional content.
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silvia donati - born in bologna (italy), silvia donati starts to sing inspired by her great passion for black-music. after working with funk and rhythm 'n' blues bands, she takes an interest in jazz and attends several workshops held by jazz masters such as barry harris, art taylor, rachel gould, horace parlan. studying with these great artists urges her to get deeper and deeper in the language of jazz. silvia is currently a stable member of marcello tonolo’s "music on poetry" 5tet. and is featured on two recordings by this combo: "days" and "seed journey" based on philip larkin’s and gregory corso’s poems.she regularly works with some of the best italian musicians (sandro gibellini, pietro tonolo, renato chicco, ares tavolazzi, danilo rea, giancarlo bianchetti, alberto borsari, carlo atti, jimmy villotti), and also participates to various jazz festivals.recently silvia has contributed her talent both as a singer and a lyricist to flutist and guitarist (as well as former chet baker’s band mate) nicola stilo’s recording featuring great brazilian guitarist/composer toninho horta as a special guest.###########alfonso santimone – born in ferrara (italy), in the 90's he was stable member of the giulio capiozzo 5et, collaborating and touring italy and europe with harold land, gorge cables, robert wyatt, jimmy owens, tony scott, bruce forman, john clark, ares tavolazzi e claudio fasoli, to name just a few. as a composer and arranger, he writes music for theatre, video and multimedia works and, in recent years, has been involved in many experimental, electronic and improvised music projects, workin' in several recording sessions as a performer and composer.#############alessandro fedrigo - born in treviso (italy), he has collaborated with chris hunter (gil evans orchestra), francesco bearzatti, robert wyatt, claudio fasoli, stefano battaglia, tony scott, guido bombardieri, glauco venier, ferenc nemeth, marco tamburini, zlatko kauc¸ic. his recording studio work both as a bassist and composer/arranger include: "summertime in jazz '94" and "sitting bull dance" by ettore martin, as well as "in alto mare" and "nostra patria mondo intero" by maurizio camardi and kammer ensemble.alessandro also played with veneto amj orchestra directed by marcello tonolo, gershwin orchestra, and open jazz orchestra directed by mimmo cafiero. working with these large ensembles allowed him to share the bandstand with soloists like paolo fresu, pietro tonolo, maurizio caldura, stefano d’anna, paolo birro and others.
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gianni bertoncini - born in schio (italy), in the 80’s he began his career as a professional player and teacher collaborating with claudio fasoli (recording "esteem" and "resumee"), robert bonisolo ("the edge"), lydian sound orchestra ("melodious thunk", "timon of athens suite","bukowski blues"), cheryl porter ("gospel train"), paolo fresu, furio di castri, mickgoodrick, sandro gibellini, antonio farao`, kenny wheeler, robert wyatt.
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