The best of what the independent European jazz scene can offer in a single word: Altrisuoni! For the past 15 years, Altrisuoni has represented some of the most prominent European jazz artists and has published well over 200 recordings.
The lyricism of Italian artists such as Enrico Rava, Flavio Boltro and Dado Moroni, ideally blends with the more "nordic" harmonies of Mike Westbrook, Dave Samuels and Michel Godard, counterpointed by the rythmical oestrus of percussionists such as Pierre Favre, Julio Barreto and George Brown.
Altrisuoni is like a shop window that regularly displays a landscape of absolute richness and diversity, which is revealing of the vitality of today's European jazz scene. Over the years, Altrisuoni has given the opportunity to a series of brilliant Swiss musicians to export their talent and, in some cases, even create unique musical situations that could probably be considered timeless. Maurice Magnoni from Geneva is probably the most famous of these. Other new-comers like Martin Buergi and Chasper Wanner made their debut on Altrisuoni with, respectively, well-affirmed international artists such as Dave Samuels and Danny Gottlieb. There are of course many other more "intimate" artists have nonetheless found home base with the Altrisuoni label: Alessandro D'Episcopo, Elmar Frey, Giulio Granati, Stefano Saccon and Claudio Pontiggia, to mention only a few.
Altrisuoni is a true European entity, with many emerging and affirmed talents alike seeking the proper "niche" label for their art: Simon Spang-Hanssen (Denmark), Nils Wogram (Germany), Bertrand Lajudie (France), Jean-Christophe Cholet (France), Olivier Le Goas (France), Daniele Di Gregorio (Italy), Lewis Porter (USA) and New Samba Jazz (Brazil).
Altrisuoni: a Noble sound in Europe.
