NEW CD for 2009 "ROUND TRIP"
with JAZZ EXTEMPORE ORCHESTRA
Jazz Extempore is a group of european jazz musicians coming together to rehearse and perform in Croatia. Elvis Stanic, director of the Liburnia Jazz festival in Croatia invited Andrea Vicari, Rico de Jeer (Bass, Holland) and Hristo Yotsov (Drums, Bulgaria). Elvis plays guitar and some accordion and together they performed in Croatia (Opatjia, Zagreb and Liburnia jazz festival), Holland, England and Bulgaria. The project was funded by the Croatian government which enabled it to extend beyond Croatia and become an ongoing musical adventure. Now the band have made their first CD, “Round Trip†and are performing all over europe in the future.
The music of ‘Jazz Extempore’ draws on the cultures, folk music and compositions of all the band members. The use of accordion and acoustic guitar gives the music an earthy feel with some beautiful folk melodies. The music is accessible but still has depth and some outstanding playing.
ELVIS STANIC - guitar, harmonica, accordian
HRISTO YOTSOV - drums
RICO DE JEER - bass
PRIMOZ FLEISCHMAN - sax
ANDREA VICARI - piano
iTunes
Andrea's albums "Mango Tango" plus "Suburban Gorillas" and "Tryptych" are now available globally to download direct from iTunes. Click the Album name to go straight to the iTunes page.
LATEST ANDREA VICARI BAND CD - MANGO TANGO - iTunes
Mango Tango is the latest album on 33 records by Andrea Vicari. Encompassing the eclectic saxophone playing of Pete Wareham (Acoustic Ladyland and Polar Bear) with the peerless playing of Steve Waterman (just about everyone) on trumpet; plus regular bassist Dorian Lockett with newcomer and rising star James Maddren on Drums.
REVIEW - JazzUK Magazine Feb 2008
A conventional-enough quintet of trumpet, saxophone and rhythm section, but it would be a great injustice to regard Andrea Vicari's new CD as a routine jazz exercise. For one thing, there are ten earcatching original pieces by the leader, ably interpreted by a fine band. For another, Andrea Vicari's own playing is a constant delight - intense, probing, and generating a seemingly endless succession of ideas. The stylistic contrast between Steve Waterman's trumpet and Pete Wareham's sax playing is also productive, with the former delivering strong, fluent solos in a predominantly hard-hop idiom, while the latter (as listeners to Acoustic Ladyland would expect) tends to explore the harmonic 'outside', as on the lively 'So Bigtime'. Then again, the very next track, 'Counting Minutes', is a gentle, reflective piece. This is primarily a vehicle for Andrea Vicari's thoughtful piano playing, but the track also provides a chance for bassist Dorian Lockett and drummer James Maddren to display their empathy with the leader's ideas. An absorbing CD - the sort you'll keep going back to.
PMRead a review of The Mango Tango Quintet's recent gig at the Warwick Arts Centre
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