sebi tramontana

.. .. ..Born 12 December 1960 in Rosolini, Sicily. Sebi Tramontana started playing guitar as a child and then moved to the soprano saxophone in the late 1970s. He switched to trombone in 1982 and during a radio production with Bruno Tommaso met Giancarlo Schiaffini, who convinced him to move to Rome and study with him at A. Casella Conservatorio in L'Aquila. In Rome he calloborated with Martin Joseph, Eugenio Colombio and Mario Schiano and in 1986 was a member of the New Talents Orchestra, performing at the Rocella Jonica Festival.In 1987 he started a trio with Daniel Studer and Roberto Altamura which played at the Controindicazioni Festival in Rome and subsequently performed with Paul Rutherford, Barry Guy, Gerard Siracusa, Eugenio Colombo, Co Streiff, Martin Mayes. Tramontana guested with Gruppo Romano Free Jazz for their 30th anniversary in 1996.Tramontana was invited by Mario Schiano in 1988 to take part in the recording of Red and blue with Vladimir Tarasov and Vladimir Chekasin. In 1990 he completed his studies at A. Casella Conservatorio and joined the Italian Instabile Orchestra.His first solo performance was in Rome in 1992 and this has been followed by performances in Zürich, Mulhouse, Clusone, Köln, Ruvo Di Puglia, Roccella, Jonica and Göttingen. In 1994 he was invited by Georg Gräwe to "Two Nights Of Random Acoustics" in Köln, subsequently joining the Georg Graewe Quintet and touring Europe. In 1998, he recorded a duo with Graewe for the Italian Splasc(h) label.In 1996 Tramontana performed at the festival di Roccella Jonica with Barre Phillips, Michel Doneda and two dancers and then at the Victoriaville festival with Mario Schiano, Evan Parker, Paul Lovens and Barry Guy. He also appeared at the Empty Bottle in Chiacgo with Hamid Drake, Kent Kessler, Ken Vandermark and Mars Williams. In 1997 he performed the 'Art Of Dialogue' in Munich with Joëlle Léandre.1999 Tramontana received a scholarship of the city of Munich and could stay for 6 weeks in the USA. There he played again at the Empty Bottle Festival and had recordings with Jim Baker, Fred Lonberg Holm, Michael Zerang, Lou Mallozi, Jeb Bishop, Ken Vandermark and Kent Kessler. In the same year he started touring with TV and movie-actor Udo Wachtveitl in Germany and Austria. From 1999 to 2002 he was Artistic Director of the festival "Come Sunday” (together with Mr Höfig, Cultural Department of the city of Munich). Tramontana founded the XAXA group with Phil Wachsmann, Mats Gustafsson and Paul Lovens (concerts at Venice, Munich, Freiburg, Jazz-Festival Mulouse, Regensburg, etc.). 2001 he had concerts and recordings in Chicago with the "Night People”-project (Homage for Dikie Wells), a string quartet with Guillermo Gregorio at clarinet and a duo with Jeb Bishop ("Chicago Defenders”). By that time Tramontana also began to play together with Paul Lovens (with the Buster Keaton "The General”) at Munich, Ljubljana, Graz, Cologne, Regensburg, Rome among other places. From 2002-2003 he was member of the Nu Ensemble of Mats Gustafsson and Paul Lovens and participated at a European Tour. In Paris he had inbetween recordings at the Instants Chavires with Carlos Zingaro and Joëlle Léandre. 2003 he took part in the Banlieu Blue Festival in Paris and Gent with Joëlle Léandre, Carlos Zingaro, Paul Lovens and Irene Schweizer (special guest). In the same year Tramontana played in duo with Joëlle Léandre at the Ulrichsberg Kaleidophon, and in trio with Vinko Globokar and Johannes Bauer at Ljubljana and Maribor. At the Nickelsdorf Konfrontationen in July 2003 he was member of the George Graewe New Quintet with Tobias Delius, Kent Kessler and Michael Vatcher.Since 2001 he participates as musician and actor in the Dance Company En Knap of Iztok Kovac from Ljubljana: 2001 Hu Die, 2003 S.K.I.N. They toured in Slovenia, Italy, Poland, France, England, Switzerland. 2004 Tramontana had a film production "What are you going to do when you get out of here?” (Director Saso Podgorsek). In December 2004 he will take part with his own paintings in an exhibition at Chicago called "Eye & Ear:musician- artist” Works will by exhibited by Pee Wee Russell, Hal Rammel, Han Bennink, Peter Brötzmann among others.http://www.corbettvsdempsey.com/artists/tramontana/tr amontana.html