UndaMaris » VV.AA. - Burt Bacharach Jazz Tribute

Giuseppe Milici harmonica, Mauro Schiavone piano, Bill Moring bass, Eliot Zigmund battery, in this CD-tribute celebrating the art the great American composer-pianist, revisited in jazz its greatest successes.

Giuseppe Milici has been working as harmonica player and composer since 1983. He has played on some very important italian tv programs such as Serata d’onore, Fantastico, Uno su cento, Il numero uno, Festival di Sanremo, Un Natale Italiano, and Taratatta. In 1990 he becomes a member of the first European Jazz Orchestra. He performs the original movie soundtrack The Magician, starring Anthony Quinn, and afterwards records the tv movies Avvocato Porta, starring Gigi Proietti, and Tutti i sogni del mondo, starring Romina Power. From 1991 he has been touring in USA (Blue Note in New York), Holland, Switzerland, Morocco, Australia, England, France, South Africa and Mozambique. He has composed for RAI and has written some theatrical pieces and music for short movies. In 2005 he has performed the original movie soundtrack from the motion picture Vaniglia e cioccolata, starring Maria Grazia Cucinotta, and recorded the CD Beatles Jazz Tribute, presented during the “Fashion week” in Paris. In his career he has recorded several CD and has collaborated with various artists such as Gianni Morandi, Toots Thielemans, Gino Paoli, Gigi D’Alessio, Lina Sastri, Dirotta su Cuba, Tullio De Piscopo, Philip Catherine, Franco Cerri, Irio De Paola, Laura Fygi, Maurizio Abeni, Lighea, James Newton, I Ragazzi Italiani, Gegè Telesforo, Pietra Montecorvino, Alessandro Haber, Riccardo Pazzaglia, Beatrice Luzzi, Edoardo Siravo, Beppe Vessicchio, Zoltan Pesco, Massimo Ghini, Vince Tempera, Sabina Guzzanti and many others.

Mauro Schiavone Pianist and composer, graduated in piano on 1995 with full marks. He has been given many awards in a plenty of piano contests, first of all the “Prokofiev award” within the International Piano Competition Ibla Grand Prize 1992. With the Orchestra Jazz Siciliana he has been playing with international musicians such as Michael Torke, Michael Mantler, Toots Thilemans, Diane Shuure, Arturo Sandoval, Bill Russo, Miky Howard, Bob Mintzer, and Jack Walrath. As sideman, he has collaborated with Dave Liebman, Brad Wheeler, Joy Garrison, Pietro Tonolo, Gegè Telesforo, Maurizio Giammarco, Gigi Cifarelli, Pietro Leveratto, Gianpaolo Casati, Fabrizio Bosso, Jean-Loup Longnon, Gianluca Petrella, Christophe Monniot, Dusko Goycovich, Gianni Basso, Rosario Giuliani, Mimmo Cafiero, Enzo Randisi, Stefano D’anna, Gianni Gebbia, Giuseppe Milici, Pavel Smetacek, Rosalba Bentivoglio, Kathleen Perry, Ronda Moore, Claudio Lo Cascio. On 1999 he composed and arranged music for Rai International. He plays at Hungarian National Radio (Magyar Radio), at The Cultural Italian Institut of Budapest and Szeged and at Zsámbék Jazz Festival of Budapest. On 2004 he plays in a music project of Olivia Sellerio and Pietro Leveratto at Umbria Jazz.

Bill Moring a veteran of the New York City jazz scene for almost 20 years, bassist Bill Moring has established a reputation as one of the city’s most in demand players. The versatile musician has proven himself equally adept at anchoring the big bands of legends Count Basie and Woody Herman, jammin’ jazz/funk and beyond with the Dave Stryker/Steve Slagle quartet or stretching harmonic and rhythmic boundaries with John Hart and Chris Potter. Bill is active today recording and performing with a wide variety of artists. Other big band experiences include the Village Vanguard Orchestra and the Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabakin Jazz Orchestra. He has played with renowned singers such as Joe Williams, Mel Tormé, Diane Schuur, Dakota Staton, Maxine Sullivan, and Susannah McCorkle. He has played with jazz legends Frank Foster, Al Cohn, Clark Terry, Mickey Roker, Tommy Flanagan, Junior Cook, Roland Hanna, Vernel Fournier, Mel Lewis, and Ray Barretto. He has also performed and/or recorded with many contemporary artists including John Abercrombie, Gary Bartz, Larry Coryell, Dave Kikoski, John Hart, Eddie Henderson, Mulgrew Miller, Chris Potter, Dave Stryker, and James Williams. Throughout his career Bill has been involved with the education of younger students and has given many clinics at various high school and college jazz festivals. In addition, he was on the faculty at Long Island University, teaching group ensembles and private lessons. He also has taught at Rutgers University, The New School, and Jersey City University.

Eliot Zigmund has enjoyed a wide and varied musical career on the international jazz scene. As a native New Yorker, Eliot was an avid jazz fan and student of the music from an early age and started drumming professionally at the age of 16. After a degree in music with study at the Mannes College of Music and the City College of New York, Eliot began a long and varied playing career. He was the drummer for the legendary Bill Evans from 1975 through 1979, recording and touring extensively with the pianist. Following his tenure with Evans, Eliot spent five years touring and recording with the late French piano prodigy Michel Petrucciani, in a trio with bassist Palle Daniellsson. Along the way Eliot has worked and/or recorded with the some of the biggest names in modern jazz including Jim Hall, Stan Getz, Joanne Brackeen, Don Friedman, Dick Oatts, Ron McClure, Art Lande, Richie Beirach, Lee Konitz, Fred Hersch, Red Mitchell, Eddie Gomez, John Hart, Eddie Henderson, Vic Juris, Mike Richmond, Benny Golson, Enrico Pieranunzi, Marvin Stamm, Vince Guaraldi and others. Commercial credits include stints with Neil Sedaka, Dionne Warwick and the Pointer Sisters. In addition to his performance career, Eliot has been involved in jazz education as a clinician and teacher both in the US and abroad.

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