Rosario Giuliani, saxophone

Greeted by the European critics as a discovery, Rosario Giuliani impresses his listeners from the first moment by the easiness with which he draw flowing phrases from his saxophone, naturally following in the footsteps of the great saxophonists such as Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley, Art Pepper and John Coltrane. He graduated from the Music Conservatory 'L.Refice' in Frosinone cum laude. He is frequently sought out as a film music soloist (Ennio MORRICONE, Luis BACALOV, Armando TROVAIOLI, Gianni FERRIO, Manuel DE SICA, Nicola PIOVANI, Ritz ORTOLANI). Since the mid 90s he has played and recorded with: Kenny WHEELER, Randy BRECKER, Bob MINTZER, Cedar WALTON, Cameron BROWN, Biréli LAGRENE, Philip CATHERINE, Enrico PIERANUNZI, Enrico RAVA, Franco D'ANDREA, Roberto GATTO, Giovanni TOMMASO, Joe LOCKE, Donald HARRISON, Phil WOODS, Marc JOHNSON, Joey BARON, Guy BARKER, Richard GALLIANO, and many others. In 2005 he participated in the project "Land of sun" with Charlie HADEN and Gonzalo RUBALCABA. In 1996 he won the Massimo Urbani award, and the following year he was awarded the Best Soloist and the Best Band Awards at the 'Europe Jazz Contest' in Belgium, while in the year 2000 he won the Top Jazz in the category of new talents at the annual voting of the specialized magazine 'Musica Jazz'. He has played at many international festivals: Jazz&Image, Jazz a Liegi, Gexto Jazz Festival (Spain), Zagreb Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz , Bergamo Jazz, JVC Jazz Festival (Paris), Town Hall 2001 (New York), Nancy Jazz Pulsation (France), North Sea Jazz Festival (Holland), London Jazz Festival, California, Mexico, Honk Kong, Marciac Jazz Festival (France), Ankara Jazz Festival, Smoke jazz Club (New York), Jazz a Vienne (France), etc. In September 2000 he signed an important discography contract with the prestigious French label 'Dreyfus Jazz', for which he has recorded 3 albums: "Luggage" released in April 2001, "Mr. Dodo" released in October 2002 and "More than Ever" in October 2004.

DISCOGRAPHY:
1994 Modern big band di G. Iacoucci "Great news from Italy" (YVP Records)
1996 Bassi / Giuliani quintet "L'incontro" (La Coccinella)
1997 Rosario Giuliani feat. Franco D'Andrea "Live from Virginia Ranch" (Philology)
1998 Rosario Giuliani / Franco D'Andrea "Duets for Trane" (Philology)
1998 Rosario Giuliani quartet "Flashing Lights" (Philology)
1999 Rosario Giuliani quartet "Connotazione Blue" (Philology)
1999 Rosario Giuliani quartet "Tension" (Schema Records)
1999 Mimi Verderame quartet "Game Over" (A Records)
1999 Claudio Colasazza "Passion" (YVP Records)
2000 Fabrizio Bosso "Fast flight" (Red Records)
2000 Corvini & Iodice Roma jazz ensemble "Signor Jones" (Via Veneto Jazz)
2000 Roberto Gatto "Roberto Gatto plays Rugantino" (Cam Jazz)
2000 Schema Sextet "Look out" (Schema records)
2001 Salvatore Bonafede "Ortodoxa" (Red Records)
2001 Enrico Pieranunzi & horns "Evans Remembered" (Via Veneto Jazz)
2001 Rosario Giuliani quartet "Luggage" (Dreyfus jazz)
2001 Guy Barker "Soundtrack" (procateur Records)
2002 Enrico Pieranunzi "One lone star" (YVP Records)
2002 Rosario Giuliani quartet "Mr. Dodo" (Dreyfus Jazz)
2004 Pieranunzi "Les amants" (Egea)
2004 Rosario Giuliani "More than ever" (Dreyfus Jazz)

Pietro Lussu, piano

He was born in Rome in 1971. He started to learn jazz music at the age of 16 with the pianist Massimo Rustik from Rome. A year later he entered the Jazz University in Terinimi, studying with the Mike Melilo and attending the workshops by Maurizzio Giammarco, Paolo Frezzu and Bruno Tomiao. Then he attended the Siena Jazz seminars studying with Franco D'Andrea and Enrike Rava. He has played with: Pietro TONOLO, Tom KIRKPATRICK, Roberto GATTO, Maurizio GIAMMARCO, Gabriele MIRABASSI, Marco TAMBURINI, Matthew GARRISON, Paolo FRESU, Cameron BROWN, etc. He has been playing with the Rosario Guiliani Quartet for three years. Besides that, he has participated in many parades and festivals in Italy and Europe: Jazz & Image '97, '98 e '99, Jazz a Liegi '98 (Belgium), Getxo Jazz Festival '98 (Spain), Fano Jazz, Urbino Jazz '97, Perugia Classico, Ciney Jazz Festival '99 (Belgium), Catanzaro Jazz Festival '98, Fez Jazz Festival '98 (Bari), La Spezia Jazz Festival '99 (Italia), etc.

DISCOGRAPHY:
1997 Frau Grüber quartet "Denti di velluto" (DDP)
1998 Rosario Giuliani Quartet "Flashing Lights" (Philology)
1999 Rosario Giuliani Quartet "Connotazione Blue" (Philology)
1999 Rosario Giuliani Quartet "Tension" (Schema Records)

Gianluca Renzi, el. bass

He was born in 1975 and as very young started to learn electric bass. He graduated double bass and has always combined academic studies with modern research, receiving further education at the Saint Louis Music Academy in Rome and courses of the Association Siena Jazz as a scholarship winner. He has also attended many workshops among which are the ones with MARC JOHNSON, MIROSLAV VITOUS, PALLE DANIELSSON and PAOLINO DALLA PORTA. He is currently taking arrangement and electronic music courses led by assistant professors GERARDO IACOUCCI and GIORGIO  NOTTOLI.
He has played at many international music festivals: FESTIVAL DI CARTAGINE ed EL JEM '97 (Tunisia); VALDEBLORE FESTIVAL D'ETE' '98 (France); JAZZ TIME '99/2000/2001 (Croatia); ST. MORITZ 2000/2001 (Switzerland), STRASBURG JAZZ FESTIVAL 2000; SPAIN 2001 (Valencia, Sevillia, Alikante, Salamanka); MALTA 2001, and in Italy at festivals: ATINA JAZZ '96/'97; FANO JAZZ '97; POMIGLIANO JAZZ '97/98; LIRI BLUES '97; SIRMIONE '98; VILLA CELIMONTANA '99/2000/2001; PORTOGRUARO JAZZ '99; MASSENZIO '99; BOLZANO JAZZ '99/2000; RIETI JAZZ 2000; ANZIO 2000; BUSSI 2000/2001; LATINA 2001; UMBRIA JAZZ 2001; MONTERODUNI 2001; TEVERINA 2001; GAIOLE 2001; VILLA FOGLIANO 2001; He has worked with many groups and musicians: the Enrico Pieranunzi Trio; Riccardo Fassi Trio; Stefano Battaglia Quartet; Gianni Basso Quartet; Riccardo Fassi and Ettore Fioravanti Nonet; R. Stewart Quartet; Barney McAll Quartet; Alvin Batiste Quartet, in duo with Jay Rodriguez, Franco Ambrosetti, Bobby Watson, Mike Melillo, Orrin Evans, Steve Grossman, Gene Jackson, Rick Margitza, Jay Rodriguez, Gary Smulyan, Barney McAll, Eric Mc Pherson, Marcus Baylor, Kenny Wollesen, Bob Bonisolo, Jesse Davis, Gabriele Mirabassi, Rino Vernizzi (the first fagot of the St. Cecilia Orchestra), Giulio Capiozzo, Stefano Sabatini, Javier Girotto, Riccardo Biseo, Antonello Salis, Fabrizio Bosso, Aldo Bassi, Antonio Farao, Adam Nussbaum and  Enrico Rava. He was a member of the following formations: Orrin Evans Trio (O. Evans - G. Renzi - G. Jackson); Barney Mc All Quartet (B. Mc All - B. Harper - G. Renzi. - H. Stuart); Antonio Farao Trio/Quartet (A. Farao - G. Renzi - D. Terzic -B. Bonisolo); Rino Vernizzi Quartet (R. Vernizzi - G. Tirincanti - G. Renzi - G. Ascolese); Steve Lacy & The Riccardo Fassi Trio (Steve Lacy - R. Fassi - G. Renzi - E. Fioravanti ); Jazzoline Trio (G. Ascolese - D. Lapenna - G. Renzi); Ground Spike (B. Mc All - G. Renzi - K. Wollesen); Jay Rodriguez Trio (J. Rodriguez - G.Renzi - Victor Jones); Iodice New Quartet (Pino Iodice - Pietro Iodice - G. Renzi - S. Deidda); and Aldo Bassi Quartet/Quintet (A. Bassi - P. Iodice - Pietro Iodice - G. Renzi - A. Salis o R. Margitza).

DISCOGRAPHY:
Stefano Battaglia THEATRUM, "Mut(e)azioni", Splasc(h) records, 1998
Stefano Battaglia THEATRUM, "Gesti", Splasc(h) records, 1998
Rino Vernizzi Quartet, "Baby boom", Splasc(h) records, 2001
Giampaolo Ascolese, "Jazzoline", Philology, 2001
Stefano Battaglia THEATRUM: " Rito Stagionale". Splasc(h) records (1999) 
Angelo Comisso Trio: "Towards Home" (1999)
Giampaolo Ascolese: "Isoritmo". Esperia records (1999)
Rino Vernizzi Quartet: "Golberg jazz". Arts record (2000)
Giampaolo Ascolese Trio: "Live at Clinica 21". Philology Records (2001)
Aldo Bassi Quintet: "Muah "
Ricardo Fassi Tankio Band "Serial Killer". Splasc(h) records (2001)
Fassi Trio & Steve Lacy "Dummy". Splasc(h) records (2001 )
Massimo Nunzi & Orchestral Jazz Sextet - CASA MODERNA Abeat Records (2004)

Lorenzo Tucci, drums

Among the talents of the new generation on the Italian jazz scene, Lorenco Tucci stands out for his extraordinary technical skills and the ability to, although based on the tradition of great masters (Art Blakey, Philly Jo Jones, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Shally Manne), reply with a completely personal style. He started his music education playing the piano and the guitar, at the age of twelve he took up the drums, and when he was fifteen started the jazz studies and began playing with the local musicians. In 1989 he moved from Atesa (Kieti) to Rome, where he continued his studies with the Cuban drummer HORACIO ERNANDEZ, and later with Etore Fioravanti afterwards attending summer jazz courses of the 'Berklee School of Boston' in Perugia. In 1997 he won the national jazz competition in Baronisi (SA) with the Emanuel Bazentini Quartet (Basentini, Lussu, Lepore, Tucci) awarded the title of the Best Italian Group in the category of professionals. In the same year he participates in the European competition 'Europe Jazz Contest', taking place in Brussels, where he won the first award in the category of small bands, with the Rosario Giuliani Quartet (Giuliani, Lussu, Lepore, Tucci). Making a name for himself on the jazz scene of Rome, he has worked with the Italian and foreign musicians: Phil Woods, Tony Scott, Ronnie Cuber, George Garzone, Bob Mover, Jimmy Owen, Tim Warfield, Emmanuel Bex, Robert Bonisolo, Eugene Maslov, Massimo Urbani, Danilo Rea, Enrico Pieranunzi, Giovanni Tommaso, Maurizio Giammarco, Stefano Di Battista, Dado Moroni, Flavio Boltro, Rosario Giuliani and Piero Umiliani. He has played at many festivals, both in Italy and abroad: Umbria Jazz, Umbria Jazz Winter, Urbino Jazz, Marajazz, Jazz a Liege, Getxo Jazz Festival (Spain), Catanzaro Jazz, Fez Jazz Festival, Jazz & Image, Rieti Jazz, Festival internazionale di Jazz (La Spezia), Jazz & Wine (Montalcino), Talos Jazz Festival, Pomigliano Jazz Festival (Pomigliano d'Arco), Iseo Jazz Festival, Festival delle Nazioni (Citta di Castello), Il Verdi suona il Jazz (Padova), etc. In 2001 the first CD with his name was released, "Sweet Revelation", under the Philology label, recorded in collaboration with Daniele Scannipieco (ts), Pietro Lussu (p) and Darop Rosciglione (b).

DISCOGRAPHY:
1998 Emanuele Basentini "Just in Time" (Philology)
1998 Rosario Giuliani Quartet "Flashing Lights" (Philology)
1999 Rosario Giuliani Quartet "Connotazione Blue" (Philology)
1999 Rosario Giuliani Quartet "Tension" (Schema Records)
2000 Phil Woods "meets italian new generation" (Philology)
2000 Schema sextet "Look Out" omaž za Basso & Valdambrini (Schema Records)

Flavio Boltro, trumpet

Flavio Boltro was born in Torino on 5th May 1961. His father was a trumpeter and a great jazz fan. He started learning the trumpet when he was nine, and at the age of 13 he started having lessons with Carlo Arfenego (trumpet player in the Torino Symphony Orchestra) once a week. The following year his father asked the teacher to privately prepare Flavio to enroll at the Conservatory, where Flavio studied for the next seven years. After graduation, his life was marked by two decisive moments, meeting two music formations offering him with the opportunity to introduce himself and gain acknowledgement. The first of them was LINGOMANIA, led by Mauricio Gianmarco. This musician already had a quartet, but wanted to transform it into a quintet. After he met Flavio the famous quintet was born with Roberto Gato, drums, Furio Di Kastri, double bass, Giamarco, saxophonist, Umberto Fiorentino, guitar and Flavio on the trumpet. This band, acoustic in the matrix and electric in its sonority, presented an innovation in those years and accomplished great success in Italy, winning the Best Record Award and the title of the Best Band for two years in a row. When this adventure was started, and it lasted for two years, Flavio was 25. At the same time he began receiving different offers for collaboration especially from Steve Grossman, who he joined in performances in a number of clubs, but at international festivals as well with the quintet with Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins and David Williams in the rhythm section. Before his collaboration with LINGOMANIA ended, he played with Clifford Jordan and Jimmy Cobb. He also had two concerts with Freddie Hubbard besides the ones at the Umbria Jazz, in Torino and Milan. The other crucial formation was the trio he formed together with Manu Roche on drums and Furio Di Kastri, double bass. At that time there was no other trio consisting of the trumpet, double bass and drums, so they made a huge success. In the third year of its existence the trio grew into a quartet when Joe Lovano joined them. They had 12 concerts on the Italian tour. In 1994 Laurent Cugny took over the leadership of ONJ looking after a trumpeter and saxophonist. Flavio Boltra and his childhood friend Stefano Di Battista were his choices. A year before his collaboration with ONJ ended, Falvio became a member of the Michele Petruchianni Sextet. Flavio Boltro, Stefano Di Batisti and Eric Legnini, who had been friends for many years, looked for two musicians to make a quintet for a long time. They actualized their project in 1997 when Benjamin Henocq on drums and Rosario Bonakorso on bass joined them. The new band, the Stefano Di Batisti/Flavio Boltro quintet, has been very successful since 1998. The Quintet still exists, even though Stefano and Flavio started working in other directions as well.

The band was formed in 1994 following the idea of Argentinean saxophonist and composer Javier Girotto who, being inspired by his own musical roots and reaffirming them in an expressive manner typical of jazz, created a new musical field. Explicitly relying on the music of the great Astor Piazzolla, the ensemble Aires Tango has reached the repertoire of original music in a progressive evolution, due to both the nature of improvisation and a continual change of music material. In 1995 the band performed music for the theatrical play 'Witnesses' (featuring Gianmarco Tognazzi and Alessandro Gassman), and recorded music for the film 'Bandits' (by Mignucci) featuring Ben Gazzara and Lumi Cavazos. In 1996 Aires Tango released their first discography work, entitled 'Malvinas' after the Argentinean name for the Falkland Islands. By the end of 1997, they released their second CD 'Madres' (BMG-Victor), continuing the style of the first album. (In regard to this release, the string quartet and participation of accordion player Antonello Salis are worth mentioning). Since 1998 the ensemble Aires Tango has participated in a large number of music festivals all over the peninsula, among which are the Mediterranean Sounds (Rumori Mediterranei) in Roccella Ionica, the Nuoro Jazz Festival and the Fano Jazz where they shared the evening with the Astor Piazzolla - Gary Burton Band. At concerts they have been joined by soloists: Paolo Freso, Enrico Rava, Gianni Coscia, Antonello Salis and Peppe Servillo from Avion Travel. In spring 1999 their third album ('Poemas') was released, dedicated to the contemporary Hispano-American literature. Their fourth CD ('20th Century Chronology') was released in October 2000 in co-production with the discography label of the newspaper 'Il Maifesto'.
The music of Aires Tango merges segments of tango melodies with the jazz improvisation in an impressive way. The result is a kind of adapted tango, with a distinct Latino features in melody and rhythm, but less bound by the traditional tango canons thus presenting fertile soil for improvisations with jazz inspiration; in this way the band succeeds in creating music of noticeable expressive freedom and great charm, in which the echoes of the past merge with the solutions of the most modern jazz expression.

About the musicians:

Javier Girotto graduated from the Conservatory in Cordoba (Argentina) and the Berklee School of Music in Boston. He has played with many musicians from the international jazz scene: Bob Mintzer, Roberto Gatto, Steve Turre, Rita Marcotulli, Hal Crook, George Garzone, Antonello Salis, Bob Moses, Bill Pierce, Danilo Perez, Roy Hargrove and Randy Brecker among others. He is a tireless composer and besides that the leader of different formations such as Six Sax and Tercer Mundo.

Alessandro Gwis is a very active musician, both in the field of jazz and commercial music. For a number of years he has collaborated with artists of great renown such as: Gege Telesforo, Antonello Salis, Gianni Morandi, Maurizio Giammarco, Massimo Ranieri, Danilo Rea, Cinzia Spata and Kurt Rosenwinkel among others.

Marco Siniscalco graduated from the Berklee School of Music, and has worked with numerous musicians from jazz and pop scene such as Gege Telesforo, Paul McCandless, Marcello Rosa, Hilton Ruiz, Claudio Baglioni, Ben Sidran, Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman, Tony Scott and Gianni Morandi among others. In addition to that, he has worked with many orchestras as a studio and concert musician (among which is the RAI Orchestra), conducted by Gianni Ferrio, Renato Serio, Pippo Caruso and Claudio Mattone.

Michele Rabbia is a musician of extraordinary creativity, who has worked with many artists from jazz and pop scene such as Antonello Salis, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Paolo Damiani, Michel Godard, Gianluigi Trovesi, Rita Marcotulli, Dominique Pifarely, Sainkho Namchylak, Flavio Boltro, Nicola Stilo, Irio DePaula, Lutte Berg and Sandro Satta among others. As a percussionist he has also collaborated with the St. Cecilia Orchestra and the Opera Orchestra in Rome.

Paolo Recchia, alto saxophone

Paolo Recchia was born in Fondi in 1980. He fell in love with the saxophone at an early age, and when he was 14 he entered the Conservatory 'Ottorino Respighi' in Latina, under Prof. Daniele Coporaso. He studied classical music with dedication and held concerts with a saxophone quartet from his saxophone class discovering jazz through the records of Charlie Parker and Massimo Urbania. After a while he started attending master classes held by the figures from the top of the international jazz scene such as Bob Mintzer, Rick Margitza, Rita Marcotulli, Enrico Pieranunzi, Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava at the Sent Luis Music College in Rome. He started playing with different bands, from Big Band to the Roman school St. Louis Big Band, led by Aldo Bassi and after him Gianni Oddi and the UM Big Band led by Pino Iodice. In 2003 he participated in the competition for the Massimo Urbani Award and won the scholarship for the Siena Jazz; in the same year he attended summer workshops at the NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY of New York in Bassano Del Grappa where he played with the Aldo Bassi Quintet for the Veneto Jazz Festival. He has collaborated with the 'Iodice&Corvini Roma Jazz Ensemble' on several occasions as well as with PMJO (Parco della Musica Jazz Orchestra) led by Maurizio Giammarco; he was also a member of the 'SIX SAX' band of the Argentinean saxophonist Javier Girotto, a guest of the Teatro Sistina in Rome at the 'Jazz Towns' parade with the Massimo Nunzi Jazz Orchestra. In 2004 he received the second award at the National Competition 'Young Talents of Italian Jazz'. With the quartet featuring Erasmo Bencivenga, piano, Nicola Borrelli, bass guitar, and Tommaso Tozzi, drums, he received the first award at the 'Palazzo Valentini' competition organized by the 'JAZZ&IMAGE' in Villa Celimontana and Saint Louis College of Music from Rome, and in 2005 they were awarded second place at the national jazz music competition Baronissi.  He has played in important jazz clubs such as Alexanderplatz Jazz Club (Rome), Fano Jazz Club (Fano), Be Bop Jazz Club (Rome), La Palma Jazz Club (Rome), Duc des Lombards (Paris), La Fontanie (Paris) and Casa del Jazz (Rome). Collaborations: Andy Gravish, Fabio Morgera, Flavio Boltro, Laurent Coq, George Garzone, Ron Seguin,  Mike Pope, Dominique Di Piazza, Mattew Garrison, Massimo Farao', Maurizio Giammarco, Gege Munari, Andrea Beneventano, Fabrizio Bosso, Carolina Brandes, Lorenzo Tucci, Mario Corvini, Claudio Corvini, Giorgio Rosciglione, Stefano Sabatini, Pippo Matino, Francesco Puglisi, Marco Siniscalco, Rocco Zifarelli, Cristiano Micalizzi, Luca Pirozzi,  Alessandro Gwis, Marco Tamburini, Claudio Colasazza.
With his quartet and other projects he has played at the festivals: "Aprile Jazz 2001-2002-2003-2004-2005" (Latina), "Veneto   Jazz Festival 2003", "Villa Celimontana 2003-2004-2005-2006" (Rome), Termoli Jazz Festival 2004, Teggiano Jazz Festival 2004 (Salerno), Calvi Jazz Festival (2004), Acuto Jazz Festival (2005), Talos Jazz Festival 2005  (Ruvo di Puglia), Teano Jazz Festival (2005), Ronciglione Jazz Festival (2006), Ciampino Jazz Festival (2006)and Jazz in allen Gassen 2006 (Germany).

Massimiliano Ionata, tenor saxophone

He was the winner of the competition for the Massimo Urbani Award 2000 in the category of wind instruments. With his quartet he received the first award at the National Jazz Competition 'Baronisi' 2000 as well as the audience award at the international competition 'Tramplin Jazz D'Avignon' in France. Max Ionata is one of the most appreciated Italian tenor saxophonists. He studied at the Conservatory 'L. D'Annunzio' in Peskara and advanced his jazz studies at the Columbia College in Chicago, led by William (Bill) Russo. He studied with Rosario Giuliani, Emanuele Cisi, Robert Bonsiolo and Steve Lacy as well. He has played at important jazz festivals such as: the Umbria Jazz, Ancona Jazz, the Pescara Jazz, the Jazz 'n Fall, the Interamnia Jazz Festival, the Leuciana Festival, Sant'Anna Arresi, the Arezzo Jazz Winter, the Arezzo Jazz Summer, the Baronissi Jazz, Atessa in Jazz, the Val di Fiemme Sky Jazz, the Over Jazz, the Le Strade del Jazz, Crossroads, the Veneto Jazz, Ferrara in Jazz, the Fiorenza Jazz, the Acuto Jazz, the Athens Jazz, the Villa Celimontana Jazz, the Fandango Jazz Festival, Archeojazz, the Peperoncino Jazz, the Beat Onto Jazz and the Ronciglione Jazz. He has also played in the most prestigious Italian jazz clubs among which are Alexander Platz, Pinocchio Jazz Club, Biella Jazz Club, Cotton Jazz Club, Fano Jazz'n Club, Jazz Club Ferrara, Cantina Bentivoglio, Blue Note Milano and many others. He has worked with the musicians such as Mike Stern, Bob Mintzer, Bob Franceschini, Hiram Bullock, Andy Gravish, Miles Griffith, Carlo Atti, Flavio Boltro, Fabrizio Bosso, Giovanni Amato and Maurizio Giammarco, among others.

DISCOGRAPHY:
Max Ionata Qartet "Litle Hand" Abeat
Max Ionata/ Claudio Filippini "YAIRA" Wide Sound
Andy Gravish Quintet "New York/Rome Hook Up"
Gianluca Renzi Sextet "Looking From The Right Line" - Wide Sound
Pino Jodice "Suspended" U.M.Records
M.Rolli e A.M.P.Big Band Feat. MIKE STERN
Ada Montellanico "Suoni Modulanti"
Daniele Luttazzi "Money For Dope"
Miles Griffith & Tony Pancella Quartet "Smile Again"

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Vladimir Samardžić, bass guitar

Petar Radmilović, drums

Aleksandar Bahun, piano

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Miodrag-Miki Milovanov, drums
was born in 1987 in Zrenjanin. Between 1993 and 1996 he took part in the jazz camps led by our jazz greats such as Vojin Draskoci and the others. In 1997 he started studying at the Jazz Academy in Graz, Austria. During his entire schooling he played in many jazz formations with musicians from all over Europe, as well as the ex-Yugoslav republics. In 2001 he graduated in the class of the famous jazz drummer Manfred Josela. He is currently performing with the band 'Interplay' as well as other jazz musicians from Serbia and Montenegro.

Vladimir Vanja Jakovljević, guitar
Born in 1978 in Novi Sad, he spent a year at the Jazz Academy in Graz, Austria, in the class of Prof. Karl Ratzer. He has been musically active since 1991 as a member of many music formations, including the Radio Novi Sad Big Band, Boris Kovač LaDaABa, the Aleksandar Dujin Orchestra, the Milaciopezo Band, and a large number of jazz bands including Jazzwah, Falsh Gordon, Tune Up, etc. He is currently a member of the band 'Interplay' with which he recorded the album 'Standards Time'. He had noticeable performances at the Exit festival and Jazz festival 2000. He lives and works in Novi Sad, and besides his regular engagements in different formations, he works as a studio musician and a guitar teacher.

Fedor Ruškuc, double bass
Born in Novi Sad in 1980, he studied the violin at the lower (class of Prof. Nina Nikolov) and finished double bass at secondary music school 'Isidor Bajic' (in the class of Prof. Gorana Kerleta). In 1999 he started studying at the Jazz Department of the Music Academy in Graz in the class of Prof. Wayne Darling where he graduated in 2002. Since then he has lived and studied in Cologne with the Prof. Dieter Manderscheida (High School for Music). He won several awards at the Republic and National competitions of different Yugoslav music schools (1996 and 1998). Since 1999 he has regularly performed at the Novi Sad Old Gold Festival with the Adam Klemm bands. With different formations he has played in Croatia, Slovakia and Austria. He has also performed in the ensembles of his professors form the Graz Academy (Peter Kunsek and Andre Jeancartier). He was an assisstant for the master classes in Vrnjacka Banja in 2002 under the leadership of Stjepko Gut. He has participated in the workshops held by Joe Labarbere, Niels H. O. Pedersena, Barre Phillips-a, Claudio Roditia and others.