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Release date October 25th, 2018
PALERMO SKETCHES
Blaise Siwula: clarinet, alto sax
Rocco John Iacovone: soprano aax, alto Sax
Giancarlo Mazzù: electric guitar, voice, drums
Luciano Troja: piano
Music by Blaise Siwula, Rocco John Iacovone, Giancarlo Mazzù, Luciano Troja |
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Release date October 30, 2018
Produced by Luciano Troja, Giancarlo Mazzù, Luca Rinaudo
Recorded live-in-studio on May 5, 2017
by Luca Rinaudo and Danilo Romancino at Zeit Studio (Palermo, Italy)
Mixed and mastered by Luca Rinaudo at Zeit Studio (Palermo, Italy)
Art direction and graphic design: Antonio Cusimano | 3112htm
Original painting on inlay: Denise Fusco Iacovone
Product manager: Gianluca Cangemi
This album is dedicated to Manlio Nicosia |
In
concert at the legendary
Maybeck Studio, in Berkeley, CA |
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Luciano
Troja
«At Home with Zindars»
*SOLD OUT*
Maybeck
Studio, Berkeley, CA
Saturday, April 28 – 3:00pm ~
Luciano
Troja, piano
Helene Zindarsian, special guest vocalist |
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An
intimate and creative solo piano journey into the world of
Earl Zindars, who was a San Francisco-based composer, percussionist
and teacher, and who enjoyed a close friendship and long musical
association with the legendary Bill Evans.
For Luciano’s
Bay Area debut, he will be playing a selection of songs from
his critically acclaimed album “At Home With Zindars”,
which is dedicated exclusively to the music of Earl Zindars.
The album is ranked among Stereophile magazine’s
“Records
To Die For”.
http://www.maybeckstudio.org/2018/02/luciano-troja-at-home-with-zindars.htm |
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MAZZU'-
TROJA - BRANCIAMORE |
“Broad-ways” |
Release
date: 2017
ACK
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ACK Records
Recorded on October 30 2009
At Sonoria Studios, Scordia (CT)
Sound engineer: Vincenzo Cavalli
Graphic project: Walter Silvestrini – PixaelXpixeL.it
Giancarlo
Mazzù guitar
Luciano Troja piano
Francesco Branciamore drums |
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BLAISE
SIWULA - LUCIANO TROJA |
“Rags
to Ragas” |
Release
date: December 24th, 2016
NoFrillsMusic.com
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© siwula
troja
recorded May 2and 2016
at wombat studios brooklyn, ny
eng.ross bonadonna
mixing mastering blaise siwula
artwork: blaise siwula
Blaise
Siwula, clarinet/alto sax
Luciano Troja, piano
nofrillsmusic nfm 012
Released
December 24th, 2016
www.nofrillsmusic.com
www.blaisesiwula.com/cds_from_nofrillsmusiccom__elsewhere/rags_to_ragas/
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LUCIANO TROJA - ANTONINO
CICERO |
“An
Italian Tale” |
Release
date: October 25th, 2016
Almendra
Music
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All compositions
by Luciano Troja
Antonio Cicero,
bassoon
Luciano Troja, piano
released October 25, 2016
Produced by Gianluca Cangemi & Luca Rinaudo
Co-executive producer: Danilo Romancino
Recorded live-in-studio on March 29, 2016 (tracks 1-9) and
November 12, 2015 (track 10) at Zeit Studio, Palermo [Italy]
by Gianluca Cangemi & Luca Rinaudo.
Mixed and mastered by Luca Rinaudo at Zeit Studio, Palermo
[Italy]
Art direction and design by Antonio Cusimano | 3112htm.com
2016 Almendra Music | almendramusic.com
| facebook.com/AlmendraMusic
https://almendramusic.bandcamp.com/album/an-italian-tale
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LUCIANO TROJA & GIANCARLO
MAZZU’ |
“Tasting
Beauty” |
Release
date: April 27th, 2015
Slam
Productions - UK
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Luciano
Troja piano Giancarlo
Mazzù guitar
All
compositions by Giancarlo Mazzù & Luciano Troja
Recorded at Wombat Studios, in Brooklyn (NY)
Recording engineer: Ross Bonadonna
Mixing and mastering: Alessandro Luvarà – Spain
Audio Studios Molochio, (RC), Italy
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NEW
CD!!! Beneath the Ritual (Siwula/Troja/Murchison) |
February
23th, 2015 NoFrillsMusic.com
Blaise
Siwula alto/tenor sax & clarinet
Luciano Troja piano
John Murchison bass
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NoFrillsMusic
(2015)
Cover
photo: Cristina Prudente
Sound engineer: Ross Bonadonna
Recorded April 26th, 2014 at Wombat Studio, Brooklyn NY
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/blaisesiwula11
http://www.nofrillsmusic.com |
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Sometimes
The Journey Is A Vision
March 2014, NoFrillsMusic (USA)
Blaise
Siwula alto/tenor sax & clarinet
Giancarlo Mazzù guitar/drums/vocals
Luciano Troja piano
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Recorded
April 25th, 2013 at Wombat Studios in Brooklyn, NY
Sound engineer: Ross Bonadonna
http://www.nofrillsmusic.com |
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Giancarlo
Mazzù & LucianoTroja
Nomination al 13°
Independent Music Awards
(USA)!!! |
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"Live
at the Metropolitan Room NYC"
(Slam
Production, 2013) è nella cinquina degli album nominati
per la categoria “Live Performance” del 13°
Independent Music Awards, e contenderà l'ambìto
premio ad avversari di grandissimo livello: Pierre Bensusan
(Encore), Taj Weekes & Adowa (Pariah in Transit), Volodja
Balzalorsky (Romantic Violin Sonatas: Live Selection, Vol.
1, Franck, Brahms, Grieg) and Wertico, Cain and Gray (Sound
Portraits)".
Il duo italiano si aggiunge alle nomination di uno dei premi
più importanti al mondo per la musica indipendente
di artisti affermati e stelle in ascesa della musica internazionale
di tutti i generi, scelti fra migliaia di proposte giunte
da oltre 70 paesi di tutti i continenti.
La giuria che determinerà i vincitori sarà composta
da alcuni fra i più influenti artisti e operatori dell'industria
musicale. I risultati della giuria saranno annunciati il prossimo
Maggio.
Inoltre, i fans potranno votare i propri artisti preferiti
per il premio del pubblico (Vox Pop) fino al 18 luglio 2014
attraverso il website dell'Independent Music Awards.
I vincitori saranno promossi, distribuiti ed avranno opportunità
di performance per un audience di circa un miliardo di appassionati
in tutto il mondo.
Vota GIANCARLO MAZZU' & LUCIANO
TROJA CLICCANDO QUI per il voto del pubblico (VOX POPULI)! |
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GIANCARLO
MAZZU' & LUCIANO TROJA
Live At The Metropolitan Room NYC
Slam Productions - UK, 2013
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D'Istante3
(Mazzù/Siwula/Troja): NYC & Massachussets Tour
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Special
event at
the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò NYU, Monday, April
29th 2013
"Jazz and American Song: an Italian Affair"
Luciano Troja in "At Home With Zindars"
Luciano Troja & Giancarlo Mazzù, special guest
Blaise Siwula
CD
pre-release
"Live at the Metropolitan Room NYC" (Slam, 2013) |
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October
2012 |
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Mazzù/Siwula/Troja
D'istante3 |

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1.
Istante 1 (11:38)
2. Istante 2 (9:20)
3. Istante 3 (4:04)
4. Istante 4 (9:25)
5. Istante 5 (7:03)
6. Istante 6 (11:52)
7. Istante 7 (8:37) |
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Giancarlo Mazzù, guitar, drums
Blaise Siwula, alto & tenor saxophone,
bass clarinet, clarinet
Luciano Troja, piano |
All compositions by Giancarlo Mazzù, Blaise Siwula
and Luciano Troja.
Recorded on April 25, 2011 at Wombat Studios in Brooklyn,
NY
Sound engineer: Russ Bonadonna.
Mixed and mastered by Blaise Siwula.
Produced by Giancarlo Mazzu', Blaise Siwula and Luciano Troja
www.facebook.com/istante3
www.reverbnation.com/distante3
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Luciano
Troja's "At Home With Zindars": video
by Valerio Vella
At home with Zindars
from valerio vella
- limmaginecolta
on
Vimeo.
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Puoi
vedere questo video su youtube.
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Luciano
Troja's "At Home With Zindars" recent
awards! |
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At Home With Zindars
“Stereophile’s Record To
Die For 2011”
Stereophile Magazine USA |
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At Home With Zindars
“10°
Independent Music Awards”
USA
Nomination for “Best Tribute Album” |
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At Home With Zindars
“Critic’s
Choice: Top 10 Albums 2010”
Cadence Jazz Magazine USA |
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“10 New Best Songs of 2010”
Earl
and Bill” by Luciano Troja from “At
Home With Zindars”
Ken Franckling’s Jazz Notes USA |
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LUCIANO
TROJA
At Home With Zindars |
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1.
Mother Of Earl (Earl Zindars)
2. Nice Place (Earl Zindars)
3. Silverado Trail (Earl Zindars)
4. Four Times ‘Round (Earl Zindars )
5. Z Waltz (Earl Zindars)
6. Sareen Jurer - Part 1 (Earl Zindars)
7. Sareen Jurer - Part 2 (Earl Zindars)
8. Lullaby For Helene (Earl Zindars)
9. Karen’s Mode (Earl Zindars)
10. My Love Is An April Song (Earl Zindars)
11. ThreeTimes ‘Round (Earl Zindars)
12. Earl And Bill (Luciano Troja)
13. I Always Think Of You (Earl Zindars)
14. Joy (Earl Zindars)
15. How My Heart Sings (Anne & Earl Zindars)
16. Roses For Annig (Earl Zindars) |
©
Luciano Troja (2010)
Luciano Troja, piano
CD & 40-Page Book |
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“An intimate portrait
of the music of Earl Zindars, and of his own.
I say, Bravissimo! to this fine young musician.
Listen well, and take this refreshing musical
journey with Luciano"
Anne Zindars
Viaggio dentro la musica e la personalità
di Earl Zindars (Chicago 1927- San Francisco 2005),
importante e prolifico compositore sia per il
jazz che per la musica classica.
Quattordici
composizioni liberamente tratte dal SongBook di
Earl Zindars, alcune di esse mai pubblicate su
disco prima d’ora, attraverso la visione
personale di Luciano Troja.
Il
CD contiene anche un libretto di 40 pagine a colori,
con testo in italiano ed inglese, con foto inedite
e testimonianze di prima mano sulla vita di Earl
Zindars, sulle sue composizioni, sul fondamentale
ruolo che ha avuto la famiglia per la sua arte
e per la sua ispirazione, e sul ruolo del compositore
nella evoluzione artistica di Bill Evans.
Zindars infatti è noto soprattutto per
la grande amicizia e la speciale empatia musicale
con il leggendario pianista Bill Evans, il quale
suonò e registrò le composizioni
di Earl Zindars lungo l’intero arco della
sua carriera.
Quasi
cinque anni per completare il lavoro, fra New
York, dove è stato registrato il CD, in
quattro diverse sessioni -ciascuna ad un anno
esatto di distanza- e San Francisco, dove Luciano
ha incontrato la famiglia del compositore che,
con grande affetto e fiducia, lo ha aiutato ad
approfondirne la personalità e la sua musica:
a moglie di Earl Zindars, Anne, cantante e compositrice
a sua volta, co-autrice, peraltro, di alcuni brani
fra cui la celeberrima “How My Heart Sings”,
e .le figlie: Helene, cantante lirica molto apprezzata,
e Karen, che ha avuto un importante trascorso
di ballerina classica.
L’album
contiene “Roses For Annig” l’ultima
composizione in assoluto scritta da Earl Zindars,
pochi giorni prima della sua scomparsa e dedicata
alla amata Anne, sua moglie per 43 anni.
All
compositions by Earl Zindars
except “How My Heart Sings” written
by Anne & Earl Zindars
and “Earl And Bill” written by Luciano
Troja
©Zindars Publishing Company
All Rights Reserved
Recorded
in New York City,
Uptime Studios,
in April 18, 2006, April, 11, 2007
April 28-29, 2008,April 18, 2009
Sound
Engineer: M.P.Kuo
Mixed and Mastering: M.P. Kuo and Francesco Paolo
Maimone
Design: Francesco Mento, Alessandra Ciraolo, and
Cristina Fatato
English texts: Nicholas Frangella and Antonella
Santoro
Photos: Luciano Troja and Valentina Prudente
Bill Evans Portrait: Luigi Scarcella
Production Assistant: Monica Mazza
Project by Luciano Troja
Produced by Luciano Troja and Valentina Prudente
Available
at cdbaby.com
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Luciano
Troja/Giancarlo Mazzu' New
CD!!! |
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Seven
Tales About Standards Vol. 2 |
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1
Bye Bye Blackbird 3:14
2 Cheek To Cheek 3:48
3 Softly As A In Morning Sunrise 4:00
4 East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) 3:34
5 Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) 4:19
6 Everything Happens To Me 4:44
7 Bye Bye BlackBird (alternate take) 5:23
8 All The Things You Are 6:16
9 Cheek To Cheek (alternate take) 3:04
10 Softly As A Morning Sunrise (alternate take) 5:18 |
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CDH
1544.2
Splasc(H) Records (2009)
Luciano Troja, piano; Giancarlo Mazzù,
nylon string guitar |
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Recorded on October, 2, 2008
at Sonoria Studio Rec , Scordia (CT).
Sound engineer: Vincenzo Cavalli.
Mixed:.by Alessandro Luvarà at Spain Audio Studio,
Molochio (RC
Cover:
Peppo Spagnoli, “Chair” cm.70x100, 1969
Photos: foto di Francesco Mento (Luciano Troja) e Roberto
Pace (Giancarlo Mazzù)..
Graphic design: Luigi Naro
Liner notes: Giancarlo Mazzù & Luciano Troja
English texts: Pete Kercher
Produced by Peppo Spagnoli for Splasc(H) Records, a division
of Senz’H Soc. Coop., Arcisate (VA)
www.myspace.com/mazzutrojacom |
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Luciano
Troja/Giancarlo Mazzu' New
CD!!! |
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April
2009
New CD and U.S. Concerts!! |
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Seven
Tales About Standards Vol. 2
(Splasc(H) Records, April 2009)
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MAHANADA
New CD!!! |
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MAHANADA
Mannahatta |
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Something Specific And Perfect For My City 3:58
2 The Aboriginal Name 2:29
3 A Word, Liquid, Sane, Unruly 4:12
4 Musical, Self-Sufficient 6:34
5 The Word Of My City 6:10
6 The Down-Town Streets 3:49
7 Immigrants Arriving 4:35
8 Vehicles 2:52
9 Broadway 4:08
10 The Women, the Shops and Shows 3:29
11 A Million People 6:18
12 City Of Hurried And Sparkling Waters 4:29
13 City Of Spires And Masts 3:28
14 City Nested In Bays 4:05
15 My City! 5:19 |
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CDH
2518.2
Splasc(H) Records (2008)
LUCIANO TROJA piano
GIANCARLO MAZZÙ prepared guitar,
voices
CARMELO COGLITORE soprano sax, bass
clarinet, drums
CARLO NICITA alto flute
Recorded on 17 April, 2006
at Uptime Studios, New York City
Sound engineer: M.P. Kuo
Mixed: M.P.Kuo and Carlo Nicita
Cover: “NYC Subway” Miriam West, 1999.
Assemblage, cm. 21X55
Photos: Francesco Mento, Andrew P. White
Mannahatta è il nome aborigeno
di Manhattan.
Questo CD è il risultato sonoro di una esperienza
newyorkese.
Infatti nell’aprile 2006 abbiamo tenuto sette
concerti in otto giorni in alcuni dei “luoghi”
dell’avanguardia downtown di Manhattan.
Ogni concerto, pur basandosi su materiale scritto e
improvvisato, prendeva nuove forme sviluppando nuove
possibilità sonore.
Dopo appena un paio di performance avevamo l’impressione
di interagire con la Energia della metropoli.
Come se l’Energia del suolo su cui essa sorge,
pervadesse sempre più la nostra musica.
Dopo l’ultimo concerto, decidevamo di registrare
in studio, a Manhattan, una suite in 15 movimenti.
Dissolvendo ogni etichetta, abbiamo provato ad affrontare
in maniera, essenziale, primitiva, il nostro modo di
vedere e sentire New York e la sua e la nostra musica.
Mahanada.
ALL COMPOSITIONS BY MAHANADA
PUBLISHED BY SENZ’H EDIZIONI MUSICALI - SIAE
www.mahanada.com
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