Francesco Baiguera - Post Jazz Chamber Music (December 2021)

A completely new quartet with a chamber dimension, which is located in an ill-defined place between classical music and jazz. The writing may recall authors such as Bartok, Ravel, and Debussy, finding within itself moments of free improvisation and compositional methods derived from the contemporary jazz dimension.

The music moves between an undefined chiaroscuro, where the alternation of sections and the variety of timbres accompany us on an elaborate sound journey made up of choral moments, multi-voice canons, solo episodes, and structures derived from the blues, with a choice of voicing that somehow thins the boundary between consonance and a certain degree of dissonance through the use of clusters (clusters of voices extremely close together) and spread clusters (a derivation of which has already been experimented by composers such as Olivier Messiaen).

The project is enriched by the presence of important musicians from the Italian music scene, top interpreters of their respective instruments, and strong in their personal aesthetic-musical vision, which enriches the initial idea of a real suite written in Italy during the first lockdown.

1. Heavy Blue 05:58

2. Beauty Through Clouds 05:38

3. Never So Close 07:51

4. Intermezzo 06:18

5. Abstract Thoughts 03:30

6. Istantanea 05:57

7. Postlude 02:45

Francesco Baiguera: composition and el.guitar

Massimiliano Milesi: tenor and soprano sax

Daniele Richiedei: violin

Giulio Corini: double bass

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Massimiliano Milesi / Francesco Baiguera / Giulio Corini / Filippo Sala - REITHIA (December 2021)

"During the path of life, suffering represents a moment capable of nourishing the spirit of solidarity and collaboration between people which often evolves into Beauty, which has an infinite duration" Reithia takes its name from the pre-Roman Deity, symbol of rebirth and healing. Even if it had Venetian origins, its cult also developed in the municipalities of the western Alps between the provinces of Bergamo and Brescia, the hometowns of the four musicians of the group. These two cities have recently become sadly famous because of the serious and huge losses suffered during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The project, created in collaboration with the Jazz on the road Association, is a way to create and convey a message of hope and rebirth through the most ancient and universal language: Music.

The album was entirely recorded during the first concert of the group held in Brescia as part of the XVII edition of the Jazz on The Road Festival (one of the few Italian jazz events held in July 2020). The record features 8 songs which were specially composed by the four musicians during the tragic lockdown period of March and April 2020 as well as an original arrangement of the famous Cole Porter song “Easy to Love”, used as the official Festival soundtrack.

With all that said we wish you good listening and ... good rebirth to everyone.

1. Le Cose Semplici 06:00

2. Hula Hope 04:42

3. For Every Change 06:32

4. Ex Motu 08:16

5. Girovago d'estate 08:56

6. Nonnoncredereinme 04:04

7. Astrotheo 07:59

8. Easy To Love 02:10

Massimiliano Milesi: tenor sax

Francesco Baiguera: guitar

Giulio Corini: double bass

Filippo Sala: drums

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Danilo Gallo Dark Dry Tears - A View Through a Slot (June 2021 clean feed records)

Italian jazz is a reality on its own, due to its caustic humor, the folkish way it uses melody, the liking for rhythm patterns, the cinematic perspectives and we could continue to bring arguments to the list. When bassist (every kind of bass, be it double bass, electric bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar, bass balalaika, whatever, with an important exception: baritone guitar) Danilo Gallo is involved you have it in spades: more melodies to listen, more riffs (and be sure “A View Through a Slot” grooves and rocks like hell) and more sarcasm. Take the technical notes: this was (suposedly, of course) recorded in Gronland in 2077, mixed by one Péppino La Piccirella (you’ll have to know Italian to laugh) in Italy and then mixed again in Bogota, Colombia, and mastered by Nonnasonica somewhere in the world. It’s Gallo’s way to say that it really doesn’t matter where or when the music happens. 

Don’t be surprised if some tunes are deconstructed at the final minutes: the musicians involved, including American extraordinaire drummer Jim Black, go crazy very quickly. And there’s something else: a sense for the poetic and the sad that can bring tears to your eyes. In these difficult times this is what you need for a definitive catharsis. Give also a special attention to what the two saxophone players, Mr. Milesi and Mr. Bigoni, do, and to the romantic rock cinematic guitarist Mr. Corti, and stay safe. 

1. Demolition 06:39

2. No Boundaries 05:34

3. Eyes of Twilight 06:48

4. The Tree and the Water 06:39

5. Rubble Dust 08:59

6. I Can’t See You 06:56

7. Gummy Wall 03:27

8. No Boundaries (reprise) 02:00

9. If You Raise a Wall You Get Low 08:18

10. Short Memory 08:07

Danilo Gallo bass, fx

Massimiliano Milesi tenor and soprano saxophones

Francesco Bigoni tenor saxophone, clarinet

Jim Black - drums

feat. Lorenzo Corti guitar

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Luca Dell'Anna Quartet - Human See, Human Do (UR RECORDS 2018)

“How fickle is the mind! Even if it is introverted, it does not remain steady but gets agitated in a moment like the surface of the ocean. Tied to the senses (like the sight) it bounces again and again like a ball. Having been nourished by the senses, the mind grasps the very objects it has given up; and like a demented person, it runs after the very things from which it has been restrained. It jumps from one object to the other like a monkey. “

(Yoga Vasistha)

Luca Dell’Anna – piano, compositions

Massimiliano Milesi – tenor sax

Danilo Gallo – double bass

Alessandro Rossi – drums

1  Sector n.4

2  From The Other Room

3  Jade (part 1)

4  Jade (part 2)

5  Sankhara

6  Human See, Human Do

7  Inside Dennis Cleg

8  Monkey and The Brain

All tunes are composed by Luca Dell’Anna

Double Cut - Mappe (AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA 2018)

Nuovo disco per Double Cut, progetto

di Tino Tracanna, Massimiliano Milesi,

Giulio Corini e Filippo Sala

“Mappe” è il nuovo album di Double Cut, progetto che comprende Tino Tracanna e Massimiliano Milesi ai sassofoni, Giulio Corini al contrabbasso e Filippo Sala alla batteria. L’album verrà pubblicato a giugno da Parco della Musica Records (distribuzione Egea). Il titolo incarna la vocazione di Double Cut che è quella della sperimentazione e della ricerca in diversi territori musicali e soprattutto la loro accurata cartografia che permette ai quattro musicisti di confrontarsi con ecosistemi musicali altamente stimolanti.

Se il disco d’esordio rappresentava una sperimentazione delle potenzialità del proprio inusuale organico questo nuovo lavoro ne rappresenta il compimento attraverso il consolidamento di un sound del tutto originale e lo sviluppo di un’identità compositiva più ricca e complessa.

In questo secondo capitolo la formazione presenta i risultati delle proprie esplorazioni lunghe 4 anni attraverso nove composizioni (8 brani originali e una rilettura di The Train and The River di Jimmy Giuffre) che, come le mappe per i naviganti del passato, ne tracciano il percorso. Un percorso che cerca nuove polarità nel tempestoso e confuso mare del contemporaneo. Le “mappe” si snodano attraverso una serie di brani che prendono spunto da diverse suggestioni: rivisitazioni di geni contemporanei, irriverenti twist così come suadenti melodie, inni soul e violente esplosioni sonore. Tino Tracanna e Massimiliano Milesi si conoscono all’interno del Dipartimento jazz del Conservatorio di Milano. Accomunati dalla passione per la storia del sassofono si incontrano per confrontarsi su strumenti e materiali d’epoca. Da qui, nasce l’idea di un insolito duo di sassofoni, tuttora attivo, che mira ad esplorare le potenzialità espressive dello strumento. Tale duo, per varie vicissitudini, si sviluppa dapprima come un anomalo quartetto di sassofoni: tre tenori ed un soprano, con la collaborazione di Claudio Fasoli e Gianni Mimmo. Successivamente viene commissionato da Clusone Jazz un altro bizzarro quartetto, questa volta con l’aggiunta di due chitarre: Garrison Fewell ed Enrico Merlin.

In seguito la sperimentazione si sviluppa nell’attuale organico pianoless con l’aggiunta di Giulio Corini al contrabbasso e Filippo Sala alla batteria, raggiungendo la sua definitiva forma.

Il confronto generazionale tra Milesi e Tracanna fa da catalizzatore alle differenti visioni, idee ed esperienze musicali dei componenti del gruppo dando luogo ad un progetto che incontra elementi appartenenti a mondi musicali diversi.

Tino Tracanna tenor and soprano saxophone, melodica, whistless, sound objects (left channel)

Massimiliano Milesi tenor and soprano saxophone, melodica, whistless, sound objects (right channel)

Giulio Corini double bass

Filippo Sala drums, cithara, glockenspiel, whistles