Nick Altieri (feat. George Garzone) - The Journey (December 11, 2021)

I’m a saxophonist, a jazz musician, and a storyteller. The music I create is that which honors the music of the past and the rich history of this genre, and of the storytellers before me. But, like those before me, I look to the future for inspiration as well as the present. I believe that as an artist I’m a record keeper as well, allowing my music to serve as evidence of the world around me. I hope to impact the lives of others in a positive way and create music that outlasts me.  

Playing the saxophone and creating music has been the common thread throughout my life. I find myself constantly coming back to music no matter where life has taken me. As I grow older, I understand the deep and powerful role music plays in our daily lives. I believe that it’s my job as a musician to relate my music to the world around me and to inspire others to experience life with my music as their soundtrack. 

- Saxophonist and producer/arranger Nick Altieri

1. Like Someone in Love (feat. George Garzone)

2. The Journey

3. Overnight

4. Crescent (feat. George Garzone)

5. The Nearness of You

6. Square Blues

Jack Davies, Bass

Diego Urena, Guitar

Hidemi Akaiwa, Piano

Harold Charon Cisnero, Piano

Jacob Fleenor, Drums

Featruring:

George Garzone, Saxophone

Pedro Kayat, Recording Engineer

Jose Abner Cabrera, Recording Engineer

Rodrigo Frontrera, Asst. Engineer

Mixed and Mastered by: Nick Altieri

Recorded at; The Record Co., Boston

Photography by: Katerina Ivannikova

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Nacho González - Illegal Grooves (2017)

“Illegal Grooves” is the debut album of Nacho González Nappa (1985). This music is full of landscapes and energy and features some of the deepest influences for Nacho, including John Patitucci, Ruben Rada, Terence Blanchard, Hugo Fattoruso and George Garzone among others.

Nacho is an Uruguayan musician, composer and social entrepreneur. After almost a decade dedicated to poverty reduction in Latin America, working at techo.org and socialab.com, he decided to pursuit his live long passion of music, and got a scholarship at Berklee College Music to study Jazz Composition. 

“Illegal Grooves” is the reflection of a long journey devoted to music, the appreciation of diverse Latin American treasures like candombe, tango, samba, and the mix from all these styles with the jazz language. It´s also a gift that symbolizes what immigrants bring when they leave their country. This illegality is actually what makes a system richer, brighter, and stronger. This illegality is what makes us different, and at the same time is what makes us recognize each other. 

All songs were written, arranged and produced by Nacho González, except from “Como dos extraños”. 

Nacho won the prestigious Wayne Shorter Award for Jazz Composition at Berklee College of Music, and the Jazz Education Award for Young Composers, and has been recognized as one of the emerging stars of modern Jazz composition.

Artists featured: 

Illegal Grooves (feat. Josh Shpak / Aníbal Cruz / Joaquina Mertz)
Speeding Turtle (feat. Ruben Rada / George Garzone / Nando Michelin)
Beating Oranges (feat. John Patitucci / Hugo Fattoruso / George Garzone)
BO, Mr. Bob (studio) (feat. George Garzone / Nando Michelin)
Nueva Música (feat. George Garzone/ Nando Michelin/ Takafumi Nikaido)
Candombe Juno (feat. Yesseh Furaha-Ali / Nando Michelin / Takafumi Nikaido)
Como dos extraños (feat. Jorge Trasante)
BO, Mr. Bob (live) (feat. Terence Blanchard / George Garzone)

Artists who participated in the album:

Illegal Grooves: Flute, Anggie Obin; Soprano, Alto, Bb Clarinet, Juan Ruiz; Trumpet, Josh Shpak and Yuta Yamaguchi; Bone, Suzuko Hori; Bari, Bass Cl, Luis García; Vox: Joaquina Mertz; Guitar, Nacho González; Piano, Aníbal Cruz; DJ, Joaco Pérez; Bass, Lucy Clifford; Percussion, Takafumi Nikaido; Drums, Juan Chiavassa; Recording Enegineer, Mark Wessel; Mix, Aurelio Estebanez; Master, Alex Psaroudakis

Speeding Turtle: Voice: Ruben Rada; Flute: Anggie Obin; Soprano: George Garzone
Alto: Juan Ruiz; Tenor: Alex Madeline; Baritone: Grace-Mary Burega; Trumpets: Neal Rosenthal, Mao Sone; Trombones: Yoshie Nakayama, Rob Krahn; Guitar: Nacho González; Piano: Nando Michelin; Maschine: Isaac Matus-Rodríguez; Bass: Flavio Lira; Percussion: Takafumi Nikaido; Drums: Orlando Retana; Recording Engineer: Mark Wessel
Assistant Engineers: Alex Csak, Shuwen Guo, Paula Park, Erick Jaimes, Nadav Shapira, Tim Schwerdt, Dragi Ivanov; Guitar Overdubs Engineer: Ken Jin; Voice Recording: Gustavo Montemurro (Estudio Las Manzanas); Editing: Garry Purohit; Mix: Aurelio Estebanez, Casa Limón Madrid, Spain; Master: Alex Psaroudakis, Sterlin Sound Studios NY, USA.

Beating Oranges: Flute: Margot Mayette; Soprano: George Garzone; Alto/Clarinet: Juan Ruiz; Bari/Bs.Clarinet: Luis García; Trumpet: Josh Shpak, Neal Rosenthal; Bone: Yoshie Nakayama; Violin: Tania Mesa; Cello: Naseem Alatrash; Guitar & Composition: Nacho González; Cavaco: Flavio Lira; Piano: Nando Michelin; Synth: Hugo Fattoruso; Vibes: Julián Velasco; Bass: John Patitucci; Perc: Negah Santos, Taka Nikaido; Drums: Juan Chiavassa; Engineer: Ross Hogarth; Overdubs: David Cardona, Juan Álvarez, Ken Jin; Mix: Alberto Menezes; Master: Alex Psaroudakis (Sterling Sound New York)

BO, Mr. Bob (session): Flute: Anggie Obin; Trumpet: Paul Sánchez; Alto Sax: Alex Ramírez; Tenor Sax: George Garzone & Andrew Denicola; Trombone: Michael Wang & Max Acree; Bari Sax: Luis García; Piano: Nando Michelin; Guitar: Nacho González; Bass: Flavio Lira; Percussion: Takafumi Nikaido, Julio Santos, & Gilbert Mansour; Candombe Drums: Darío Terán, Jhonny Neves, Diego Paredes; Drums: Juan Chiavassa; Recorded by Mark Wessel; Mixing Engineer: Aurelio Estebanez; Mastered at Sterling Sound: Alex Psaroudakis

Nueva Música: Gustavo D´Amico (soprano); Neal Rosenthal (tpt); Gaia Petrelli (alto); George Garzone (tenor); Michael Wang (bone); Luis García (bari); Nando Michelin (piano)
Nacho González (gt, composition, arr); Óscar Stagnaro (bass); Takafumi Nikaido (perc); Juan Chiavassa (dr); Mark Wessel (Recording Engineer); Pablo San Martín (Mix); Alex Psaroudakis (Master); Special thanks to SangRok Park, Alberto Menezes and Nico Farias

Candombe Juno: Trumpet: Neal Rosenthal; Tenor Sax: Yesseh Furaha-ali; Trombone: Max Acree Piano: Nando Michelín; Bass: Tomás Latorre; Percussion: Takafumi Nikaido
Drums: Juan Chiavassa; Recording Engineer: Marco Echeverría; Mixing Engineer: Pablo San Martín; Mastering Engineer: Alex Psaroudakis

Como dos extraños: Perc: Jorge Trasante; Guitar Nacho González; Engineer: Eddie Corbo

BO, Mr. Bob (live): Flute: Anggie Obin; Trumpet: Terence Blanchard & Paul Sánchez; Alto Sax: Alex Ramírez; Tenor Sax: George Garzone & Yesseh Furaha-Ali; Trombone: Bob Pilkington & Max Acree; Bari Sax: Luis García; Piano: Nando Michelin; Bass: Flavio Lira
Percussion: Takafumi Nikaido, Julio Santos, & Gilbert Mansour; Drums: Juan Chiavassa; Mixing Engineer: Pablo San Martín; Mastered by: Alex Psaroudakis Sterling Sound

Marcello Pellitteri - Aquarius Woman (2016) MARPEL MUSIC

 

 

 "You can feel the love and passion they have for each other and the music. I’m inspired as well. Bravo!!! “  (Joe Lovano)

“I appreciate this music … A wonderful album … Listen to it." (Kenny Werner)

Award winning drummer Marcello Pellitteri has produced his second album dedicated to the memory of his daughter, Veronica Pellitteri (1991-2014). Profits from CD sales will go to the Veronica Pellitteri Memorial Fund. This fund will FOREVER give a scholarship to a talented graduating student from the Fiorello LaGuardia Performing Arts high school in NYC, where Veronica graduated from in 2009.

This album includes some of the best musicians in the international jazz music scene.

All the compositions are originals except for two cover songs by Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys.

 Produced by Marcello Pellitteri
Recorded between Jan/Mar 2016 at:
Tac Recording Studio, Canicattini Bagni (SR), Italy
Studio 1141, Brooklyn, NY
Flying Frog Studio, Boston, MA

Recording engineers: Rino Cirinnà, JB Boclé, A. Mallet
Mixed and mastered by Robert L. Smith at Defy Recordings, NYC

Front cover “Self Portrait” by Veronica Pellitteri
Graphic Art by Fabio Baldanello

Tracks list:
01) Chasin' The Zone (M. Pellitteri)
02) Longing (M. Pellitteri)
03) Aquarius Woman (M. Pellitteri) poem "Greetings Of Hope" by Murtiningrum
04) Remind To Live (S. Bonafede)
05) Villeneuve (S. Bonafede)
06) Prelude to If I Ain't Got You (G. Bevilacqua)
07) If I Ain't Got You (A. Keys)
08) Twenty Three (M. Pellitteri)
09) Colors On Your Face (G. Bevilacqua - L. Campisi)
10) Absolute Beginner (S. Bonafefde)
11) Saxando (O. Maugeri)
12) Ribbon In The Sky (S. Wonder)
13) Strange Light (M.Todaro - G. Bevilacqua - M. Pellitteri) poem "Luce Strana" by Marcello Todaro

Total Time 54:47

Personnel:
Marcello Pellitteri - drums, percussions
(plays Istanbul Mehmet cymbals, Regal Tip sticks, PM snare drum)
Orazio Maugeri - alto sax (plays Yamaha Saxophone and CG Mouthpiece)
Salvatore Bonafede - acoustic piano, electric piano
Gabrio Bevilacqua - acoustic bass

Special guests:
George Garzone - tenor sax on track 1
Veronica Pellitteri - spoken words on track 3
Nedelka Prescod - vocals on track 7
Rino Cirinnà - tenor sax on track 11
Lauren Kinhan - vocals on track 12
Yvonnick Prene - harmonica on track 12
Marcello Todaro - electric guitar and spoken words on track 13

"I want to thank all the musicians, engineers for their amazing contribution to this project which also includes two poems.
The first, Greetings Of Hope written by Murtiningrum, an Indonesian Gerwani woman who, along with other women, was kept prisoner, tortured and abused for 14 years in Indonesia for political reasons.

The second, Luce Strana, written by the legendary guitar player Marcello Todaro, one of the original members of the Italian progressive rock band Banco del Mutuo Soccorso.

I also want to thank:
Fabio Baldanello for his art.
My mother and Tina Sebastiani for their patience, love and support.
Veronica for being the source of my inspiration not just in music, but also in life."Marcello Pellitteri