CONCERT FOR PIANO AND JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Franco D'Andrea
piano

Ensemble Mobile  
conducted by 
Corrado Guarino

music by F. D'Andrea and C. Guarino
arrangements by C. Guarino

THE MEETING between Ensemble mobile and Franco D'Andrea, a star of the Italian jazz, is not simply the addition of an important soloist to the normal orchestra, but also the attempt of a dialogue, unheard in jazz history, between the piano and a big band.
THE COMPOSITIONS (all by Franco D'Andrea, except one by Corrado Guarino, arranged by C.Guarino in close contact with the author) are taken down and reassembled in search for a perfect integration between writing and improvisation. The orchestra does not limit itself to a generic background, but it is engaged in a close speech with the soloist.
D'ANDREA'S EXPRESSIVE WORLD blends with an orchestral writing that gives space prevantly to the rhythmic component, essential jazz element, from suggestions of different origins.

Ensemble Mobile

Guido Bombardieri: clarinet, alto sax
Maurizio Moraschini: alto sax
Tino Tracanna: soprano and tenor sax
Alberto Nacci: tenor sax
Ugo Gelmi: baritone sax
Luca Calabrese, Fabio Brignoli: trumpet
Oscar Gelmi: french horn
Luca Begonia: trombone
Roberto Rossi: trombone, tuba
Sandro Massazza: double-bass
Stefano Bertoli: drums