The Jazz Voyager
So after a jazz packed holiday weekend in Atlanta, this Jazz Voyager is leaving the gateway to the South and the States for destinations across the pond. It’s time to see how those on the continent and in other parts of the world are doing post pandemic.
It’s off to Italy to hang at one of my favorite spots TramJazz in Rome. It’s 7 days out of 7, a lively sound with carioca nuances alternating with passionate romantic ballads. The evening features Camilla Noci on Vocal & Percussion, Dario Troisi on piano and harmonium, and guitarist Gianluca Figliola.
What I love about this venue is it offers an evening of entertainment combining a jazz concert and an excellent candlelit dinner with a night tour in the center of Rome, all aboard a historic tram from the ATAC collection, restored and rearranged as a traveling restaurant and concert hall.
Tramjazz is located at Artour Sas of Rossella Taverna & C. – Via Giorgio Vasari 14, 00196 Rome – P.I. 16376741001. Tickets range from €75.00 ~ €90.00. You can reach the venue by phone at +39 342 072 0089 and can always get ticket information at https://tramjazz.com.
As the saying goes, When in Rome…
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Calvin Edwards was born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina on May 14, 1957. At 17, he joined the famous Gospel group Five Blind Boys of Alabama for many years. Then, he moved to Los Angeles, California to play in his brother’s band, The Jett Edwards Band. During this time, he and his brother recorded two albums together, including one song which was recorded by George Benson.
He has released four CD’s as a band leader, and performed with and/or booked various artist through Chasity Music including Tom Brown, Tuck & Patti, Michael White, Kei Akagi, Lonnie Plaxico, Benny Maupin, Hidefumi Toke, Javon Jackson, Michael O’Neil, Ron Brown, Ali Jackson, Michael Paluo, Michael Wolf, Roy Ayers, Everette Harp, Dan Siegel, and Phil Perry.
A well-known international artist, Calvin has performed for President Clinton at the G8 Summit, as well as in Asia and across the United States. He continues to record and play both jazz and blues as he explores the genres.
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George Golla was born May 10, 1935 in Chorzów, Poland. He emigrated to Australia in the 1950s and began working in Sydney from 1957. Two years later he commenced a long-term musical partnership with the clarinetist, flautist and saxophonist Don Burrows that continued for nearly forty years.
Recording frequently in duo, quartets and other combinations, they nurtured and featured many young talents, including brassman and multi-instrumentalist James Morrison, guitarist Guy Strazzullo, drummer David Jones and others.
As educators they taught at the New South Wales Conservatorium and Golla was a teacher at the Academy of Guitar in Bondi alongside Don Andrews. He specialized in jazz and classical guitar and has written several books on theory, scales and the modes.
George toured frequently throughout Australia, playing on-call with international artists such as vibraphonist Gary Burton in the early 1970s. He has had a long association with Luis Bonfa and other Brazilian musicians. He has made hundreds of recordings, including The Don Burrows Quartet at the Sydney Opera House, Cherry Pie 1017 & 1032, and Steph’n’Us, with Stephane Grappelli during a tour with Grappelli and Burrows.
Guitarist George Golla, at 85, continues to perform in and around Sydney with flugelhorn player and singer songwriter Elizabeth Geyer, and tours interstate and internationally, records and conducts workshops.
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Marc Buronfosse was born on May 6, 1963 in Paris, France. His musical training commenced with classical guitar studies at the age of ten, then he began lessons on the upright bass in 1982 with Thierry Barbé while achieving studies in sound engineering and musicology. After receiving a prize at the Conservatoire de Paris XII, he started playing more and more jazz, working with bass players such as Cesarius Alvim, Charlie Haden, Reggie Workman and Henri Texier. He also worked with symphonic orchestras such as the Opéra de Paris and chamber music orchestras on a tour in Japan with the Solistes de Versailles.
1991 saw him obtaining a grant from the French Ministry of Culture and attending for one year in New York at The New School of Music. During this time he worked regularly with Gary Peacock, Marc Johnson and Mark Dresser. He also met and played with Jimmy Cobb, Steve Kühn, John Abercrombie, Lew Soloff, Jim Hall, Tim Berne, Dave Liebman, and Billy Harper and numerous others.
Returning to Paris he plays with Stéphane Guillaume Quartet + Brass Project, René Aubry Septet, Michel Elmalem Quartet, and Gueorgui Kornazov “Horizons” Quintet. As an educator he teaches jazz at the Conservatoire National de Région of Paris. Bassist Marc Buronfosse presently leads a quartet with musicians Benjamin Moussay, Jean Charles Richard and Antoine Banville.
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Ronaldo Folegatti was born on April 30, 1958 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and started playing the guitar at age 10. He studied mathematics and received a master’s degree in science.
When he was twenty-two, he moved to Germany and started a career in music. He released his debut album, Sound of Watercolors, in Germany in 1990. He recorded his sophomore album, Lust, Comics & Some Other Dreams, with Till Brönner and Ronnie Stevenson. The album crossed several genres including jazz, big band, free jazz, and Brazilian.
In 1995 he returned to Brazil and five years later recorded two more albums, Mazy Tales and Anjos & Estrellas. In 2005 he released Jamming! with guest appearances by Randy Brecker, Will Lee, Joel Rosenblatt, Zé Canuto, Teo Lima, Marcelo Martins, and Ada Rovatti. Composer, guitarist, and record producer Ronaldo Folegatti, who had been treated for cancer for two years, transitioned on August 1, 2007, Teresópolis, Brazil.
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