Rosa Brunello Y Los Fermentos
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ROSA BRUNELLO Y LOS FERMENTOS David Boato – trumpet, flugelhorn Filippo Vignato – trombone, efxs Rosa Brunello – doublebass Luca Colussi – drums, percussions www.rosabrunello.com/rosabrunelloylosfermentos The music embodies a Mediterranean spirit in improvised music… warmly open but almost classically controlled and disciplined. It has an outdoors, collective, free-roaming feel. Los Fermentos have been together for some time, and it feels that way. They know each other’s moves and expectations. Brunello’s an ideal group leader, yet it’s a band performance, played at their tempo – Brian Morton Particles of matter undergoing fermentation move violently, swell and heat up, struggling to reform themselves into a new order. Particles that change, come undone, split into similar but different particles that then go through the same process again in an endless cycle. A chemical metaphor for an alchemic, organic and constantly growing music. Two years from the debut album “Camarones a la plancha”, unanimously praised by specialized critics and jazz experts, upright bassist Rosa Brunello is presenting her new project, a new quartet of some of the most interesting and active musicians on the contemporary Italian jazz scene. The gravitational center of an iridescent sonorous universe, Rosa Brunello delineates the spaces around which David Boato’ trumpet and Filippo Vignato’s trombone float and dance in an exciting dialogue the percussion work of Luca Colussi. The new album by Rosa Brunello Y Los Fermentos will be release for the international label Cam Jazz on May, 6th 2016. DISCOGRAPHY CAMARONES A LA PLANCHA – ZONE DI MUSICA 2013 David Boato – trumpet, flugelhorn Piero Bittolo Bon - alto and baritone sax Riccardo Chiarion - el. guitar Rosa Brunello - doublebass, compositions Luca Colussi - drums Special guests: Filippo Vignato – trombone Glauco Venier – piano UPRIGHT TALES – CAMJAZZ 2016 David Boato – trumpet, flugelhorn Filippo Vignato – trombone Rosa Brunello – doublebass Luca Colussi – drums Special guests: Francesca Viaro – voice Dan Kinzelman – tenor sax Enzo Carniel – piano REVIEWS — Eugenio Mirti, JAZZIT n. 76 – JAZZIT LIKES IT! The sonorous worlds proposed by Rosa Brunello’s quintet in “Camarones a la plancha” are fascinating and made with a few highlighted elements: the constant rhythmic aggression from the bass and the drums particularly shines, original in both it’s sound and construction, realized in a brilliant trans-genre (jazz, latin, rock) execution, all played by an acrobatic and aggressive group that are sometimes memorable (in “Il lagunare”, for example). The compositions are quite long and well developed, with notable rock riffs, the search for grooves and perfectly executed moments of collective, avant-garde madness (in “Viali in fiore”, for example). Particularly relevant is timbre, with a nice mix of winds (choosing Venier and Vignato as quests an optimal choice) and the rhythms, which often come from hip hop or house music genres. With the electric sound of the guitar, these are all emphasized elements in the always-unpredictable arrangements that sometimes include counterpoint (like in Sister ‘n L ò) and, in other cases, tied to Brunello’s powerful riffs (Viali in fiore). The song “Us” is the perfect beginning: introduced by a quick bass riff with dance rhythms, it is exalted by the trumpet, while Bittolo Bon doubles Brunello’s part… As you may understand, this is a powerful start, a mix of rock and avant-garde that makes the memorable melody shine. Bill Frisell atmospheres are instead at the base of Sister ‘n L ò, with it’s slow tempo supporting the sax and trumpet, creating a sinuous and intense world of sound, enriched by bass and guitar solos. Brunello’s optimal playing ability is showcased in the long bass introduction of “Malasana”, that launches the track with an aggressive riff in 5/4; breaks and stops then take center stage, with a strapping guitar solo that leads into the ingenious dynamic of the trumpet solo – all exploding in a free dialogue between sax and drums. This creates a fascinating whole for its variety and inventiveness. “Il lagunare”, written by Gigio Brunello, is enriched by the presence of Glauco Venier on the piano (the theme is played by the muted trumpet with an excellent noir sound), while the conclusive “Bambini sperduti” is again based on a bass riff (over uneven time) and doubled by the sax. As a whole, “Camarones a la plancha” is an amazing disc, with original atmospheres and a well-oiled, highly trained group able to express great energy. — Lionel Louke, musician Rosa Brunello is a good bass player with a good sense of rhythm and harmony. She is also a good composer. You can hear her amazing talent on her beautiful CD called “Camarones a la plancha”. — John Stowell, musician Rosa Brunello is a bassist and composer who will be attracting the attention that she deserves in the near future. She has a big warm sound, swings with authority and listens and interacts well in any context. Her songs are full of interesting surprises and harmonic invention. I love playing with her and look forward to more musical conversations with Rosa in the future. Very much enjoyed her CD. She and the guys all sound great and I liked her writing as well. The band has a real sound and identity. There is an interesting conversation happening on every tune. — Jason Lindner, musician Her cd is beautiful. — Andrea Lombardini, musician I think this is truly a great album, a mature album. Her personality comes out of the writing, her accompaniment is solid and her choral orchestration recalls Mingus but with a slant all her own. Brava. — Nicola Bottos, musician I’ve listened to her CD many times and I can only compliment her! I love how she plays, but also how she composes: you can hear she gives a lot of importance to writing and this, I think, is very important. — Daniele Camerlengo, journalist (Sound Conest) Growing up in a land rich with life and a rare emotional promiscuity, caressing the soul in the loquacious and daily leisureliness lived in the family farm to then escape into the fantasy world of paternal marionettes with creative excursions and libertarian dynamics that have characterized Rosa Brunello’s educational path, favoring a healthy artistic upbringing. She should be considered one of the best talents on the Italian jazz scene, a resistant and phantasmagoric personality, who has balanced musical pastels with emphatic, impetuous disruptions that characterize her compositions. This twenty-seven year old upright bassist from Mogliano Veneto, after having paid her dues through the innumerable scholarships to the most prestigious schools, from Perugia to Berklee in Boston, with Camarones a la plancha, her first album, she makes her entrance into the “world of music that counts”. An album born from the desire to test her own limits, a wager with herself. The tracks written spontaneously over just a few months, listened to by “good friends” who appreciated them and immediately made themselves available to collaborate on the project and to share in the sonorous flux, the perfect conclusion to a unique experience. It is an album that speaks about her, about the rich synesthetic that surrounds her and her travels, as she is the author and arranger of nearly all the compositions. The quintet is made up of great, young talents emerging from Northeastern Italy, where a impressive quantity of phenomena hail from, like Piero Bittolo Bon and Elisa Caldana, who curated the booklet images. “Us”, the opening track, is a moment of individual glory as well as the story of a personal challenge. “Viali in fiore” is an intimate, fantastic place close to her heart. “Il lagunare” is dedicated to her father, Gigio, written by him when he was in the military. “Sister ‘n L ò”, inspired by the news of her sisters wedding, Camarones a la plancha a memento from a trip to Mexico, with shrip and a golden span of sand along the sea. Dear Rosa, exquisitis contrabbassorum tormentis ! — Luigi Sforza, journalist (Allaboutjazz) There are CDs that right away, from the first sounds, foretell a good listen. 'Camarones a la plancha', the first album from the young Venetian bassist Rosa Brunello, immediately captures the listener’s attention. But to be clear, it’s no trick or gimmick. Only bop and soul jazz splendor, sporadic and free dilatations, marked electric coloring, delicate ballads that are passionately and coherently executed. The themes are also weighty, even reaching a refined intensity in the ballads. In general, the whole album is a condensation of the jazz experiences of the valid musicians who play on it, modern and contemporary experiences that emerge clear and well defined, just as the influence of a few reference points (like Dave Holland, above all) emerge, albeit in a latent way. Although the leader and composer of all the tracks, except for one, is Rosa Brunello, her instrument doesn't drown out the others, as often happens on single musician albums. Around her compositions we feel the intense poetic sound of the entire quintet, accompanied on a couple of tracks by special guests Glauco Venier and Filippo Vignato. BIOGRAPHY ROSA BRUNELLO Rosa Brunello (05/06/1986) begins her studies with the bass player Alessandro Fedrigo, the trumpet player David Boato and the bassist Andrea Lombardini.At the “Umbria Jazz Clinics – Berklee in Umbria 2003” she wins a scholarship that allows her to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston (USA) in 2005, where she gains a further scholarship. She wins another scholarship during the summer workshop “Siena Jazz 2009”.She has been studying with Glauco Venier, Klaus Gesing, Stefano Senni, Stefano Bellon, Marco Tamburini, Edu Hebling, Stefano Onorati, Ambrogio De Palma since 2006. In 2010 she graduates at the Jazz Conservatory “G.