LORENZO TUCCI "TOUCH"....................................................................................................................................
Lorenzo Tucci – drums - bongos on 04----------------------------------------------
Luca Mannutza – piano and arrangements
Fabrizio Bosso – trumpet and flugelhorn
Gianluca Petrella – trombone solos on 10 and 11
Daniele Scannapieco – tenor saxophone on 02 and 10
Max Ionata – tenor saxophone
Nicola Conte- guitar on 12
Pietro Lussu – piano on 07, piano solo on 04 and fender piano on 10 and11
Walter Ricci – vocals on 01, 03, 06 and 08
Alice Ricciardi – vocals on 02, 04 and 05 - backing vocals on 07 and 09
Paolo Recchia – alto saxophone
Gianfranco Marchesi – trombone
Pietro Ciancaglini – double bass
Luca Florian – percussion.....................................................................................
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Lorenzo Tucci Umbria Jazz Winter 28/12/2007
LORENZO TUCCI, uno tra i batteristi di maggior talento della scena JAZZ internazionale, si distingue per il suo patos espressivo e la capacità di restituire l'insegnamento in chiave moderna dei grandi maestri del passato (Art Blakey, Philly Jo Jones, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Max Roach), con uno stile del tutto personale.
Lorenzo Tucci è uno dei fondatori degli High Five Quintet, con i quali ha inciso 5 cd: “Live For Fun” (Live al Blue Note di Tokyo 2009) “Five For Fun” per la Blue Note (2008) “Jazz for more...” (2002) e “Jazz Desire” (2004) per Via Veneto Jazz e “Handful of Soul” (Schema Records) insieme alla rivelazione del soul jazz Mario Biondi (oltre duecentomila copie vendute in Italia e Europa), con cui ha inciso anche il secondo disco “I love you more” - live (2008).
Attualmente è impegnato con il suo trio “DrumonK”, con tutti i progetti del trombettista Fabrizio Bosso, con gli High Five Quintet, gruppo che racchiude alcuni tra i migliori musicisti jazz italiani, e con il crooner Mario Biondi, nei suoi tour. E’ inoltre impegnato in un innovativo progetto in cui si mescolano jazz e sonorità latine: “Latin Mood”, con Javier Girotto & Fabrizio Bosso, con cui ha recentemente pubblicato “Sol”, per la Blue Note.
Grazie alla sua grande versatilità, Lorenzo Tucci collabora da anni con il deejay e produttore Nicola Conte, con cui ha inciso “Other Directions” (Blue Note) e "Spiritual", da poco uscito per la prestigiosa Schema Records.
E’ del 2007 il secondo album a suo nome “LORENZO TUCCI - DruMonk” (Via Veneto Jazz) con Fabrizio Bosso e Pietro Ciancaglini. Risale al 2001 invece il primo disco a suo nome, “Sweet Revelation” con Daniele Scannapieco, Pietro Lussu e Dario Rosciglione.
Con L T C trio (Lussu, Tucci, Ciancaglini) ha inciso “Hikmet” (2005) con la straordinaria partecipazione del sassofonista newyorkese Mark Turner, e “A different view” (2007), che ha riscosso uno straordinario successo di pubblico e critica anche in Giappone.
Tra le preziose collaborazioni di Tucci troviamo quella con Rosario Giuliani, con cui vince il primo premio come miglior gruppo al Europe Jazz Contest, e con il quale realizza ben cinque dischi, tra cui “Luggage”, per la Dreyfus Jazz, quella con la cantante brasiliana Rosalia De Souza, con la quale realizza “Garota Moderna” (2004) e l’ultimo “D'improvviso”, da poco pubblicati entrambi per Schema Records.
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LORENZO TUCCI, one of the most valued drummers in the international jazz scene, distinguishes himself for his expressive pathos and his capability in spreading the teachings of the great masters (Art Blakey, Philly Jo Jones, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Max Roach) of the past to the new generations, using a personal style which underlines all of his versatility.
His great passion for jazz music and drums began since he was really young but it quickly grew up at the end of the eighties, thanks to the meeting with Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, notable Cuban drummer who had already played with Dizzy Gillespie, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Michel Camilo. This gave to Lorenzo the opportunity of gaining knowledge of the infinite facet of the Latin American rhythmic.
After a few years he met Ettore Fioravanti and he started following the summer courses at "Berklee School of Boston" in Perugia. In ’96 he won the national jazz contest in Baronissi (SA) with the Emanuele Basentini Quartet and in the same year he subscribed to the “Europe Jazz Contest” in Bruxelles, winning the first price with the Rosario Giuliani Quartet.
The official debut with this quartet took place in the recording studio, where five albums by this Italian saxophonist were produced under several labels such as Philology, Dreyfuss Jazz e Schema.
2001 is the year of his first album as soloist “Sweet Revelation” gathering around him artists such as Pietro Lussu, Daniele Scannapieco and Dario Rosciglione.
Thanks to all of these experiences Lorenzo Tucci had the opportunity of meeting those musicians who become not only perfect partners in the recording studio, but also true friends with whom he shared both a pleasant walk of life and an artistic interplay, especially in live performances. Nicola Conte (for whom he played in all of his albums), Gianluca Petrella, Javier Girotto, Flavio Boltro, Rosario Giuliani, Pietro Lussu, Fabrizio Bosso, Daniele Scannapieco, Pietro Ciancaglini and Luca Mannutza. With the last four mentioned he gave birth to the High Five Quintet, a true “war machine” of rhythm, swing, melody and improvisation, appreciated in the festivals of all around the world. Five jazz aces going wild on the four albums, two of these under the Blue Note and the others under the Via Veneto Jazz.
In 2004, together with Pietro Lussu and Pietro Ciancaglini, LTC trio project was born. Two albums under their belt, the first one produced with the participation of Mark Turner and the second one under the Finnish Ricky-Tick label, which achieved a great success in Japan by the critics and the fans.
In 2006, thanks to an idea by Luciano Cantone, the art director and owner of Schema Records, Lorenzo Tucci and the other musicians from the High Five Quintet were acquainted with Mario Biondi. After just two days of sessions they conceived a perfect mix of swing, pop and blues. “Handful Of Soul”, arranged by Luca Mannutza, reached the n° 1 spot on the official sales chart. Mario Biondi & The High Five Quintet went over big among clubs, festivals, radio and TV appearances.
Despite his ever-increasing engagements, both on stage or in studio, in 2007 Lorenzo Tucci managed the time for publishing a new album as soloist, a declared homage to Thelonious Monk: “Drumonk”. If we consider it as a record dedicated to a pianist, this work bucks the trend, as it was recorded without the utilization of the piano. By his side we find Fabrizio Bosso and Pietro Ciancaglini. In the same year it also came the participation of Lorenzo to “You’ve Changed”, the new album by Fabrizio Bosso, produced in collaboration with a string ensemble and published by Blue Note. A record which brings to the fore both some standards of the Italian auteur-music and the great classics revisited in a jazz key. Among the various and important guests we mention Sergio Cammariere, Stefano Di Battista and Dianne Reeves.
2008 represents an important year for Lorenzo Tucci.
First of all this is because of a new collaboration that amplifies his great passion for latin-jazz, and then because it finally comes the idea of a new soloist project.
I’m talking about “Latin Mood”, conceived by Javier Girotto and Fabrizio Bosso, and “Sol”, which is the title of the record and the proof of an inventive and original way of treating tango and milonga in a jazz key.
Lorenzo Tucci’s ambition prompted himself to produce and play a record entirely composed of his songs, relying upon Schema Records’ production.
This new album, which contains arrangements and orchestrations close to those ones belonging to the glorious Clarke-Boland Big Band, moreover honoured with six reinterpretations of great classics of its, consists of a well-balanced mix of jazz, funk, bossa nova, latin, dance and pop, with a strong groove and a flawless swing.
The musicians performing in the record are among the most appreciated ones in both the Italian and international scene: Fabrizio Bosso, Pietro Lussu, Gianluca Petrella, Nicola Conte, Luca Mannutza, Daniele Scannapieco, Max Ionata, Pietro Ciancaglini, Paolo Recchia, Luca Florian e Gianfranco Marchesi.
Their notes meet the voices of Alice Ricciardi and the very young Walter Ricci, a talented singer discovered by Lorenzo Tucci and considered as a new white hope of the Italian adult pop scene.
In “Touch” we mention the never-ending groove of “Please Don’t Leave”, “My Kind’A World” and “The Sky”, which bears the signature of Lorenzo, the cheerfulness of “Lilemor” or “Ensadinado”, and the funk warmth in “Tropicola”, originally composed by the genial mind of the French Nino Nardini.
With “Touch” we are in front of a work which mixes up music similarities, jazz moods and music experiences even different, surprisingly manipulated by the talent, the delicacy, the coloured “touch” of Lorenzo Tucci.
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Hi Lorenzo, Cheers for the request and greetings from the UK!
Love your work with Mario Biondi and your own album "Touch", this is a genuine pleasure to be your friend!
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Ciao Lorenzo, bel concerto venerdì, mi ha fatto piacere rivederti, sei sempre in ottima forma...Spero riusciamo a prendere un caffè assieme a breve così mi fai sentire qualche bel piatto. Io porto i miei e trattiamo come con le figurine da ragazzini... Stammi bene e a presto. Emanuele
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