MILANO JAZZ-DANCE COMBO out now on Recordkicks.com

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Lo Greco Bros present: MILANO JAZZ DANCE COMBO "s/t" available on CD / limited edition LP / digital download

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"Every track is fantastic and a sure-fire winner". DJ Snowboy

"Great drums and brass with a very live feel .....this is club nu jazz for dancin feet!" Nik Weston

"Dance floor jazz is BACK!! Did it ever go away? The Milano Jazz-Dance Combo combine timeless, sophisticated jazz for the feet with stirring soulful vocals to create something that feels classic yet exciting and brand new all at the same time. I'm in!!!" Dom Servini (Wah Wah 45s / Shook)

"It is so great to see Jazz dance truly alive in Italy via this Combo, highly recommended for the floor by the floor. Fantastico.." Perry Luis (JazzCotech / Messin around)

"yes yes . jazzdance is back . most definitely. great album". Michael Ruetten (Soulsearching / Compost)

"Jazz! the Milano Jazz Dance Combo is a classic masterpiece for all dj..s - collectors and just people with a good taste! The warm piano sound brings you direct in the mood of listen to more good music like Ramsey Lewis! Can..t wait to play this out - from vinyl! Just good!" Henry Storch (Unique rec)

"Milan 'takes five' from fashion to bring effortless style to jazz. A Lush, deep and awfully groovy album" Diesler (Tru Thoughts / Freestyle rec)

"Fingerpoppin.. timeless sounds for the dancefloor and well worth listening. A headnod towards classic 60..s jazz but with a twist of today..s sound and production". Oliver Korthals (Mojo club)

"Superb - I'm delighted and relieved that an album of dance-floor jazz has been done properly. A winner from start to finish." Lack Of Afro (Freestyle rec)

""Milano Jazz-Dance Combo truly swing! Effortless, beautiful and atmospheric songs that have 1 foot in the 60s and 1 foot firmly in the here and now. Liking this a lot." Pete Isaac (Jelly Jazz, Phonic FM)

"a great album from beginning to end,perfect soundtrack for the summer! my personal favourite song is 'don't cry' featuring an inspired performance from dionne charles sounding like a proper jazz diva from another era" Dj Format

"Deep! Proper Jazz Dance music! Great stuff. Has that super laid back tight feel, takes you right there; straight in the club with a Cohiba in one hand and a girl in the other. And the drums are killin! Get on it!" TM Juke

"A classic slice of two step jazz dance paying tribute to the 80s jazz scene but also looking further back to greats such as Gil Scott Heron." Lois Wilson (Mojo magazine)

"great production and some wonderful fresh tunes". Dr. Bob Jones (Manifesto Mag)

Produced by LO GRECO bros (Soulstance / Schema Records) together with NICK RECORDKICKS, MILANO JAZZ-DANCE COMBO is a brand new project heavily inspired by the great UK Jazz-dance scene of the early 80s and by all the real dancefloor jazz movements of the past 3 decades. Gianni & Enzo LoGreco (aka Lo Greco bros) are prominent figures of Milano's new jazz scene. As Soulstance and Quintetto Lo Greco they've released 5 albums on Schema Records, produced 3 albums for Gerardo Frisina, worked amongst the others with Nicola Conte, Rosalia De Souza, produced Mario Biondi's smash single “This is what you are” as well as collaborated with international acts like Jobim and Lalo Shifrin. For this new project Gianni&Enzo brought together in their Milan studio, located in the fancy ISOLA neighbourhood 50mt from the legendary Blue Note club, some of the best musicians from the city's jazz scene. On vocals we're pleased to welcome some truly talents of today’s funk&soul scene like COLONEL RED who has been performing in the last years with Flowriders, Bugz in Attic and Unity amongst the others and who is just about to launch his second solo album “Sweet liberation”, DIONNE CHARLES from heavily acclaimed deep funk combo Baby Charles, ALICE RICCIARDI who works with Nicola Conte and has recently released her solo debut album on Blue Note, ROXIE RAY from aussy deep funk combo Dojo Cuts, recently picked up by Lack Of Afro to sing on his new album KATHERINE RUESTOW from US soul ambassadors The Diplomats of Solid Sound and FELIX. On the album you'll find 13 tracks of hot, fast and furious jazz-dance madness, full of rhythm, horns, percussions and groove. This is dancefloor jazz for true music lovers.

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Member Since:

May 26, 2009

Influences:

Sambalanco Trio, Quartet Tres Bien, Gene Ludwig, Don Wilkerson, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith, Rusty Bryant, Roland Kirk, Julie Kelly, Oliver Nelson & Joe Newman, Stormy Jazzmin, Lonnie Smith, Herbie Mann, Tito Peunte, Norman Bishop Williams, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver Quintet, Freddie McCoy, Chick Corea, Bunny Brunel, McCoy Tyner, Cal Tjader, Eddie Palmieri, John Payne, Mongo Santamaria, George Benson, Eric Dolphy, Chico Freeman, Woody Herman, Paul Hor, Lee Morgan, Fela Kuti, Hubert Laws, Jeff Lorber, Barry Miles, Idris Muhammed, Sergio Mendes, Machito, Manteca, Dave Pike, Dom Um Romao, Alfredo Rodriguez & Patato, David Schnitter, Bernie Senensky ... and many more!

Sounds Like:

MILANO JAZZ DANCE COMBO "s/t" OUT on RECORD KICKS next 12/10/09 CD / digital download

First single "Much more feat COLONEL RED" / "Sam blues" available on Record Kicks 45/Digital download 28/09/2009.

Concived by Nick Recordkicks.
Produced by Enzo & Gianni Lo Greco and Nick Recordkicks.
Recorded & mixed by Enzo and Gianni Lo Greco at Lo Geco bros Studio, Isola, Milano. Autum 2008, Winter and Spring 2009.
Mastered by Gianluca Pighi at Pitgilus Studio.
Cover by Piergiorgio Capozza
Graphic design by Fabio Conti

piano: Alberto Buonacasa, Fabrizio Bernasconi, Simone Daclon
sax : Germano Zenga
trumpet : Marco Brioschi
trombone : Paulo Jones
drums & percussions: Gianni Lo Greco
upright bass & piano: Enzo Lo Greco

Enzo & Gianni Lo Greco ringraziano con grande affetto e stima tutti i musicisti che hanno partecipato e continueranno a partecipare al progetto, nick, piegiorgio, luca

“La musica è un linguaggio universale che determina l’ incontro dei sentimenti più sinceri tra persone di ogni parte del mondo rendendoli liberi da pregiudizi e differenze sociali che spesso la società moderna continua a imporre. Questo progetto è dedicato a tutte le persone che sono vittime di ingiustizie che vivono nella speranza di pace e amore... grazie” Enzo & Gianni Lo Greco

Nick Recordkicks thanks: Enzo&Gianni, Piergiorgio “Vertical Groove” Capozza, Roxie, Katherine, Felix, Dionne, Colonel Red & Jenny, Yo Kalb & Tim, Fabio Conti, Move&Groove collective, Elisa Boogaloo, all the distributors, mailorders, record shops, djs and folks for their support, Snowboy, Paul Murphy, Adrian Gibson, The Jazzcotech and all past and present jazz-dance djs, dancers, promoters and true music lovers for givin me the inspiration.

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