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Album: Pink Puffers
Released: Nov 16, 2007
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  • Genre: Funk / Jazz / Punk

    Location Rome, IT

    Profile Views: 60898

    Last Login: 11/16/2010

    Member Since 5/17/2006

    Website http://www.pinkpuffers.com

    Record Label Megasound

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ....Iscirivi alla nostra mailing list:................Delivered by ..FeedBurner........ .. .. .. ..PINK PUFFERS - Drum&Brass Phunk Band..: .. I Pink Puffers sono una brass band di tredici elementi, con repertorio funk, jazz, blues, latin e "phunk". Nascono a Roma alla fine del 2005 come quintetto (tromba, alto, trombone, tuba, batteria) ma dopo un anno di concerti decidono di allargare il gruppo, di sfruttare la possibilità di muoversi marciando durante i loro concerti e di fondare, nel 2006, una vera e propria marching band, sulla scia della tradizione delle bande di strada americane. La potenza sonora dei fiati unita al groove delle percussioni crea una situazione in cui non ballare diventa impossibile. I Pink Puffers suonano ogni settimana nel centro di Roma, tra i vicoli e nelle grandi piazze della città, sui ponti, e ovviamente nei locali romani, ma non disdegnano altri eventi, situazioni in periferia o nelle altre città italiane e straniere, partecipando a festival, feste private, sagre, matrimoni, convention, congressi e manifestazioni. Il fatto di poter esibirsi senza amplificazione né microfoni permette una versatilità tale da poter suonare praticamente in ogni situazione, dai piccoli teatri ai grandi palchi, senza dimenticare ovviamente la strada. La musica dei Pink Puffers è quella tipica del panorama delle brass band americane: dalla Youngblood Brass Band alla Hungry March Band, passando ovviamente per New Orleans con la storica Dirty Dozen Brass Band. All'inizio del mese di Ottobre 2007 tutto il gruppo ha partecipato all'Honk Fest, festival di bande di strada che si tiene ogni anno a Boston. L'invito per gli anni successivi a tornare negli States è stato il riconoscimento più bello che la banda potesse ottenere: gli States sono ormai per la band un appuntamento annuale. I concerti nella Grande Mela hanno reso famosa i Pink Puffers anche a New York City. Prossima stazione: New Orleans... Hanno partecipato a Giugno 2008 al Festival Des Fanfares di Montpellier. La collaborazione iniziata recentemente con l'etichetta Megasound sta portando il gruppo alla produzione del primo cd di pezzi originali. I componenti della band formano il Joe Tuba Funk Club, gruppo esclusivo del quale solo alcuni dei nostri fans piu' accaniti riescono a cogliere il senso. Perché poi la band si chiami "Pink Puffers" resta un vero mistero. .. Per ulteriori informazioni, foto, video e date dei concerti: www.pinkpuffers.com ......ENGLISH VERSION: ...... ....PINK PUFFERS: WHERE PUNK MEETS FUNK EVERYTHING BECOMES PINK!.. .. .. PINK PUFFERS BRASS BAND are a thirteen members marching band playing funk, jazz, blues and latin. Their base is in the nice neighborhood of San Lorenzo in Rome. PPBB started playing at the end of 2005 as a quintet (trumpet, alto, trombone, tuba and drum set), and after a whole year playing essentially on stage they decided to enlarge the group to found a true, loud and noisy marching band. Pink Puffers play almost every week in the center of Rome, in the streets, in wonderful squares and on romantic ancient bridges. Obviously they also play during parties, weddings, festivals and other events, in other cities and in other countries. You can find their influences among the brass bands' panorama, from Youngblood Brass Band to Hungry March Band, including the music of New Orleans, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and all the bands playing at Honk Fest. Their final aim is to see people in front of them having fun. WHY PINK? Because a pink band playing black music is an hymn to anti-racism, because the pink panther is pink (and swing, and jazz, and like them), because pink people are against bush and war and stupidity generally speaking, because pink is the colour of the flowers that will become peaches, and because pink puffers are clinical patients affected by emphysema (and emphysema is a disease of who works blowing, like them with their wind-instruments...). The JOE TUBA FUNK CLUB is their way to thank Joe and the Hungry March Band people for coming to Europe and for changing their way to play brass and their idea of brass band. .. Prognosis for Pink Puffers is better than for blue bloaters. .. .. .. ........ .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....

  • Members

    ...... Matteo Acclavio aka Zippetto  ..SAX ALTO........ ...... Cristina Pecorario  ..SAX ALTO.............. Erika Raffaeli  ..SAX TENORE........ ...... Ivan Radicioni  ..TRUMPET.............. Andrea Palombini aka Saverio Calli  ..TRUMPET........ ......Alice Noris  ..TROMBONE........ ......Sigismondo Fabiani aka Dodo  ..TROMBONE........ ......Fabrizio Iannuccelli aka Dottore  ..SOUSAPHONE..............Luca Corrado  ..TUBA........ ...... Francesca Danesi aka Nena  ..DRUMS........ ...... Cristian Lombardi  ..DRUMS........ ...... Simone Reginella  ..DRUMS........ ...... Annamaria Leonardi  ..DRUMS, STILTS, FLAGS and UMBRELLAS........

  • Influences

    Youngblood Brass Band, New Ambassadors of New Orleans, Hungry March Band, New York Ska Jazz Ensemble, Art Ensamble of Chicago, and obviously Joe Tuba.

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  • Richard Harris


    EVIL has a FACE and a NAME Pink!
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MICHAEL MYERS ...

    "I spent eight years trying to reach him and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply EVIL ...

    You've got to believe me, Officer, he is coming to Haddonfield... Because I know him - I'm his doctor! You must be ready for him... If you don't, it's your funeral!"

    ~ Dr. Sam Loomis from the movie "HALLOWEEN"

    IT'S HALLOWEEN ... I GUESS EVERYONE'S ENTITLED

    TO ONE GOOD SCARE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    6 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Are you one of Romney's 47% Pink?
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MITT ROMNEY'S 47% ...

    "There are 47% of the people (over 141,000,000 people) who

    will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47%

    who are with him, who are dependent upon GOVERNMENT,

    who believe that they are VICTIMS, who believe the

    government has a responsibility to CARE FOR THEM, who

    believe that they are ENTITLED to HEALTH CARE, to FOOD, to

    HOUSING, to YOU-NAME-IT. That that’s an entitlement. And the

    government should give it to them. And they will vote for this

    president no matter what…These are people who pay no income

    tax…MY JOB IS NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE. I’ll

    never convince them they should take PERSONAL

    RESPONSIBILITY and care for their lives."

    ~ Mitt Romney

    HE DOESN'T OFTEN INSULT HALF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, BUT WHEN HE DOES, HE CHARGES $50,000.00 A PLATE TO HEAR HIM.

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    7 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Sending you some SUNDAY LOVE Pink!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES ... 

    “Never underestimate the POWER OF DREAMS and the influence of the HUMAN SPIRIT. We are all the same in this notion: The POTENTIAL FOR GREATNESS lives within each of us.”

     ~ Wilma Rudolph - Olympic Champion

    Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely at 4.5 lbs., the 20th of 22 siblings;  Rudolph contracted infantile paralysis (caused by the polio virus) at age 4.  She recovered, but wore a brace on her left leg and foot (which had become twisted as a result) until she was 9.

    Wilma Rudolph was considered the FASTEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960.

    In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome Rudolph became the first American woman to win 3 GOLD MEDALS in track and field during a single Olympic Games.

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com"

    9 months ago
  • Richard Harris

    Don't be afraid to TAKE RISKS Pink!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT RISK TAKING ...

    “The person who RISKS NOTHING,

    DOES NOTHING,

    HAS NOTHING,

     IS NOTHING,

    and BECOMES NOTHING.

    He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply

    cannot LEARN and FEEL and CHANGE

    and GROW and LOVE and LIVE.”

    ~ Leo F. Buscaglia

    MAN CANNOT DISCOVER NEW OCEANS UNLESS HE

    HAS THE COURAGE TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE SHORE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    10 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    It's  HOT out there Pink!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW CD THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE SUMMER HEAT ...

    You KNOW its HOT when ~

    >  The birds have to use POTHOLDERS to pull worms out of the ground.

    >  The cows are giving EVAPORATED MILK.

    >  The trees are WHISTLING for the dogs. 

    >  You discover that in July, it takes only 2 fingers to drive your car.

    >  Hot water now comes out of BOTH TAPS.

    >  You realize that ASPHALT has a LIQUID STATE.

    IT WAS SO HOT THE OTHER DAY THAT I TURNED ON

    THE LAWN SPRINKLER AND ALL I GOT WAS STEAM!

    STAY COOL Pink!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    10 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    It's Time to Give the Man SOME RESPECT Pink!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW CD THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT RODNEY DANGERFIELD ...

    "I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest."

    "I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me."

    "I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap."

    "I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender."

    "My wife wants sex in the back of the car and she wants me to drive."

    "What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bees and he told me about the butcher and my wife."

    "This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the fruit-of-the-loom guys laughing at me."

    ~ Rodney Dangerfield

    A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    11 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Pink ~ Make It a GREAT DAY my friend!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF LOVE  ...

    "You will find as you look back upon your LIFE

    that the MOMENTS when you have REALLY LIVED

    are the MOMENTS when you have DONE THINGS

    in the SPIRIT OF LOVE."

    ~ Henry Drummond

    THERE ARE FOUR QUESTIONS OF VALUE IN LIFE.

    WHAT IS SACRED?  OF WHAT IS THE SPIRIT MADE?

    WHAT IS WORTH LIVING FOR, AND WHAT IS WORTH

    DYING FOR?  THE ANSWER TO EACH IS THE SAME.

    ONLY LOVE.

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris


    Pink ~ Make It a GREAT DAY my friend!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF LOVE  ...

    "You will find as you look back upon your LIFE

    that the MOMENTS when you have REALLY LIVED

    are the MOMENTS when you have DONE THINGS

    in the SPIRIT OF LOVE."

    ~ Henry Drummond

    THERE ARE FOUR QUESTIONS OF VALUE IN LIFE.

    WHAT IS SACRED?  OF WHAT IS THE SPIRIT MADE?

    WHAT IS WORTH LIVING FOR, AND WHAT IS WORTH

    DYING FOR?  THE ANSWER TO EACH IS THE SAME.

    ONLY LOVE.

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris


    Be THANKFUL for all your BLESSINGS Pink!
     
     
    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT GRATITUDE ...

    "I would maintain that THANKS are the HIGHEST FORM

    of THOUGHT, and that GRATITUDE is HAPPINESS

    DOUBLED BY WONDER."

    "If a fellow ISN'T THANKFUL for WHAT HE'S GOT,

    he isn't likely to be THANKFUL for what he's

    GOING TO GET."

    ~ Frank Clark

    WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


     

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris


    LIVE every day of your LIFE Pink!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH ...

    "It's only when we TRULY KNOW and UNDERSTAND that

    we have a LIMITED TIME ON EARTH -- and that we have

    no way of knowing when OUR OWN TIME IS UP -- that we

    will begin to LIVE EACH DAY TO THE FULLEST, as if it was

    THE ONLY ONE WE HAD."

    ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

    MAY YOU TRULY LIVE ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


     

    1 year ago
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