… the band originates in the mid 90’s under the name Dma Urban Jazz Funk… after a few cd’s, videos and numerous festivals, tours and liveshows throughout Europe and America… in 2004 the artistic breakthrough and the new foundation of the band, under the name of Alfabeats Nu jazz… under the sign of a new sound bridging nu jazz with hip-hop and acoustic new age… an unpredictable and amazing kind of urban music yet rooted in jazz and progressive rock, wrapped up with impressive rap lyrics, with references to Coltrane jazz, hip-hop, trip-hop, ambient… with an eye to King Crimson, Traffic, Soft Machine… and new age awareness… a new alfabeatical code to decipher the nu sound…
… of remarkable interest for the international specialized critique and press, the band was hence able to tour Europe and America, with numerous features in International festivals, from Montreal Jazz Festival (Canada) to San Sebastian Jazz Festival (Spain), from Cervantino International Music Festival (Mexico) to Ocho Rios Jazz Festival (Jamaica)… other major festivals include Curacao Jazz Festival (Dutch Carribean), Jazzkaar Tallin (Estonia), Caracas (Venezuela), Cervantes en todas partes and Merida Music Festival (Mexico), Downtown Toronto Jazz Festival and Atlantic Jazz Festival Halifax (Canada), Corinthos Jazz Festival (Greece), Gostenhofer Jazztages Nuremberg (Germany), Half Note Athens (Greece), Kaunas Jazz Festival (Lithuania), Distrito Jazz Bilbao (Spain), Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia…
…in the years, the need to establish these wide range experiences leads to a first Cd "Urban Jazz Funk", meeting a favourable response among the audience and the international jazz critics and magazines, soon to be followed by “Up to the beat!” and especially by the new amazing “Alfabeats Nu Jazz Stones”. Since its release in the USA in December 2006, the Cd “Stones” has received stunning reviews from the international jazz community…
ROBERTO MAGRIS...
internationally acclaimed Jazz pianist, moved by the curiosity of experimentation and alternative genres, on the keyboards to dig the present music even at the cost of putting the past into discussion…
MAX "MBASSADO'" MARZIO...
a.k.a. M-bass-adò raised in Los Angeles, one of the pioneer mc’s bringing the art to Italy, across the world as the Ambassador of Hip Hop, with a life as a poet, an MC that hits the target straight...
GIULIANO TULL...
talented and jazz experienced saxophonist, who has assimilated a varied kind of musical genres, to get at last a catchy sound and a cool approach to improvisation....
LUCA BOSCAGIN...
outstanding guitarist, who has assimilated styles and eclectic sounds of his instrument, starting from Jazz through the various languages… all this without giving up on his acoustic guitar...
PAOLO ANDRIOLO...
bassist of the innate musicality, who’s multifold experiences shifting from Blues to Reggae and from Brazilian music to Jazz, have personalized his style today even contemplating the nu urban jazz...
PAOLO PRIZZON...
the drummer that moves the threads of the rhythm with the jazz taste going through varied experiences that overtake styles to reinvent a new authentic musical personality and an interior beat...
