NEW WAY by TRAVEL COLLECTIVE
LE COLLECTIF:
Marco Vezzoso – trumpet and flugelhorn – (France)
Alessandro Collina – piano and keyboards – (Italy)
Dominique Di Piazza – bass – (France)
Andrea Marchesini – drums and percussion – (Italy)
Cecilia Barra – voix- (Italy)
Khaled Ben Yahia – oud – (Tunisia)
Neyveli S. Radhakrishna –violin – (India)
Praveen Narayan – tabla – (India)
Kevin Saura – guitar – (France)
Friday November 10, 2023 releases “NEW WAY” (Art in Live Editions / Inouïe Distribution), the new album by MARCO VEZZOSO and ALESSANDRO COLLINA, a very active Franco-Italian trumpet/piano duo, who for this recording form a collective of artists from all over the world.
The disc, which will be available both in physical and digital format, brings together 9 original titles written by Vezzoso and Collina. The album aims to reproduce the atmospheres of the different cities in which the Duo has performed in recent years and to give a new key to reading (New Way), without style barriers, to instrumental music. .
Vezzoso and Collina, strong from the success obtained with their previous album of originals written by four hands, decided to continue with this formula by creating a collective of artists named TRAVEL (also title of their first album).
Travel, was recorded with the participation of Trilok Gurtu and Dominique Di Piazza (also present in this opus) and it met with great success with the public and critics, especially in the United States where it entered Jazz Week Charts (the ranking of jazz radio stations in the USA) at position 81.
LIVE AND FEAUTURING SESSION
The Travel Collective performs in concert in different groups and with different guests.
The basic formation is the quartet (trumpet, piano, bass and drums) to which is added various guest stars.
TRILOK GURTU – INDIA
Tabla, percussions
Trilok Gurtu needs no introduction. Identified as the father of modern world music that mixes jazz with traditional music, Trilok has spanned the globe during his 50-year career. Played alongside John McLaughlin, Don Cherry, Joe Zawinul, Jan Garbarek, Pat Metheny, Talvin Singh, Michel Bisceglia, Ralph Towner, Gert Kilian, Richard Bona and Oumou Sangaré and Angélique Kidjo. In 2021, he recorded with Dominique Di Piazza the album that gave birth to the TRAVEL collective with original compositions by Vezzoso and Collina.
PETIT SOLO DIABATE – BURKINA FASO
Balafon, Voix, Kora, Djembé
Petit Solo was born in Bodo Dioulasso into a griot family from ethnic Siamou. His fathers passed on their culture, the art and wisdom of the griots to him. Multi-instrumentalist, he specializes in balafon and percussion. He shines in West Africa where he is acclaimed for his fiery live performances. Recognized as one of the most promising artists of his generation, he has to his credit several tours in Europe and Africa. Artistically, he is passionate about the fusion between his traditional music, current music and especially jazz thanks to his openness to chromatic scales.
ABIR NASRAOUI – TUNISIE
Voix
Radiant, passionate, and authentic, Abir Nasraoui is a real will-o’-the-wisp with an ardent imagination, a combative temperament and a precious voice that sings of love and pays homage to Arab music. Her travels and her various experiences on stage have allowed her to acquire maturity and the suave voices of her family have developed in her a sensitivity which diffuses an atmosphere conducive to enchantment and mysteriously intoxicating tunes.
NAZIM KRI – ALGERIA
Guitar
Combining rock, jazz, fusion and funk, Nazim Kri is an Algerian guitarist of great versatility and enormous melodic potential. During his burgeoning career, he previously performed with the Algerian pop group Freeklane and shared the stage with many world music talents, from Idir to Soolking. The perfect marriage of all kinds of influences!
