Doors 7:45 PM, Music 8:30 PM
Line-up:
Ferdinando Romano – Double Bass
Freddy Gavita – Trumpet
Simone Alessandrini – Alto Saxophone
Manuel Magrini – Piano
Billy Pod – Drums
About
Ferdinando Romano is a doublebass player, composer and improviser. His reputation has increasingly grown since he was awarded in the Top Jazz 2020 (Musica Jazz’s annual Critics Poll) as “Best Italian Rising Star”, and he is now considered as one of the most interesting new artists of the Italian scene. Recently he got the SIAE (the Italian Copyright Association) Award, given every year to musicians that distinguished themselves for the originality of their compositions.
“Totem”, his first album as a leader, was released for the Norwegian label Losen Records and has been voted in the Top Jazz 2020 in the category of the “Best Italian Albums”. The band is formed by some of the most interesting musicians and improvisers of the new Italian generation and the great ECM artist Ralph Alessi on trumpet.
The album got international acclaim from magazines all over the world, selected as one of the best albums of the year in many countries, and has been described as “the debut recording of a poetic bassist, inspired composer and intriguing arranger” (T. Conrad, Stereophile), “A brilliant album, expression of a clear talent” (Musica Jazz), “a highly expressive jazz, always taking care of narrative in music” (La Repubblica), “an album that is high in quality and benefits from that musical sweet spot between challenging and accessible listening.” (Uk Vibe)
In 2020 he was selected with his band Totem for “Nuova Generazione Jazz”, a program of I-Jazz that promotes selected italian bands in Italy and all over Europe.
Totem toured intensively in Europe, playing in major clubs and Festivals in Italy, France, Germany, UK, Hungary. With the trio Phylum he was awarded in 2021 as Best Debut Album by the New York City Jazz Record.
He recently recorded a new album, “Invisible Painters”, where he combines improvised music with his passion for electronic music, synthesizers and contemporary music. The album features Elias Stemeseder, Federico Calcagno and Evita Polidoro.
Ferdinando has an intense activity live and in studio, as a leader and as a sideman, collaborating with many musicians like Ralph Alessi, Enrico Rava, Robin Eubanks, Benny Golson, Glenn Ferris, Logan Richardson, Elias Stemeseder, Jerome Sabbagh, Simona Premazzi, Jon Boutellier, Yuhan Su and many more