Michelangelo Scandroglio Gently Broken || Moonlight Sessions Vol. 19

Michelangelo Scandroglio Gently Broken II Live at Moonlight Sessions

Content of the video:
00:00 The Princess Of Breaking Shadows
02:54 Premonition
06:36 Disruption

MUSICIANS:
Michelangelo Scandroglio - bass
Luca Zennaro - el.guitar
Mattia Galeotti - drums
Guglielmo Santimone - piano/synth
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Guest musicians:
Laura Mjeda - guest vocalist
Romana Pavliša - back vocal
Helena Hraščanec - back vocal
Rajnard Hraščanec - back vocal

Michelangelo Scandroglio je talijanski kontrabasist i skladatelj, zvijezda mlade generacije talijanskog jazza. Sa 16 godina počeo je učiti jazz kod mentora Aresa Tavolazzija, te klasiku na Royal Academy of London. Usavršavao je jazz kod Joea Sandersa, Harisha Raghavana, Bena Streeta na prestižnoj školi Siena Jazz te klasiku kod Jeffa Bradeticha, Alberta Bocinija, Damiana D’amica na ISSM Luigi Boccherini iz Lucce. S 24 godine već je osvojio neke od najvećih glazbenih nagrada u Europi – uključujući pobjedu na Riga International Jazz Bass Competition, Conad Jazz Contestu u sklopu festivala Umbria Jazz (s Paolom Fresuom u žiriju) i na najprestižnijem španjolskom jazz natjecanju Getxo gdje je pobijedio sa svojim kvintetom 2021. godine. Godinu kasnije izabran je kao jedini talijanski umjetnik za prestižni program Betty Carter Jazz Ahead u Kennedy Centru u Washingtonu D.C.-u. Michelangelo Scandroglio je imao priliku svirati i surađivati s Enricom Rava, Seamus Blakeom, Loganom Richardsonom i Gregoryjem Hutchinsonom, Johnom Taylorom i Marvinom Smithom. Prvi nastup u Hrvatskoj imao je na 9.Fest Jazza Korpivnica 2023. gdje je predstavio album 'In the Eyes of the Whale'. Njegovo najnovije izdanje je album 'Gently Broken' koji je objavio u siječnju 2024. i koji predstavlja u sklopu Moonlight Sessions projekta.

Michelangelo about 'Gently Broken': 'With this band and this album I tried to combine my old values with my more recent interests, trying to understand how music production can fit into the inner workings of improvisation and composition. There is a slight departure from my previous album and from improvisation as a solo moment, as well as a deviation from melody – which is no longer the focal point. I believe that the main characteristic of this new recording is the search for a ‘synthesis’, as the duration of the tracks also shows: compared to most jazz pieces, they are unusually short. I tried to recreate ‘micro-worlds,’ brief independent moments that then come together. Even if they appear as musically far from each other, they are actually moving towards a common destination.'

The creation process is very similar to what a sculptor does when approaching a block of marble. Through chisel and sweat, the artist extracts both the idea and the matter. Similarly, a refinement process has followed the raw studio recordings, aimed at extracting the heart of this music. It’s a subtraction process. The sculpture – in this case, the music – already exists. The artist must extract it and also transform it during the creative process. It’s a long journey, one that always includes change of plans and direction. I tried to reenact, as much as I could, the process adopted by the likes of Pablo Picasso or the Beatles. In my opinion, there is no ‘ultimate good idea’ at the beginning of the creative process. Rather, there are several layers of transformations: the original idea keeps evolving, until its final shape, and it’s also constantly changed by every single gaze and mood of those who observe, or – in this case, those who listen. - says Michelangelo.

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MOONLIGHT SESSIONS TEAM:
Video Production: Dinko Šimac (Beyond Pines Films)
Audio Engineer & Production: Marin Hraščanec (Intek Music)
Audio Assistant: Bernard Pošta
Technical Assistants: Nikola Milosavljević, Rajnard Hraščanec
Moonlight Sessions production: Dinko Šimac, Helena Hraščanec, Marin Hraščanec,
Romana Pavliša
BTS Photography: Melanie Krog

Thanks to Martina i Bernard Jug, Valerija Jurčić, Jazz klub Koprivnica & FUNK
Thanks to Auand Records - www.auand.com

Recorded Live in April 2024. on the hills of Koprivnica
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