Nels Cline about Furore: With his new record “Furore”, my good friend and über-talented guitarist Simone Massaron has drawn inspiration from the writings of John Steinbeck – specifically from his epic best-seller “The Grapes Of Wrath”.
Discography
Trouble No More… All Men Are Brothers
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND MUSIC MEETS COLTRANE, AYLER AND MINGUS. A STUNNING MIX OF AVANT JAZZ AND ROCK BLUES! Allman Brothers + horns + violin + accordion – guitars = Tiziano Tononi & Southbound!!!! It all started on “Brothers And Sisters”. Actually, the process began prior to that, with my discovering the Blues through John […]
Duet
Sparks fly in historic first meeting between pianist Satoko Fujii and bassist Joe Fonda. Concert recording features two of improvised music’s most creative minds.
No Time Left!
The Brooklyn Express Daniele Cavallanti tenor sax, ney flute Herb Robertson cornet Steve Swell trombone, flute Joe Fonda double bass, flute Tiziano Tononi drums Tononi and Cavallanti, as always proud heirs to the great “black” music of the 60’s and 70’s, they celebrate their roots with a great new work. Recorded in Brookyn (that’s where […]
Flawless Dust
Garrison Fewell _ guitar, perc. Gianni Mimmo _ soprano saxophone An enlightened dialogue, not barely a musical one, between Gianni Mimmo and Garrison Fewell, two Elsewhere oriented minds driving us to intense phenomena. Molecular heart beats, cosmic dust, silent flashes, humble and powerful sparks. Respect and introspection liven up a dance of hands around instruments, […]
The Blessed Prince
Emanuele Parrini: Violin Dimitri Grechi Espinoza: Alto Sax Giovanni Maier: Double Bass Andrea Melani: Drums This is a work that is mature and quite intense and is the sum of Parrini’s musical thought: jazz that is dense with tints of autumn, lyrical and explorative, blessed with compositions of great impact and sparkling with measured solo moments. “The Blessed […]
Is This Music?
Music, once you’ve played it, it’s gone, in the air, and you can never capture it again…(Eric Dolphy) The vibration of the gongs, the air in motion, sheets of sounds spreading out of skins and metals, the abstract geometrical encounters of rhythms and figures, beauty of the opposites complementing each other, the night & day/ […]
The Vancouver Tapes
Tiziano Tononi – Drums, Congas, Gong, Bells, Whistles Daniele Cavallanti – Tenor and Baritone Saxes, Ney Flute, Bells William Parker – Double Bass A lost and found gem documenting the first meeting ever of two Italian avant jazz masters with the NY jazz bass giant. Totally live and improvised! Tiziano Tononi says: “Rockin’ the Vaults…sometimes […]
Acid Cock
After their two critically acclaimed ‘acoustic’ releases (At the Playground; What We Got Ourselves Here is a Problem in Communication; Eugene Chadbourne; AllMusic.com), BRIO, a free jazz/ noise rock guitar-drums duo from Zagreb, Croatia, nails down their second ‘electric’ album. The title Acid Cock is a simple literal derivative of famous musical term, but for […]
The Sauna Session
A sweaty summer session or radical free music! Recorded in July 2012 close to a nice small lake in the North of Italy, at the beautiful Sauna Studio (yes, even the studio name is as hot as the music!). Featuring Peter Evans as special guest, and an unusual tuba instead or a more expected double […]