Bandorkestra.55
Marco Castelli Mambo & Swing Band
Marco Castelli Small Ensemble
Company Il Posto/Vertical Dance
MARCO
CASTELLI NEW ORGAN TRIO
Marco Castelli - saxophones
Matteo Alfonso - organ
Marco Vattovani - drums/electronics
Listen
Space Age on Spotify
It
is, after all, always "the space age". From Galileo to Salgari
or from Apollo 11 to Perseverance, the urge to imagine or explore
other places in our reality has always been a necessity. In
music, too, it is always "the space age". Imaging and exploring
other places and newworlds is a state of artistic necessity
which becomes nourishment, good "fuel", a state of the being
that makes us live in a positive tension with music-making.
In composing or improvising, this "lifeblood" is necessary to
be effective and able to convey emotion. The aim of this album
was originally to bring back the history and content of a few
years of concerts, but, due to the forced stop brought on by
the pandemic, it took on a different form. It was created through
long streaming sessions - Marco Vattovani (my travel companion,
not only as a drummer) in his Bunker Studio in Trieste and myself
in Venice. Paradoxically, the 'suspended time' of quarantine
projected us into research and exploration of other spaces.
We worked by letting ideas flow freely, experimenting with solutions,
playing with electronics and developing, thanks to the contribution
of Matteo Alfonso at the Hammond, the possibility of a new sound
for an Organ Trio.
Bandorkestra.55 conducted by Marco Castelli
Tommaso
Bisiak-flute
Anfrea Monterosso - violin
Sandro Vilevich-trumpet
Alessandro Ceschia-sax
Sergio Tonello-sax
Piero Pieri-sax
Cristina Gerin-sax
Barbara Toso-sax
Donato Riccesi-sax
Emanuele Laterza-guitar
Giovanni Vianelli-piano
Stefano Lesini -bass
Marco Vattovani-drums
The basic
assumption driving the BandOrkestra project is to
make a permanent music laboratory, with changeable members and sound,
and a dynamic work in progress.
The
BandOrkestra.55 is not an usual Jazz Big Band, but
a gathering of musicians playing a repertoire that moves freely between
latin, swing, boogie, ska and ethnic music. The Band plays both original
compositions and standards.
The
BandOrkestra is a kind of modern Band, offering varied,
energizing, entertaining performances.
The
bandleader and conductor, the saxophonist Marco Castelli,
drives the orchestra between arranged music and "controlled collective
improvisations". The
BandaOrkestra has been created in 2002 and resides in the "Casa
della Musica" in Trieste - Italy.
MARCO CASTELLI Mambo & Swing Band
Marco
Castelli sax
Paolo Vianello piano
Edu Hebling double-bass
Marco Vattovani drums
listen to the radio of Marco Castelli Mambo & Swing Band
Marco
Castelli skillfully leads a quartet of hot musicians. Lovers
of Swing, Cha-cha and Mambo, virtuosos with a
penchant for entertainment and dance, they bring back the atmosphere
and the excitement of the great parties of the 20s.
Their
repertoire is ranging from Swing to Boogie and Boogaloo, from Ska,
Reggae and Afro, to Latin orchestra sound.
The
group enlivens parties at Cipriani's "Harry's Bar" and elsewhere since
many years, with a driving sound, featuring
music by Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Henry Mancini,
Perez Prado, Louis Prima and others.
Marco Castelli Small Ensemble
Marco
Castelli alternates since many years jazz concerts and recordings
with an activity of composer and performer of music for theatre, ballet,
video, sound environment and multimedia performances.
The
Marco Castelli Small Ensemble is the group used for
such performances. It can range from solo sax and live electronics
up to a 20 saxophones orchestra. It performs original music, always
composed for specific occasions or on commission.
The
Ensemble often jointly performs with the vertical dance company "Il
Posto" led by Wanda Moretti, choreographer.
Among
other projects in this area, Marco Castelli has composed music for
videos and for theatre and he has collaborated with Alda Merini, poet,
Paolo Puppa, playwright, Alessandro Baricco, Vitaliano Trevisan, writers.
Company Il Posto/Vertical Dance
Il
Posto + Marco Castelli Small Ensemble
concept and choreography by Wanda Moretti
music for saxophone and live electronics by Marco Castelli
www.ilposto.org
The Vertical Dance Company Il Posto is a project conceived in 1994 by
the choreographer Wanda Moretti and the musician Marco Castelli, and it
is based on the interaction between dance, music and architecture. Over
the years the performance has developed into different choreographies
on the façades of buildings, bridges, towers, lighthouses, cloisters,
historical palaces, but also theatres, museums and industrial buildings.
Il Posto Company has taken part in important international festivals and
events such as Singapore Arts Festival, International Festival Bangkok,
La Defense Paris, Doha in Qatar, Paranà in Brazin, Kuopio in Finland,
Gaborone in Botswana, Salonicco in Greece, Lugar a Dança in Lisbon, Silkeborg
Performer House- Denmark, FoolsFestival in Belfast, Festival Des Arts
Vivant 2009 in Rabat, Mittelfest in Italy , Roma in Scena etc