Jazz:Re:Found is arguably one of the finest festivals in Italy at the moment, bringing artists like Robert Glasper, Thundercat, Yussef Kamaal, Grandmaster Flash and many others over the years, to Turin. One of the most vibrant cities in the country.
A few months after its latest incredible offering, Jazz:Re:Found is back with a spring/summer spin-off HeyDey, to welcome the warmer season with good vibes and great music. The project takes in four gigs across Turin, Milan and Albenga, a beautiful town on the gulf of Genoa.
The first, unmissable appointment of the season is with Snarky Puppy, the award winning jazz ensemble who in recent years, have contributed, together with other artists, to take jazz music back to the top. The “pop band that improvises a lot” – as Snarky Puppy founder Michael League likes to say – will play on Friday April 21st at Teatro della Concordia in Turin, followed by the set of Italian producer FILOQ.
On the very next day, hip hop meets jazz in a new collaboration between Italian hip hop artist DJ Gruff and the talented Italian trombonist Gianluca Petrella. The two will perform together in Albenga.
On May 18th the festival will finally host the long awaited performance of Manchester trio Gogo Penguin. The band was initially scheduled to play at Jazz:Re:Found back in December, but had to postpone the gig due to the sudden health issues of pianist Chris Illingworth.
Last but not least, on the summer night of July 18th deep house pioneer Larry Heard aka Mr. Fingers will make you sweat on the dance floor of Circolo Magnolia in Milan, the clubbing capital of Italy.
GoGo Penguin, a trio of instrumentalists hailing from Manchester, have been praised for their unique sound and innovative approach to music since their formation in 2013. With influences ranging from jazz and classical to electronica, the band has been hailed as one of the most original groups of the post-millennium…
Artists: Gogo Penguin
GoGo Penguin has just dropped their latest single, “Parasite,” off their upcoming album, Everything Is Going to Be OK, out on April 14 via German label XXIM Records. This release features the band’s iconic trio of piano, drums, and bass, highlighting their exceptional ability to blend acoustic instruments with experimental…
Artists: Gogo Penguin
Mancunian ambient-jazz trio GoGo Penguin recently collaborated with Japanese experimental musician and producer Cornelius to release a new version of their single ‘Kora’. The track, which is part of the band’s new LP GGP/RMX (Blue Note Records), is one of the 11 remixes reimagining their 2020’s album GoGo Penguin. …
Artists: Cornelius , Gogo Penguin
This is an album that has landed at a time we may most appreciate it. Elevation is at the heart of this record. It is an LP inspired by afrobeat and spiritual jazz with strong elements of Detroit groove pulsing through the soundtrack. Nicola Conte and Gianluca Petrella’s message is…
Artists: Gianluca Petrella , Nicola Conte
At times, we are the first to lose track of how many exciting music events happen in London each month, so we have decided to offer you some sort of “public musical service”, meant for all the locals and passers-by, with the aim of suggesting where to listen to some…
Artists: Actress , Amon Tobin , Bukky Leo , Dele Sosimi , Diezmo , Domenico Lancellotti , Dwight Trible , Fanfare Ciocarlia , Femi Elias , Gaijin Blues , Gary Bartz , Ivocore , Lokkhi Terra , Luke Vibert , Maisha , Marcos Aganju , Nina Miranda , Nubiyan Twist , Ólafur Arnalds , Pedrolito , Snarky Puppy , Taraf De Impex , The Scorpios , Tinariwen , Toby Kaar
The glorious Love Supreme returned to the prime Sussex pastures of Glynde for its seventh year, and what a return it was. With such a startling array of talent on offer, it was a mighty challenge to stay in one spot for too long for fear of missing out elsewhere….
Artists: Alicia Olatuja , Allysha Joy , Chip Wickham , Dj Khalab , Ezra Collective , Gladys Knight , Gogo Penguin , Jimmy Cliff , Joe Armon-Jones , Lauryn Hill , Mahalia , Nubya Garcia , Sampa The Great , Snarky Puppy , Tank And The Bangas , Tenesha The Wordsmith , The Teskey Brothers , Theon Cross , Yakul![Album Review: GoGo Penguin – A Humdrum Star [Blue Note Records; February 2018]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gogo-penguin__1517483127_128.65.101.130-620x620.jpg)
GoGo Penguin is one of those bands that are impossible to define within a genre or a scene. Yet, since their debut in the UK scene with their first album Fanfares, they have come out with their very own signature sound: hearts rooted in jazz and classical training exploring the…
Artists: Gogo Penguin
GoGo Penguin‘s Man Made Object – released on the exalted Blue Note in 2016 – showed merely a peek towards the progressive direction of the trio. The band’s new album, A Humdrum Star serves as a hat tip towards Carl Sagan’s TV series Cosmos, highlighting a phrase which demonstrates just…
Artists: Gogo Penguin
Snarky Puppy is a sonically charged revolution of intelligent, jazz-inspired funk-infused with a dizzying mix of rip-roaring bombastic rock, easing into edgy, new era classical, melancholic electronic (and perfectly blended) world music; a freshly invented and entirely new genre. Lead by bassist, composer and producer Michael League, the 3* time Grammy…
Artists: Becca Stevens , Snarky Puppy
Today, black music is warmth, experimentation, crossbreeding, avant-garde, tradition, and rhythm. Turin’s Jazz Re:Found festival explores these definitions, with a curious and forward thinking vision on music, honouring great names of the past while looking at the most current scenes with a sharp eye and sensitive ear. Spread across seven…
Artists: Dj Khalab , Gilles Peterson , Gogo Penguin , Grandmaster Flash , Tony Allen , Underground Resistance , Yussef Kamaal
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