Silvia Bolognesi Italian Trio featuring Nick Mazzarella

Arts + Literature Laboratory welcomes the Silvia Bolognesi Italian Trio, with special guest Nick Mazzarella, on Thursday, September 21 at 7:00pm. Advance tickets are $20 ($15 student/ALL member), or $25 for everyone at the door.

Get Tickets

On the new album, Young Shouts, the compositions, as well as frequent moments of collective improvisation, exhibit the defining characteristics of a classic modern jazz quartet. The quartet's first recording, aLive Shouts (Fonterossa, 2019), contains the “Suite for Bessie Jones,” inspired by the lyrics of some songs made famous by the singer and recorded by Alan Lomax. A second record followed in 2021: A Frame in the Crowd (Fonterossa, 2021). It is composed of all original compositions written and recorded during the pandemic - dedicated to a “missing” audience. The group will also present the Suite Storia di un femminiello (Fonterossa, 2023) written by Il Pavone.

The “Femminiello” is a typical figure of traditional Neapolitan popular culture, used to refer to a male with markedly feminine attitudes and expressiveness, often related to a transgender or transsexual or hermaphrodite. A figure that is part of the society in the neighborhoods of the historic center of Naples: a respected person, generally considered a person who brings good luck. For this reason it has become custom to take a picture of a new born baby in the arms of the femminiello. This character has existed for a long time in the Campanian tradition, within which manages to enjoy a relatively privileged position thanks to the participation in some folkloristic events (sometimes even of a religious nature).

Silvia Bolognesi

Silvia Bolognesi is a double bass player, composer and arranger. She graduated in double bass from the R. Franci Institute of Siena with Maestro Andrea Granai, perfecting with Maestro Alberto Bocini. She approached jazz studying at the Siena Jazz Academy with Paolino Dalla Porta, Furio Di Castri and Ferruccio Spinetti. The most significant encounters in his musical training are those with William Parker, Muhal Richard Abrams, Lawrence Douglas "Butch" Morris, Roscoe Mitchell and Anthony Braxton.

She won the "Top Jazz 2010", a critics award conferred by “Musica Jazz” magazine, which proclaimed her as the best new talent of italian jazz and she also achieved the "InSound" trophy for double bass category in the same year. She leads several bands: Open Combo, Almond Tree, Xilo Ensemble, Ju-Ju Sounds, Fonterossa Open Orchestra, Young Shouts, Beast Friends trio. Among her most important american collaborations: the international string trio “Hear in Now” with Tomeka Reid and Mazz... Read More

Nick Mazzarella

Saxophonist and composer Nick Mazzarella has been described as a "student of jazz’s deep history and a freedom seeker unwilling to let rules hold back expression." (Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader). He has maintained a consistent presence in Chicago's music scene since the early 2000s, and his regular performances there represent an aesthetically unique contribution to the city's rich jazz and improvised music culture. His working trio and quintet have served as the primary vehicles for his endeavors as a composer and leader, while as a collaborator or sideman he has performed and recorded with such artists as Tomeka Reid, Makaya McCraven, Hamid Drake, Joshua Abrams, and Rob Mazurek. He has released recordings on Nessa Records, Clean Feed Records, and the International Anthem Recording Company imprint, among others, and has performed throughout the United States and Scandinavia. Mazzarella also curates two concert series: the Anagram Series, presented weekly at Elastic Arts in... Read More

Il Pavone

Il Pavone was born in Scafati, a small town near Naples, on June 28, 1996. He began studying trumpet at the Salerno Conservatory at the age of 14, graduating in 2015. Two years later he began his studies at Siena Jazz and graduated in 2022.

Since 2018 he has been a member of the “Young Shouts”, led by Silvia Bolognesi and winner in 2020 of the "New Generation Jazz" award established by “I-Jazz" and with two active records. The first of these ("aLive Shouts", 2019) was recognized by “Bandcamp” as one of the best jazz recordings in August 2019. In 2023 he recorded his first solo album "Storia di un femminiello" for Silvia Bolognesi's “Fonterossa Records”. He has also collaborated with Dave Burrell, Sabir Mateen, Nico Gori, Alessandro Paternesi, Fabrizio Bosso, Piero Frassi. He is currently the trumpeter and singer of other formations such as "Ossa di Cane" and "Alessandro Paternesi & MelodicoBitters".

Ginger B.

Ginger B. was born in Pisa on June 27, 1994. A member of a large family (eleven elements), in his childhood he had no shortage of creative stimuli: he studied piano, guitar, violin, computer music and, of course, drums. Interested in studies of sound manipulation and acoustics, he specialized by attending a course for Sound Technicians, embarking on a career in the Piedmont and Tuscany area. Then he decided to deepen his studies of improvised music, this time acoustic, attending the Jazz Drumming course at Siena Jazz University, graduating with full marks. He is currently finishing his academic course at the Conservatorio B. Marcello in Venice. Among his most influential teachers we find Silvia Bolognesi, Jim Black, Ziv Ravitz, Alessandro Paternesi, Fabrizio Sferra, Joe Sanders, Stefano Battaglia. Since 2018 he has been a member of the “Young Shouts”, led by Silvia Bolognesi and winner in 2020 of the "New Generation Jazz" award established by “I-Jazz” and with two active records.... Read More

PLAN YOUR VISIT

Arts + Literature Laboratory is located at 111 S. Livingston Street #100, Madison, Wisconsin, 53703.

Our galleries are open Tuesday through Friday 10am-5pm and Saturday noon to 5pm, and other programs take place throughout the week. Please check the events calendar and education section for details.

CALENDAR