VINICIO CAPOSSELA

I felt like I knew him. Maybe I had met him at a political rally. Maybe at a live show. Perhaps I simply liked that man stroking his beard because he reminded me of the people on the island of Naxos. Sigá sigá, like the fishermen at the port on a scorching hot day. Sigá sigá, before taking the first note on the piano. Sigá sigá, before thinking of singing the first word. The young people dressed in white observe him, waiting for a first hint. A single movement from the beard to the piano key and the small orchestra starts to play. <…E tutto è stato un regalo, e tutto è stato un regalo…>, the man’s voice is that of an experienced sea dog. Sonic wave after sonic wave he shows to the white-clad crew the land of gratitude that stands on the horizon. There’s still time to sail and sing before landing. The sea whispers new melodies to be sung and played…

FUORI E MOSSO

Milan, January 19, 2023: A rainy evening. The windshield of a car. Three friends chat. Everything seems blurry from inside… FUORI & MOSSO…

SUNBURNT PAGANS

Sunday afternoon. Three AJ’s Toy Boarders surf plastic riders; a black toothpaste; a toothbrush; and a black cardboard. In mind an expression used by William Finnegan in his bestseller Barbarian Days: Surfing Life… “Sunburnt Pagans”… Fantasy rides anarchic waves… (Shots taken with Olympus OM-D E-M5 + Zuiko Marco 30mm f3.5)

THE STAGE BECOMES AS COMFORTABLE AS MOMMY’S LIVING ROOM

Author, actor and comedian Germano Lanzoni at Teatro Carcano, Milano, May 25, 2022

The minutes before the show, when the man takes on the role of the character… Attention to detail; relax; and a phone call to a friend…. So the stage becomes as comfortable as mommy’s living room

NOTE PER UN FOTOGRAFO

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Now in FREE DOWNLAOD my essay on photography TELLINGWITHMYEYES. NOTE PER UN FOTOGRAFO. Sorry, this time I wrote in Italian. ENJOY!

VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER TREMÉ JAZZ FESTIVAL COMING…

– Villefranche-sur-Mer, January 14, 2023 –

New Orleans singer and trumpeter James Andrews, a.k.a. The Satchmo of the Ghetto, and Swiss pianist and composer Frank Salis along with a group of experienced French musicians (Gaetän Thomas, Kevin Saura and Pascal Masson) have officially launched the Villefranche-sur-Mer Tremé Jazz Festival (September 7-10, 2023) with a show at La Citadelle Auditorium.

Association J.A.12 founder Monique Bornstein, the experienced Swiss promoter and producer Nicolas Gilliet and City authorities introduced the musicians and announced the Festival.

Andrews’ and Salis’ s music performance allowed the large audience (not only French jazz lovers, but also a considerable number of Americans and Italians) to appreciate the first musical notes of what will be the soundtrack of the Festival in early September.

While awaiting the first official communications regarding the Festival, my suggestion is listen to High in the Sky, the latest Frank Salis album featuring the best musicians from New Orleans.

THREE YEARS OF ART RESISTANCE

This bunch of frames well represents almost three years of work to present High in the Sky, the new album by Swiss composer and pianist Frank Salis.
Three years of music, pandemic, repeated lockdowns… Three years of Art Resistance that brought me and friends Nicolas Gilliet/NicOLAsound and Frank Salis to the stage of Teatro Sociale Bellinzona for the November 26 “High in the Sky” live show.
Three years of dreams that have finally come true.
Three years that have seen the birth of new artistic liaisons.
Three years of rhythms, melodies and lyrics. And teaser… and b&w jazz photos (Thanks to Paula Seegy & Matteo Pacini – Artespressione Milano)

(All shots taken with old FujiFilm X-Pro1 and Fujinon 18mm f2)

THE WORLD OF JAZZ

Years ago, thanks to my friend professor and trumpeter Fabrizio Fiume, I started photographing the jazz scene. 

Years later I continue to photograph the world of jazz and build relationships with very special artists on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. 

In a few days in Bellinzona a new musical-photographic project dedicated to jazz will kick off with friends producer Nicolas Gilliet and composer Frank Salis. 

I’ll be there as always with my camera in hand. 

Music and art will save us. 

FRANK SALIS’ HIGH IN THE SKY CD PRESENTATION

See you on Saturday 26 November, 8:45 PM, at the Teatro Sociale in Bellinzona! Event hosted by NiCOLAsound and Artextentiuon/Artespressione.

COLLABORATING WITH THE BLUEBEATERS

Collaborating with The Bluebeaters: it meant marrying my cultural background to that of the musicians and identifying a visual and sonic continuity between “me” and “them”. 

PRESENT: Turin and Milan, today. 

PAST: Coventry and London in the late Seventies. 

A melting pot of… Sounds, experiences and dreams: all recorded in black and white… as it came.  

CLICK after CLICK… Coventry and London… CLICK after CLICK… Milan and Turin… An exciting roundtrip. CLICK after CLICK… The Bluebeaters and… The soul of The Specials… 

THE MEMORY OF THE PLACE

The places keep their memory thanks to the tales told by people. Twelve years ago, musicians were still playing at 12 Bar Club on Denmark Street, London. Beer, whiskey and music in the famous venue never lacked. On the evening of November 18th, Monica and The Explosion – Swedish singer and guitarist Monica Welander and U.K. Subs bassist Paul Slack – took the stage and ripped through the sooty atmosphere of the club. With a Nikon COOLPIX P80 I recorded the high-energy show in Charles Peterson’s grunge style… Twelve years ago… The music and… a bunch of b&w raw frames…