What if we played Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) by the Beatles? Maybe we could also add a pinch of Syd Barrett’s flair and the Byrds’ psychedelic melodies. A touch of Jefferson Airplane wouldn’t hurt. A sitar announces the psychedelic storm coming from Quebec… The choice is ours not to protect ourselves from the Elephant Stone’s sonic atmospheric spirals… (All photos taken with FujiFilm X30)
How not to end an artistic partnership? Simply by not abandoning the band! The Bluebeaters EXTRA TRAX (Caribb Roots Records/Universal)compilation was released for Record Store Day 2024. I took the band’s photo on the back cover. ENJOY!
BACKSTAGE. Dietro alla creazione di “MAC”, il nuovo album jazz di Frank Salis and James Andrews exhibiton (curated by Francesco and Gaia Di Gregorio), Lugano, Switzerland, MARCH 24 – APRIL 5, 2024
In collaboration with NicolaSound 2024
VERNISSAGE + SHOWCASE
Sunday, March 24, 6:30 PM
Atelier Cornici e Restauri, Via Luigi Canonica 12, Lugano, Switzerland
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…
March 12, 2024. Hoepli International Bookstore in Milan. Contemporary artist Liu Bolin and his collaborators are preparing for a visual performance… Imagine disappearing… And start observing reality… (Shots taken with FujiFilm X-T1 + 7Artisans 35mm f 1.2)
An explosion of sonic gratitude. Fan Fath al Milanese ensemble and folk singer Vinicio Capossela introduced the audience to a musical ritual whose goal is an ancient ecstasy that can teach the contemporary world a lot. People sang “teach your children” in the Sixties and still want to do it today. After all, we are all children who want to listen to stories in music and dance.
(Special thanks to LabArca Teatro Musica and Sponz Fest)
THE BOOK TO COME... The history of Seattle music scene hidden behind the silhouette of one of its heroes… STAY TUNED! (Photo credits: Soundgarden, Milano, June 4, 2012)
My cover story for Swiss magazine Pnp, January 2024 issue. I took the photos for the interview with James Senese in typical Blue Note style – before starting the session James encouraged me: <Ué, fammi bello come quelli della Blue Note!>. The chromatic sonic shades of jazz embrace the whole rainbow color palette but… Jazz photography speaks in black and white as Francis Wolff taught…
Milan, January 19, 2023: A rainy evening. The windshield of a car. Three friends chat. Everything seems blurry from inside… FUORI & MOSSO…
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