(Jazz in Italy) The NEXUS WORKSHOP 2004 - Winds of change.

ALBUM: Rivers of dreams -- Splasc(h) Records, Italy
(recorded live at Rai-Radio3)

TRACK: Winds of change (for Malachi)
(Tiziano Tononi)




PLAYERS:
Daniele Cavallanti- tenor and baritone sax
Tiziano Tononi -- drums and percussions
Roberto Cecchetto - guitar
Tito Mangialajo - bass
Beppe Caruso - trombone
Achille Succi -- alto sax, bass clarinet

Nexus was formed in 1980 by Daniele Cavallanti and Tiziano Tononi with the idea of creating a long lasting unit/sound inspired by the most peculiar musical experiences of the '60s (Mingus, Coleman, Coltrane, Shepp, Cherry, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Liberation Orchestra etc.), rended in a contemporary context. In over twenty five years of activity Nexus has become more and more a sort of a workshop band in which many different musicians have been playing, adding their own voices to what has always been, anyway, the "Nexus sound".
Nexus took part in the most important jazz festivals in Italy: Milano, Clusone, Cagliari, Bolzano, Trento, Roma, Pavia, Noci, Talos Ruvo di Puglia, Venezia. Verona. Toured Germany and Holland in '82, '83, '85 and played at jazz festivals in Wien, Koln, Le Mans, Kempten, Mulhouse, Vilshofen, Gent, Opeye, Saarbrucken St. Ingbert, Tampere, Vancouver, Braga.
The repertoire of the group consists mainly of original compositions by the two leaders. Specials projects have been dedicated to the music of Albert Ayler, John Coltrane, Don Cherry, Roland Kirk and Duke Ellington.

NEXUS DISCOGRAPHY

1983 - "Open Mouth Blues", Red Records VPA 169
1985 - "Night Riding" feat. Glenn Ferris, Red Records VPA 190
1988 - "Urbanshout" feat. Glenn Ferris, Enrico Rava, Roberto Ottaviano, Splasc(h) H 170
1991 - "The Preacher and The Ghost" feat. Glenn Ferris, Mark Dresser, Gianluigi Trovesi, Splasc(h) CDH 349 2
1994 - "Free Spirits" feat. Herb Robertson & Gianluigi Trovesi, Splasc(h) CDH 421 2
1998 - "We still have visions" (2 CD), Splasc(h) CDH 658.2
2002 - "Seize The Time" (2 CD) feat. Roswell Rudd, Splasc(h) CDH 841.2/842.2
2004 - "Rivers Of Dreams", Splasc(h) CDH 865.2 (Best Italian Jazz Album 2004).

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• NEXUS
• JAZZ
• ITALY
• TONONI
• CAVALLANTI
• DRUMMER
• SAX
• ORCHESTRA
• ROLAND
• KIRK
• ITALIAN
• JAZZIST

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