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EDUS TONUS

Edoardo Marraffa (tenor sax/sopranino), and Tonino Miano (piano).

Recorded in Larchmont (NY), on June 11/12, 2008. Mastering : Pierangelo Galantino

Tracklist: 1. Il Morso che Spezza; 2. Compianti; 3. Edus Tonus; 4. Mr. Bronck; 5. The Far Side; 6. Plumber Slunder; 7. Questioni; 8. Here and There; 9. Back Home

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“A bold duo with a pungent, forward-pushing sound, where familiar lines are blurred into a tumultuous
outpouring of dynamic, and often humorous gestures.”

Long time friends and college mates, Edoardo Marraffa and Tonino Miano meet again in New York after fifteen years. They had initially met in Bologna (Italy) in 1991, and collaborated until 1993. That year Mr. Miano moved to the US, and although the lines of communication were kept open, the duo never really got a chance to play together until June 2008, when Mr. Marraffa and his quartet were invited to perform at the Vision Festival in NYC.

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Edoardo Marraffa

Degree in Musicology from the University of Bologna (1995). Discography (among others): “Solo, Edoardo Marraffa”, Bassesfere c 005, 2000. “Porcyville”, Una Barca , Vakki Plakkula, ida 012, 1998. Specchio Ensemble, ida 017, 2003. “La terra di giubba”, Mrafi, raitrade 2006. “Graffi”, Giovanni Maier-Edoardo Marraffa, Palomarecords 2006. Old Red City, Live at Crash, Setola di maiale 2008.

Some performance venues: Angelica Music Festival, Controindicazioni, Ai confini tra Sardegna e jazz, European Trytone Festival, Clusone Jazz, Artacts, Konfrontationen, Vision Festival.

Collaborations: Tristan Honsinger, Eugenio Sanna, Mike Cooper, Edoardo Ricci, Giovanni Maier, Han Bennink, Tim Berne, Joe Williamson, Alessandro Bosetti, Clayton Thomas, Edoardo Ricci, Luca Venitucci, Filippo Monico, Fabrizio Spera, Amiri Baraka, Alberto Braida, Alan Wilkinson, Aleksander Kolkowski, John Edwards, William Parker, Hamid Drake.

Lives and teaches in Bologna (ITA).

Tonino Miano

Graduated with maximum honors from the Conservatorio V. Bellini of Caltanissetta (1991). Obtained a degree in Musicology from the University of Bologna with a thesis on J.Cage (1993), and a B.S. in Physics from the City College of New York (2004).

Discography (among others): “Recorded Live at La Mama la Galleria”, RSM 1994 (USA), “Carne Capitata”, Timet 2000 (ITA), “L’ultimo Animale, sullo Zarathustra”, Timet 2002 (ITA). “The Curvature of Pace”, Impressus 2008 (ITA-USA).

Some performance venues: NYU, Knitting Factory, WKCR Radio, Roulette, Stork Music Festival, Binnenpret, The Apollohuis.

Collaborations: Jaap Blonk, Lorenzo Brusci, Domenico Caliri, Marco Cappelli, Mirio Cosottini, Dinu Ghezzo, Edoardo Marraffa, Andrea Melani, Alessio Pisani, Jim Pugliese, Tim Rowe, Mirko Sabatini, Blaise Siwula.

Lives and teaches in New York since 1993

IMPRESSUS RECORDS

[From Latin impressus, past participle of imprimere, from in + premere to press].
Pianist and Composer Tonino Miano is the founder of this new label that will focus (at the present) on his own work, and the work accomplished in collaboration with other musicians. Impressus Records is an environment friendly record label. That’s why the jewel case has been replaced with a sleeve made out of 100% recycled material, and the use of paper has been eliminated, while the design is made possible by the use of custom made rubber stamps. Any additional information will be available on the label’s website. EDUS TONUS is the second work to appear on Impressus Records. Website: www.impressusrecords.com

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O pianista italiano Tonino Miano, expoente europeu do free jazz e da improvisação livre, regressa ao activo para dar continuidade ao projecto de explorar as potencialidades do duo de piano. Depois da inventiva troca de ideias com o trompetista Mirio Cosottini, ouvida eno marcante The Curvature of Pace, disco inaugural da editora Impressus Records, eis que o pianista regressa ao formato original com o saxofonista bolonhês Edoardo Marraffa. Miano e Marraffa expõem as suas ideias em movimentos amplos e abertos. Criam, transformam e adaptam continuamente o seu particular mundo sonoro intimista, tecnicamente exigente e organizado de modo informal, no sentido da não definitividade da composição instantânea, na qual surgem evidentes os vários eixos e pontos de referência a partir dos quais irrompe, imparável, o livre curso da improvisação. Edoardo Marraffa e Tonino Miano, há muito que se conhecem pessoal e musicalmente. E isso nota-se na fluidez do diálogo, na inclinação para a frente, no contentamento vivo e dialogante que o ouvinte pode testemunhar. Apesar das afinidades partilhadas, só em Junho de 2008 tiveram finalmente a oportunidade que procuravam para o encontro musical em duo, ligação interrompida em 1993, com a mudança de Tonino Miano para Nova Iorque ocorrida naquele ano. O momento-chave surgiu na sequência da participação do quarteto de Edoardo Marraffa na edição de 2008 do Vision Festival. E o ensejo veio a revelar-se feito à medida para Marraffa – que toca saxofones tenor e sopranino à vez ou em simultâneo, aplicando-lhes um vasto arsenal de técnicas ortodoxas e heterodoxas – e Tonino Miano irem para estúdio registar o disco que a Impressus acaba de publicar, com capa estampada em papel 100% reciclado. Edus Tonus (título formado a partir dos nomes de Edoardo e Tonino, é mais que provável), reúne um conjunto de nove temas de espontânea nascença. Música criativa, inteligente e bem-humorada, produzida para ser pensada e sentida em toda a sua fácil complexidade, simultaneamente leve e profunda no modo de se expor à fruição por ouvidos receptivos. –E. Chagas. Jazz & Arredores 11/08

MARRAFFA – MIANO Edus Tonus (Impressus Records, CD-R): Der Pianist Tonino Miano machte bereits im Duett mit dem Trompeter Mirio Cosottini (BA 58) auf sich aufmerksam. Jetzt gibt es ein Wiederhören, im Duo mit Edoardo Marraffa. Die beiden sind alte Bekannte von Anfang der 90er her, als beide an der Universität in Bologna Musikologie studierten, und trafen sich nach 15 Jahren in New York wieder. Marraffa bläst abwechselnd Tenor- und Sopraninosaxophon. Vor allem dieser quäkig näselnde Ton, der zuerst bei ‚Compianti‘ erklingt, von Miano per Innenklavier vorsichtig angefunkt, bis sich ein temperamentvolles Tête-à-tête entspinnt, lässt aufhorchen. Das Titelstück markiert Marraffa mit auffälligen Haltetönen, um die das Piano herum stelzt. Die Es-Tonlage, eine Oktave über dem Alto, weckt unwillkürlich Assoziationen zu Lol Coxhill, der den – wenn man vom seltenen Soprillo absieht – kleinsten Sprössling der Saxfamilie ebenfalls gern verwendet. Aber Marraffa kommt tatsächlich auch mit einer Coxhill-verwandten Quirligkeit und Keckheit daher, so dass das Piano wohl aus Gründen der Balance und Dialektik den Part des Tiefgründigen und Bedächtigen übernimmt, der bloß zu Leichtsinn und Übermut angestiftet wird. Bei ‚Here and There‘ bläst Marraffa beide Saxophone gleichzeitig, à la Kirk oder Chekasin, Miamo rumort dazu in den tiefen Registern, überhaupt ist die linke Hand seine starke. Er macht sich nichts aus flinkfingrigem Geperle, sondern pickt die Noten selektiv, operiert auch gern mit kleinen Wiederholungen, die er mit gewagten Sprüngen kombiniert. Das macht insgesamt einen poetischen und geistreichen Eindruck und was ihnen an vordergründiger Effekthascherei abgeht, das machen die beiden Italiener durch Hintersinn wett. [Bad Alchemy 61 rbd]

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