Rosario giuliani

“Il y avait des partitions et j’ai pris un plaisir immense à les interpréter. A Terracina, le jazz n’existait pas. Mais il y a une vraie scène en Italie. Chez nous, la culture musicale est forte. On entretient avec elle des rapports intenses. Le folklore qui tient une grande place, sert d’initiation à l’art en générale et plus particulièrement à la musique.”

Rosario Giuliani the talent, this succinct but effective thought, given during an interview with a French journalist, represents Rosario Giuliani well.The score was by Charlie Parker and the musician was only 12 years old. A few years later from that encounter with the American saxophonist’s work, he will complete his classical studies at the “L. Refice” Conservatory of Music in Frosinone, earning top honors.

Tenacity-in a city where “le jazz n’existait pas”-talent, a deep passion for all music and a great technique have brought Rosario to the forefront of the European and international scene, making critics speak of him as a true revelation, une bénédiction.

The enthusiastic and triumphant tones used by the press to define Giuliani’s characteristics derive precisely from the peculiarities of the sound he can produce: with ease he can draw fluid phrasing from his saxophones, lacing himself naturally with the great saxophonists of jazz history. While inspired by models, the musician is striking precisely because of his almost instinctive originality, which is easily identifiable not only in his approach to instruments but also in the composition of scores.

LIVE AND KICKING

Giovanni Mirabassi | Piano
Rosario Giuliani | Sax

LOGBOOK
HYPNOTE RECORDS 2024

Rosario Giuliani | Sax
Lussu | Plan
Dario Deidda | Bass
Sasha Mashin | Drums

…If one winter night a traveler, outside the town of Malbork, leaning out from the craggy shore without fear of wind and vertigo, looks down where the shadows thicken into a network of lines lacing the moonlit carpet of leaves around an empty pit, – What story down there awaits the end? – asks, eager to hear the tale. Italo Calvino “If One Winter’s Night a Traveler”

“Logbook” is ‘album was recorded live in the heart of Brussels in December 2023 and due out in spring 2024 through Belgian label Hypnote. The choice to record live was strongly desired by Giuliani to capture the energy and interaction that is created between the artists and the audience during a concert, offering listeners an authentic and vibrant experience. And Loogbook, after all, is about just that, about emotions, encounters, colors, scents, energy, travel and interactions.

To record this album Giuliani wanted long-time traveling companions beside him: Pietro Lussu on piano, he is the artist who more than any other has shared Rosario’s artistic growth by accompanying him in many projects, Dario Deidda on bass is the irreplaceable artist and the friend with whom many emotions have been experienced, and Sasha Mashin, an exceptional Russian drummer now adopted by Italy, who played with Rosario for many years in Russia and Siberia. The repertoire includes a collection of original songs, many of them unreleased, created especially for this project.

BRASSING

Rosario Giuliani | Sax
Lussu | Plan
Mario Caporilli | Trumpet
Claudio Corvini | Trumpet
Mario Corvini | Trombone
Remo Izzi | French Horn
Federico D’Angelo | Tuba
Dario Deidda | Bass
Sasha Mashin | Drums

Brassing is Rosario Giuliani’s exciting new musical project, due out in July 2024. This extraordinary ensemble features talented musicians, including trumpeter Mario Caporilli, Claudio Corvini on trumpet, Remo Izzi on French horn, Mario Corvini on trombone and Federico D’Angelo on tuba.

“Brassing” is an innovative sound exploration that combines the strengths of these extraordinary artists to create a powerful and dynamic musical experience. The project’s repertoire features original songs, masterfully rearranged by Mario Corvini. This reworking gives new life and a fresh perspective to already fascinating compositions, allowing listeners to immerse themselves in a compelling and engaging sound world.

With the artistry and experience of Rosario Giuliani leading the group, “Brassing” promises to offer a compelling mix of creativity, virtuosity and innovation. The union of exceptional talents in this project is bound to capture the attention of jazz fans and beyond, taking the infectious energy and sonic beauty of “Brassing” to new musical horizons.

CINEMA ITALY

Jando Music/Via Veneto Jazz

Rosario Giuliani | alto & soprano sax.
Luciano Biondini | Accordion

What would cinema be without music? Music reveals, in fact, everything that images fail to render. The importance of the soundtrack sometimes even transcends that of the images and stories, and often great filmmakers, and the themes on this record are testimony to that, build the structure of their masterpieces around it. In Italian cinema we have had many masterpieces, and we continue to distinguish ourselves in the world for this art. A contemporary musical point of view that never betrays the melody of these unforgettable themes, but at the same time presents them with a new strength and vitality, proving their immortality and always surprising the listener with the modernity of the proposed versions.Unforgettable themes from unforgettable films, including “8 and a Half,” “Once Upon a Time in America” and “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso,” signed by the unmatched Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone. Alongside these iconic songs and composers are two originals signed by Rosario Giuliani and Luciano Biondini (Bianco e Nero and What is there what is not) that once again demonstrate the narrative power of these two great artists.

MISERERE
Rosario Giuliani & Mac Saxophone Quartet

Arrangements – MARIO CORVINI
Parco Della Musica Records – February 2023

Rosario Giuliani | Alto & soprano
Stefano Pecci | Soprano
Luis Lanzarini | Contralto
Alex Sebastianutto | Tenor
Valentino Funaro | Baritone

A sought-after crossover project rooted in Italy’s noblest musical heritage, in which the art of improvisation typical of the jazz idiom is wedded to the stylings of the past. A millennium of masterpieces drawn from the ancient Gregorian antiphonaries and medieval laudaries, from the Renaissance counterpoint of the Roman and Venetian schools to touching on melodrama; a journey through time and the Italic sound entirely interpreted by artists who have distinguished themselves for their ability to renew tradition.
Unpublished arrangements, specially prepared by Maestro Mario Corvini to enhance both the refined phrasing of Rosario Giuliani and the enveloping, searching timbres of the MAC Saxophone Quartet, one of the quartets most appreciated for their work in protecting and innovating the Italian school.

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REPERTOIRE
™Guido d’Arezzo (10th-12th cent.): Ut queant laxis
™ Laudarium of Cortona (12th cent.): Magdalena worthy to be lauded
™ Giovanni Gabrieli (16th cent.): Canzon seconda a quattro
™ Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (16th cent.): Missa Brevis – Agnus Dei
™ Gregorio Allegri (16th-17th cent.): Miserere
™ Claudio Monteverdi (17th cent.): Toccata and prologue from “Orfeo”
™ Arcangelo Corelli (17th-18th cent.): Adagio from the Concerto Grosso op. 6
™ Antonio Vivaldi (17th-18th cent.): 1st mov from “l’Inverno”
™ Gioacchino Rossini (17th-19th cent.): from “The Barber of Seville”
™ Gaetano Donizetti (19th cent.): Una furtiva lagrima from “Elisir d’Amore”

GIULIANI / BIONDINI “TRIBUTE TO ENNIO MORRICONE”

“Tribute to Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota “

Rosario Giuliani | alto & soprano sax.
Luciano Biondini | Accordion

DUKE’S DREAM

Enrico Pieranunzi | Piano
Rosario Giuliani | alto & soprano sax.

After two decades of splendid collaboration in the most diverse contexts Enrico Pieranunzi and Rosario Giuliani have finally found themselves in the studio for a project of their own:Duke’s dream. This incredible duo pays tribute to Duke Ellington, a true giant of 20th-century music, whose ingenious compositions stand in the landscape of pure and timeless art, beyond genres and labels. The refined and highly original interpretations through which Pieranunzi and Giuliani offer the compositions of the “Duke” best express that common vision of music that has long made them two absolute protagonists of the international jazz scene.

TRIBUTE TO BIRD
ROSARIO GIULIANI & PIETRO LUSSU

Rosario Giuliani | Alto Sax
Pietro Lussu | Piano

A journey into the imagination and poetics of one of the greatest musicians of all time. Tribute to Bird is the latest recording work by saxophonist Rosario Giuliani and pianist Pietro Lussu on the Emme Record Label. Not just a tribute to the genius of Charlie Parker, but a dive into the intellect of a great artist that starts with a respect for tradition. Every track, every single note is the result of a study, a reflection that brings to life some of the most hidden aspects of Parker, an artist who left a fundamental legacy not only for jazz music. A courageous, visionary project that represents a real challenge to try his hand as a duo in the territory of one of the greatest saxophonists in history. As part of the project Rosario Giuliani presents two pieces of his own composition, brilliant, singular as ever and easily likened to the music of Charlie Parker. A parallelism, a bridge between past and present where old and new languages meet. This project, therefore, offers not only Bird’s songs but a fresh view of what was his great musical universe.

ROSARIO GIULIANI TRIO