EUROPEAN JAZZ’S COOL 2022 an innovative course of high musical training in jazz of European relevance; a full immersion for professional and artistic development in a broad international recording and concert context.
The review aims at the establishment of new musical groups, formed by young Italian and European talents and internationally renowned special guest artists, who will guide the young musicians along a path of composition and production of original music.
A true social and artistic experiment, in which the musician of choice will select members of his or her own ensemble, with whom to create a new musical work, produced by the Jazz Collection record label, and promoted by the Saint Louis management agency, which will oversee the digital publication and subsequent writing of the musicians and concert promotion at Italian and foreign jazz festivals.
EjsCool creates 6 completely new musical ensembles, selecting 15 participants from all Italian conservatories and 15 participants selected from European Partner Institutes. Once formed, the ensembles meet in Rome, at the Saint Louis and Casa del Jazz venues, for a 30-hour Artistic Residency for each ensemble, organized in a full immersion week, in which the resident artists offer workshops and tutoring by playing in the ensembles themselves, with a specific focus on creative writing, arrangement of original pieces and related performance.
At the end of the Residency, the ensembles perform in 1 concert hosted by La Casa del Jazz in Rome. On the morning of the day of the concert, the ensembles will offer 1 open rehearsal to students from Rome and Lazio music high schools partnered with Saint Louis. Online activities (song selection and preparation, brainstorming, workshops, etc.) are also planned before in-person activities begin.
The best songs identified from the unreleased songs produced during the residency will be recorded during the live concerts and then published and produced under the Jazz Collection label, as well as promoted by the Saint Louis Arts Agency.
Next, the ensembles are booked for concerts in the countries of the project partner institutions in November and December 2022.
INTERNATIONAL and PROJECT PARTNERS:
Royal Academy of Aarhus Aalborg (Denmark) / Metropolia, Helsinki (Finland) / Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (Belgium) / SRH Berlin (Germany) / The Krzystof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow (Poland)
The European Jazz’s Cool project is supported by MiBac under the “FUS – Fondo Unico Spettacolo” and Erasmus+.
Events
October 24
European Jazz’s cool Tour
live at the House of Jazz
Protagonists of the first evening of concerts are the ensembles formed by David Linx, Alex Sipiagin and Italian and European students from Saint Louis and leading European conservatories, international partners of the European Jazz’s Cool project.
The international ensembles make their debut, presenting themselves to the public for the first time, on the stage of the Casa del Jazz, the first stop of the European tour that will leave from Rome for Aalborg, Helsinki, Antwerp, Berlin and Budapest.
European Jazz’s Cool Ensemble
David Linx, Emanuela Maglione voice, Naomi Ruth Westlake voice, Massimiliano Biondi guitar, Luka Dgebuadze piano, Ruben Verbeek double bass, Daniele Bucci drums
European Jazz’s Cool Ensemble
& Alex Sipiagin
Special Guest Piotr Wylezol
Andrea Cardone alto sax, Risto Kauppinen tenor sax, Aldo Capasso bass, Frans Joel Matikainen drums
October 25
European Jazz’s cool Tour
live at the House of Jazz
European Jazz’s cool, at the House of Jazz begins the live phase of the Saint Louis artistic residency of advanced jazz.
Protagonists of the second evening of concerts are the ensembles formed by Alessandro Lanzoni, Daniela Spalletta and Italian and European students from Saint Louis and leading European conservatories, international partners of the European Jazz’s Cool project.
The international ensembles make their debut, presenting themselves to the public for the first time, on the stage of the Casa del Jazz, the first stop of the European tour that will leave from Rome for Aalborg, Helsinki, Antwerp, Berlin and Budapest.
European Jazz’s Cool Ensemble
& Alessandro Lanzoni
Adia Vanheerentals soprano sax, Antonio Ottaviano sax, Rosario Moricca guitar, Aaron Koskelainen double bass, Sergio Mazzini drums
European Jazz’s Cool Ensemble
& Daniela Spalletta
Anne Sophie Troll Thomassen voice, Marco Murrone voice, David Jans sax, Luca Prost piano, Krysztof Maciejko double bass, Mindaugas Venclovas drums
October 26
European Jazz’s cool Tour
live at the House of Jazz
Protagonists of the third evening of concerts are the ensembles formed by Javier Girotto, Anais Drago and Italian and European students from Saint Louis and major European conservatories, international partners of the European Jazz’s Cool project.
The international ensembles make their debut, presenting themselves to the public for the first time, on the stage of the Casa del Jazz, the first stop of the European tour that will leave from Rome for Aalborg, Helsinki, Antwerp, Berlin and Budapest.
European Jazz’s Cool Ensemble
& Javier Girotto
special guest Tommi Rautiainen
Matteo Zecchi tenor sax, Giulio Mari trumpet, Joanna Tabaczek flute, Francesco Negri piano, Viden Spassov SP. Double bass, Timoteusz Huget drums
European Jazz’s Cool Ensemble
& Anais Drago
special guest Thomas Fryland
Bartek Leśniak piano, Ville-Veikko Ijäs guitar, Paolo Evangelisti bass, Agata Garbin drums
Oct. 27
European Jazz’s cool Tour
live at the House of Jazz
As part of European Jazz’s cool, the live phase of the Saint Louis artistic residency of advanced jazz training concludes with a concert by the Matthias Van den Brande Trio, winner of the B-Jazz International Contest 2022, of which Saint Louis is an international partner.
The European Jazz’s cool European tour from Rome will then leave for Aalborg, Helsinki, Antwerp, Berlin and Budapest.
Matthias Van den Brande Trio
winners of the B-Jazz International Contest 2022
Matthias Van den Brande sax, Tijs Klaassen bass, Wouter Kühne drums
November 21
EJsCool – the Antwerp Concert
European Jazz’s cool European tour begins: first stop the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp in Antwerp, Belgium. Starring the ensembles of Daniela Spalletta and Alessandro Lanzoni
GELE ZAAL – Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Desguinlei 25, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium
Alessandro Lanzoni – Piano
Adia Vanheerentals, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp – Soprano Sax, Antonio Ottaviano, Saint Louis – Alto Sax, Rosario Moricca, Saint Louis – Guitar, Aaron Koskelainen, Metropolia Helsinki – Double Bass, Sergio Mazzini, Saint Louis – Drums
Daniela Spalletta – Vocals
Anne Sophie Troll Thomassen, Royal Academy Aalborg – Vocals, Marco Murrone, SRH Berlin – Vocals, David Jans, ZUYD Maastricht – Alto Sax, Krzysztof Maciejko, Royal Academy Aalborg – Double Bass, Mindaugas Venclovas, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp – Drums
December 01
EJsCool – the Antwerp Concert
EJsCool 2022 – the Krakow Concert, the fourth leg of European Jazz’s cool European tour features the ensembles of Javier Girotto and Alex Sipiagin with special guest Pietr Wylezol at the Krakow Music Academy in Krakow, Poland.
Krakow Music Academy
Świętego Tomasza 43, 31-027 Kraków, Poland
Alex Sipiagin – Trumpet
Piotr Wylezol – Piano
Andrea Cardone, Saint Louis – Alto Sax, Risto Santeri Kauppinen, Metropolia Helsinki – Tenor Sax, Aldo Capasso, Naples Conservatory – Double Bass, Frans Joel Matikainen, Metropolia Helsinki – Drums
Javier Girotto – Sax
Joanna Tabaczek-Socha, Krakow Music Academy – Flute, Giulio Mari, Livorno Conservatory – Trumpet, Matteo Zecchi, Florence Conservatory – Tenor Sax, Francesco Negri, Genoa Conservatory – Piano, Viden Spassov – Val D’Aosta Conservatory – Double Bass, Timoteusz Huget, Krakow Music Academy – Drums
Masterclass
October 24
Master class Tommi Rautiainen
Master class with Tommi Rautiainen, visiting professor from Metropolia UAS Helsinki and special guest of European Jazz’s cool, entitled “International studio work as a session musician.” It will discuss how to develop sight reading and memory.
h 19:00 – 21:00
Saint Louis
via urbana, 49/a
Master class realized with the contribution of Erasmus+
October 26
Master Class Alex Sipiagin
Master Class by Alex Sipiagin at St. Louis. As part of European Jazz’s cool 2022, the New York-based trumpeter, considered among the Jazz World’s Top Players, will meet with young musicians from the jazz advanced artistic residency for an exclusivist master class dedicated to interplay and improvisation
h 19:00 – 21:00
Saint Louis
via urbana, 49/a
Reserved for European Jazz’s Cool 2022 participants.