THE COLLECTIVE:

Marco Vezzoso – trumpet and flugelhorn – (France)

Alessandro Collina – piano and keyboards – (Italy)

Dominique Di Piazza – electric bass – (France)

Andrea Marchesini – percussion and drums – (Italy)

Nihar Mehta – tabla – (India)

Nazim Kri – guitar – (Algeria)

 

Travel is a collective of artists from around the world, created by trumpeter Marco Vezzoso and pianist Alessandro Collina. All the collective’s songs were co-written by Vezzoso and Collina, and their shared goal is to recreate the atmospheres of the various cities where the two leaders have performed in recent years, offering a new interpretation of instrumental music, free from stylistic barriers. This captivating music, rich in colors from distant universes, a blend of world music with jazz flavors, will unite a wide audience around this concert.

Vezzoso and Collina, building on the success of their previous album of originals, TRAVEL, have decided to continue this formula, first creating a collective of artists from around the world and then releasing their second album, NEW WAY.

Travel (their first album), recorded with the participation of Trilok Gurtu and Dominique Di Piazza (also present on this recording) and received great success with the public and critics, especially in the United States where it entered the Jazz Week Charts (the chart of radio stations specialized in the USA) at position 81.