Jan. 7 – New Italian jazz takes the stage in Munich on January 28 with Raffaele Casarano (saxophone), Paolo Fresu’s pupil, and Mirko Signorile (piano), discovered and launched into the world of jazz by Enrico Rava, will perform at Jazzclub Unterfahrt (9pm) in a concert promoted in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and Forum Italia eV. In September 2003, Casarano founded the project Locomotive, bringing him to perform in several Italian clubs, and in January 2005 at the Sounds Jazz Club in Brussels. Casarano is also artistic director and founder, together with the MusicAltra Association, of the “Locomotive Jazz Festival” in Sogliano Cavour (Le). The Festival hosted many international guests and others from Salento, gaining broad public consensus. Signorile, a pianist from Puglia born in 1974, has long been active on the national jazz scene both as project leader and as supporting act. His talent branches out into cinema, theater and contemporary dance. He released six albums, and the last, “Magnolia”, was released in 2012. (Red)
