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01<\/span><\/span> UPPER MANHATTAN MEDICAL GROUP<\/b><\/span><\/span> Billy Strayhorn 4.07<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n02 <\/span><\/span>LUSH LIFE <\/b><\/span><\/span>Billy Strayhorn 6.09 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n03IT DON’T MEAN A THING<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0it don\u2019t mean a thing <\/b><\/span><\/span>duke ellington 3.51 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n04<\/span><\/span> SOPHISTICATED LADY <\/b><\/span><\/span>duke ellington 5.35<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n05<\/span><\/span> ISFAHAN <\/b><\/span><\/span>Billy Strayhorn 7.10<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n06<\/span><\/span> DAY DREAM<\/b><\/span><\/span> Billy Strayhorn 5.15 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n07<\/span><\/span> THINGS IN’T WHATTHEY <\/b><\/span><\/span>duke ellington 6.13 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n08<\/span><\/span>CHELSEA BRIDGE<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Billy Strayhorn 4.45<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n09<\/span><\/span> caravan <\/b><\/span><\/span>duke ellington 7.07<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”15125″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_single_image image=”16451″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”15125″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Questo nuovo progetto, il quinto per la Abeat, vede Alessio Menconi protagonista di una pregevole rilettura di brani appartenenti al repertorio di Duke Ellington e di Billie Strayhorn, coadiuvato in questa operazione da due affermati musicisti del panorama italiano: l\u2019hammondista Alberto Gurrisi ed il batterista Alessandro Minetto. Menconi possiede doti tecniche eccezionali, con pochi eguali al mondo, \u00e8 dotato di un fraseggio chitarristico che affonda le radici nella tradizione e si traduce poi in un linguaggio unico, caratterizzato da un sempre attento controllo dinamico e da un sound personale ed avvincente. Un disco di jazz con tanto swing e immensa maestria, di rara eleganza e piacevolezza, con la peculiarit\u00e0 aggiunta dal suono dell\u2019organo Hammond e sorretto da una solidissima e ricercata ritmica.
\nAlessio Menconi \u00e8 un talento chitarristico di internazionale valore. Lo testimoniano le sue numerose tourne\u00e8, le sue prestigiose collaborazioni, i numerosi awards.
\nNel 2003 \u00e8 stato selezionato per una compilation americana dedicata a Jimi Hendrix che ha previsto l\u2019inserimento dei migliori chitarristi in circolazione (\u201cVoodoo crossing\u201d), tra i quali Robben Ford, Steve Lukather, Hiram Bullock, Larry Coryell e tanti altri.
\nRecentemente \u00e8 stato inserito come unico italiano in una compilation allegata a \u201cLa Stampa\u201d intitolata \u201cI pi\u00f9 grandi chitarristi jazz del mondo\u201d.
\nTra le sue collaborazioni : Paolo Conte, Billy Cobham, Jimmy Cobb, Toninho Horta, Aldo Romano, Marcio Montarroyos, Shawnn Monteiro, Gary Husband, Enrico Rava, Daniel Humair, Flavio Boltro, Adrienne West, Dado Moroni, Franco Cerri, Albert “tootie\u201d Heath , Paolo Fresu…![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.abeatrecords.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/line-void-300x30.png\")
This new project, the fifth for Abeat, sees Alessio Menconi protagonist of a remarkable reinterpretation of songs belonging to the repertoire of Duke Ellington and Billie Strayhorn, assisted in this operation by two accomplished musicians of the Italian scene: Alberto Gurrisi on hammond and Alessandro Minetto on drums. Menconi possesses exceptional technical skills, with few equals in the world, It features a guitar phrasing that has its roots in an always attentive dynamic control and a unique sound. This is a jazz record with so much swing and immense mastery, also of rare elegance and charm, with the added feature of the Hammond organ sound and supported by a solid and sophisticated rhythm section .
\nAlessio Menconi is considered one of the best guitarists worldwide. As reflected in its many tourne\u00e8 and his prestigious collaborations, also his numerous awards.
\nIn 2003 he was selected for an American compilation dedicated to Jimi Hendrix which involved the insertion of the best guitarists in circulation ( “Voodoo crossing”), including Robben Ford, Steve Lukather, Hiram Bullock, Larry Coryell and many others.
\nRecently it has been inserted as the only Italian in a compilation attached to “La Stampa” entitled “The greatest jazz guitarists in the world.”
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