Terrific activity for Amirani records projects and artists and soon coming a new Contemporary releases line ( first number planned end of May 2011)

2011:

April 11:
Ap 15-16 recording orchestra directed by Alessio Pisani and Mirio Cosottini and including among others Gianni Mimmo, Angelo Contini, Cristiano Calcagnile, Mario Arcari …on works by Sylvano Bussotti, A. Pisani, M.Cosottini.

Ap 11 Mastering of Elisabeth Harnick_piano, Clementine Gasser_cello, Gianni Mimmo_soprano sax live in Wien.

Ap.1 excellent live concert in Piacenza fro A Windy Season!!

March 11:
Mar 24 to 28 Belgium tour for for Harri Sjöströn and Gianni Mimmo soprano sax duo with concerts in Leuven, Bruxelles, Gent meeting percussion player Mike Goyvaerts and bass clarinet master Jacques Foschia.

Mar.16 Mastering of Sylvano Bussotti album.

Mar 11-13 concerts in Italy and Switzerland for Harri Sjöströn and Gianni Mimmo soprano sax duo.

Mar.5 WIEN live at AMANN studio recording concert for A Windy Season (Angelo Contini_tbone, Alessio Pisani_Bassoon&contra-bassoon, Mirio Cosottini_trumpet&fluegelhorn, Gianni Mimmo_soprano sax)

 February 11:
feb. 20-25 NEW YORK: concerts at NO-Rio and Issue Project Room for RECIPROCAL UNCLES plus live recordings and studio recording with Blaise Siwula _ tenor sax, alto sax, clarinet and John Gilbert_guitar.

feb 12 SWITZERLAND: TERRA TACITURNA intense performance by Gianni Mimmo on Anna Ruchat’s poetry and featuring video/drawings by Daniel Brolli.

feb. 9/10 Italian concerts and recording with two quintets featuring impro guitar legend John Russell, percussionist Cristiano Calcagnile, bassoon specialist Alessio Pisani, Nicola Guazzaloca on accordion, tbone acrobat Angelo Contini and Gianni Mimmo on soprano sax.

January 11:
recording of Sylvano Bussotti works with pieces for solo piano (Gianni Lenoci) and clarinets

2010:

December 10:
Amirani Possible Settings @ La Scighera, Milano
Celebrating the first 5 years of Amirani records a big event evening featuring about 30 musicians in several unusual combinations and possible settings:
here is the stunning program:

AMIRANI POSSIBLE SETTINGS
Milano, La Scighera, 2010-12-11, h16-24

01_quintetto_tuttifiati.1
(apertura di 'riscaldamento', come l'ha definita GM)
Gianni Mimmo, sax soprano
Angelo Contini, trombone
Marco Loprieno, sax alto, frumpet
Adalberto Ferrari, clarinetto basso
Andrea Ferrari, sax basso

02_duo_iriondo-calcagnile
Xabier Iriondo, mahai metak, elettronica e oggetti
Cristiano Calcagnile, percussioni

03_settetto_tuttifiati.2
Gianni Mimmo, sax soprano
Marco Loprieno, sax alto, frumpet
Angelo Contini, trombone
Adalberto Ferrari, clarinetto
Stefano Ferrian, sax tenore
Luca Serrapiglio, sax baritono
Andrea Ferrari, sax basso

04_quartetto_giust-L.SerrapiGLIo
-loprieno-guazzaloca
Stefano Giust, percussioni
Luca Serrapiglio, sax tenore
Marco Loprieno, sax alto, frumpet
Nicola Guazzaloca, piano

05_TRIo_Colourful Music
Pat Lugo, immagini
Marco Loprieno, sax alto
Alberto Morelli, piano, piffero, organo a bocca,
crackle-box, sansa

06_TRIo_Mimmo-Rocco-guazzaloca
Gianni Mimmo, sax soprano
Enzo Rocco, chitarra
Nicola Guazzaloca, piano

07_Band_Tongs
Antonio Bertoni, basso
Andrea Serrapiglio, voce, violoncello
Carlo Garof, percussioni
Luca Serrapiglio, sax tenore e  baritono

08_TRIO_Giust-Garof-Calcagnile
Stefano Giust, percussioni
Carlo Garof, percussioni
Cristiano Calcagnile, percussioni

09_DUO_multiversal ensemble
Federico Cumar, trombone
Mattia Mugnai, violino

010_ottetto_tuttifiati.3
Angelo Contini, trombone
Andrea Ferrari, sax basso, clarinetto alto
Marco Loprieno, sax alto, frumpet
Luca Serrapiglio, sax baritono
Stefano Ferrian, sax tenore
Gianni Mimmo, sax soprano
Adalberto Ferrari, clarinetto
Federico Cumar, trombone

011_DUO_Rinaldo-PissavinI
Ambra Rinaldo, action painting
Luca Pissavini, contrabbasso

012_quartetto_Novotono-Pissavini
-Bertoni
Antonio Bertoni, contrabbasso
Luca Pissavini, contrabbasso
Andrea Ferrari, sax basso, clarinetto alto
Adalberto Ferrari, clarinetto, clarinetto basso

013_SEStetto_Mimmo-Bertoni-Contini
-Lenoci-Calcagnile-Fanzaga
Gianni Mimmo, sax soprano
Antonio Bertoni, contrabbasso
Angelo Contini, trombone
Gianni Lenoci, piano
Cristiano Calcagnile, percussioni
Marcella Fanzaga, danza

014_quintetto_L.Serrapiglio-Garof
-Contini-Ics-Guazzaloca
Luca Serrapiglio, sax baritono
Carlo Garof, percussioni
Angelo Contini, trombone
Andrea ‘ics’ Ferraris, elettronica
Nicola Guazzaloca, piano

015_TRIo_ferrian-garof-Pissavini
Luca Pissavini, contrabbasso
Stefano Ferrian, sax tenore
Carlo Garof, percussioni

016_quintetto_Mimmo-Pissavini
-A.Serrapiglio-Morelli-Fanzaga
Gianni Mimmo, sax soprano
Luca Pissavini, contrabbasso
Andrea Serrapiglio, violoncello
Alberto Morelli, piffero, sansa, conchiglia
Marcella Fanzaga, danza

Backstage_La-Scighera
Paolo Casati, organizzazione e mixer
Lorenzo Sempio, fonico

November 10:
Nov 21-22 Milano SOUNDMETAK  and Pavia ACQUASUMARTE  first 2 live concert for A Windy Season (Angelo Contini_tbone, Alessio Pisani_Bassoon&contra-bassoon, Mirio Cosottini_trumpet&fluegelhorn, Gianni Mimmo_soprano sax)

Nov. 18 AUSTRIA recording at Amann Studio in Wien, terrific trio with Elisabeth Harnick_piano, Clementine Gasser_cello, Gianni Mimmo_soprano sax

Nov. 19 Austria,GRAZ Elisabeth Harnick_piano, Gianni Mimmo_soprano sax duo concert

October 10:
planned tour in Belgium for Shoreditch trio featuring teh
new album with concerts in Leuven, Liege, Gent and Bruxelles
Concerts in Italy for Granularities in Bologna, Oasi Bentivolgio and other places TBC.

September 10:
Granularities (Lawrence Casserley, Martin Mayes, Gianni Mimmo) at the COLOURSCAPE FESTIVAL, UK
Planned recording of Granularities first cd

June 10:
Gianni Mimmo in duo with sparkling guitar player Olaf Rupp live in Berlin

Planned soprano sax duo recording for
 Gianni Mimmo and Harri Sjoestroem

May 2010:
performances with dancers for Gianni Mimmo
Radio Tre PIAZZA VERDI hosts EAR&NOW Eclpise

Planned release of the new album od EASILENCE

April 2010:
 performances with dancers for Angelo Contini and Gianni Mimmo in Milano

Live concerts of RECIPROCAL UNCLES in Bologna and Milano
Planned release of
LOL COXILL _ ENZO ROCCO
“Fine Tunings “
The Gradisca, concert

March 10:
- planned release of  THE SHOREDITCH CONCERT 

planned recording session of
Mistaking Monks

February 10:
- planned release of RECIPROCAL UNCLES

January 10:
Release of BLASTULA “SCARNO DUO” the beautiful, pure, neo narrative, dramatic work-performance by Monica Demuru_voice and Cristiano Calcagnile on percussions. A compelling, dialogic force, crossing intimate and universal dephts, with a huge re-combinatory possibilty.

Accurate graphics and all texts booklet offer the opportunity of an ever new interpretation of “Scarno duo”, like a great story that really deserves to be told again and again.

Birth of NAME OF THE GAME ( quartet featuring great Stefano Giust_drums, SteF Ferrian_ guitar&tenor sax, Luca Pissavini_double bass, Gianni Mimmo_ soprano sax and, in one gig, brilliant guitar player Chris Iemulo instead of Luca Pissavini) in 3 Live concerts in Milano and Pavia.

2009:

December 09:
- RAI radiotre BATTITI broadcasts the whole concert of G R A N U L A R I T I E S  live at Musiche Possibili festival

November 28, 2009:
(Lawrence Casserley signal processing instrument, Martin Mayes french horn, alp-horn, chimes, Gianni Mimmo_soprano sax).

Fantastic success with 4 encores!! 
www.musichepossibili.it 

- RECIPROCAL UNCLES

(Gianni Lenoci_piano & Gianni Mimmo_soprano sax) 

CALIFORNIA TOUR : 
SANTA CRUZ University :  successful and recorded live performance at the ISIM CONFERENCE 09: one long suite conceived as a walk in contemporary world and musical elements relationship, in a perfect tone balance, with tensive and magic, essential touches of elegance.

SAN FRANCISCO : amazing meeting at the SIMM series run by great Rent Romus( edgetone records). Reciprocal Uncles become part of the ensemble in a great eve with variable geometry ensembles including great Bob Marsh, who also drives a conduction.

OAKLAND : fantastic sets at STUDIO 1510 playing with

GINO ROBAIR_percussions, SCOTT R. LOONEY_hyperpiano, DAMON SMITH_ double bass , KYLE NORDESON_drums

Gianni Mimmo/Scott R.Looney/Gino Robair

Gianni Mimmo/Gino Robair/ Gianni Lenoci/Kyle Nordeson/Damon Smith 

- release of  amrn#020 FIVE ROOMS “No Room For Doubt” quintet including the London impro-legend John Russell, acrobatic vocalist Jean Michel van Schouwburg, tbone Amirani abituee Angelo Contini, young cello panther Andrea Serrapiglio and Gianni Mimmo on soprano sax. 

November 09:
- Live Concert at MUSICHE POSSIBILI festival of GRANULARITIES

(Lawrence Casserley signal processing instrument, Martin Mayes french horn, alp-horn, chimes, Gianni Mimmo_soprano sax).

Fantastic success with 4 encores!! 

-working on the graphics and the concept for the first release of 2010:

AMRN# 20  Blastula “ Scarno duo” marvellous performance music  by Cristiano Calcagnile on drums and percussions and the phenomenal voice, stage presence and scenic force of Monica Demuru.

October 09:
- London, Saint Leonard’s Shoreditch Church : Impressive concert and recording of the first meeting among Hannah Marshall, Nicola Guazzaloca on piano, vocalist Leila Adu and Gianni Mimmo. Music is terrific, intense and vibrating. In the audience fantastic listeners as John Russell, Dave Salomon, contemporary composer Dario Palermo. All these guys give a great feedback and suggest to absolutely release this music!

- Brighton, Uk: Fantastic duo Gianni Mimmo with HANNAH MARSHALL on cello live at The Safehouse

- radio interview to Gianni Mimmo with a two hours special broadcast of Amirani records releases on RADIO ANTWERP CENTRAAL 

-Belgian Tour for Gianni Mimmo, Enzo Rocco, Angelo Contini meeting in different combinations great belgian improv musicians like Marjolaine Charbin_piano, Frans van-Isaker_alto sax, Audrey Lauro_alto sax, Kris Vanderstraeten_perc., Jean Demey _double bass.:

Concerts in Leuven, Liege, Bruxelles and Gent 

- Antwerp , Belgium: recording of producer John Rottiers’s tales for a project of a portrait book by painter Roeland Ziylstra plus solo music by Gianni Mimmo on the beautiful voice of the legendary “sugar daddy” Rottiers.

-Granularities invited at the MUSICHE POSSIBILI FESTIVAL at Antica Sinagoga of Ivrea, concert on next November

September 09:
Birth of  stellar trio Granularities( Lawrence Casserley signal processing instrument, Martin Mayes french horn, alp-horn, chimes, Gianni Mimmo_soprano sax) with three live concert in Turin, Milano and Pavia.

Spiritual, synphonic, sincere, multi-perspective, quadriphonic, sound-morphing experience. A great adventure!!

The "Granularities" Trio inaugural tour in Italy in late September was a phenomenal success garnering a wonderful review from italian critic Ermes Rosina and many enthusiastic comments from audience members.

http://italia.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=4412

translated in english by Martin Mayes:

http://www.chiltern.demon.co.uk/Gran-Ermes-Trans.html 

- Final mastering of RECIPROCAL UCLES, release planned to be ready on February 2010

- live Reciprocal Uncles plus Marcella Fanzaga on dance. Excellent live performance at Spazio Sirin in Milano, Italy, recorded and filmed, and soon on u-tube.some dramatic amazingly intense moments reveal this formula as a winner

• two live concerts in Berlin for Gianni Mimmo:

a duo with the brilliant guitarist Chris Iemulo live at Loophole and a fantastic quintet  with Chino Shuichi on piano, Eglof Berger on live el., Michael Kersting on drums and Gerhard Uebele on violin and a young bass clarinet player calle Stephanie, live at Exploratorium  

August 09:
-edit and mastering of RECIPROCAL UNCLES( Gianni Lenoci & Gianni Mimmo) and setting of the music promotion activity to prepare USA little tour in winter

July 09:
-RAI radio3 Battiti broadcasts the whole Forgiving July concert live at Novara jazz 08

-Release of NOBLE ART the piano duo comprovisation of two brilliant piano players Nicola Guazzaloca and Thollem Mc Donas

June 09:
-recording of RECIPROCAL UNCLES , excellent duo Gianni Mimmo and fantastic contemporary piano player Gianni Lenoci, (artist on Amirani #016 Serendipity , collaborations with Joelle Leandre, Carlos Zingaro, Steve Potts etc., and great interpreter of contemporary music masterpieces of Morton Feldman, Sylvano Bussotti etc.).

-succesful concert of Forgiving July trio at The Vortex London

- Sparkles 3 ( Gianni Mimmo, Jean Michel van Schouwburg, Stefano Giust ) live at Ivan illich Bologna

-Sparkles Four( Gianni Mimmo, Angelo Contini, Jean Michel van Schouwburg, Enzo Rocco) starts its activity live at Soundmetak, Milano