Claudio Jr De Rosa - sax. (ITA)
Vivienne ChuLiao - Piano (TW)
Tom Berkmann - Bass (DE)
Ugo Alunni - Drums (ITA)
The “Claudio Jr De Rosa Jazz Quartet” has multiple influences that converge in an intense and emotional sound. De Rosa, winner of several international competitions both as a leader, as a sideman and as an arranger, developed in the past years a very diversified palette of sounds. The music of his last record, "Forces", has Latin influences as well as classical influences, but very strong is, as well, the respect and passion for the hard/post-bop tradition. Playing mainly original compositions, the Quartet will explore different styles of music with a personal, intense and positive energy, without neglecting more introspective and emotional moments. The Quartet is completed by the Taiwanese pianist Vivienne ChuLiao, who will enrich with her elegance and poetic the repertoire, together with German bassist Tom Berkmann and Italian drummer Ugo Alunni.
Claudio Jr de Rosa - Based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, saxophonist, bass clarinetist, composer and arranger Claudio Jr De Rosa (1992) is an upcoming voice in the European jazz scene. Winner of several international jazz competitions, he released 4 CDs as a soloist and toured all over Europe, as well as in Taiwan, Canada, Morocco, Georgia. Major highlights include shows at North Sea Jazz Festival 2018, Umbria Jazz 2018&2019. In 2017 he was included in the list of the top 10 Italian emerging artists.
Vivienne ChuLiao’s first education was in classical music, and coming from a family of non-musicians she showed talent in her early years. Before undertaking her official musical education at 18, ChuLiao taught herself violin for years and has been playing piano and singing since the ages of 4 and 16 respectively. When ChuLiao was 18 she was given the opportunity to study both classical voice and piano in the top music school in Taiwan. Since then, ChuLiao has developed a wide knowledge of classical music, and a sensitivity of touch and line. At the age of 22, after the graduation, ChuLiao unfortunately had to give up singing due to health issues, and by chance, she participated in the TISJA (Taipei International Summer Jazz Academy) where she discovered her passion for Jazz. From that moment forward she set her mind to be a Jazz musician. Despite there being no official Jazz music education in Taiwan she decided to take a leap of faith and study abroad. With only a year and half of Jazz learning behind her, she was accepted into the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague where she began her career as a Jazz pianist. Playing in different collaborations – from duo, small ensembles to big band – she has held concerts, both solo and in groups, in many different venues around Europe and Taiwan. As a musician that comes from a classical background, ChuLiao still plays classical music and is a keen classical improviser.
Tom Berkmann is a German musician based in Berlin. He studied double bass at the Jazz Institut Berlin and at Manhattan School of Music in New York as a DAAD scholar. He was a semifinalist in the International Double Bass Competition "Bass 2010", received the German Academy Award for "Best Film Score" in 2013 and won the German Critics Award at the Berlin Film Festival for the Soundtrack of the feature movie "Oh Boy". The Album of his latest project “Scopes” - that he is co-leading with drummer Mathias Ruppnig - was highly praised by “Downbeat Magazine” and “All About Jazz” among others. It was released on the British label Whirlwind Recordings in 2019 and features Ben van Gelder and Tony Tixier. As a sideman Tom can be heard on various Albums, including Tobias Meinhart’s Berlin People featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel.
Ugo Alunni - Born in Perugia, there he attended the Conservatory "F.Morlacchi" after which he investigated further the drums at the Collective School of Music in New York City. He currently resides in Berlin where he attended the Jazz Institut under the guidance of John Hollenbeck,Kurt Rosenwinkel, Greg Cohen and David Friedman. He has played with: Rossano Emili, Perugia Jazz Orchestra, Pietro Tonolo, Joe Chambers, Dan Kinzelman, Alessandro Lanzoni,Elias Stemeseder,Phil Donkin,Uli Kempendorff,Meschiya Lake, Marcin Masecki, Tarek Yamani, Julia Hülsmann and many others.
Beginn 21:15 Uhr( Einlass 20:00 Uhr)
Eintritt frei – Beitrag erwünscht
ENTRANCE FEES
One of the reasons that makes the zig zag jazz club so unique is that it is the first and only jazz club in the world that manages to finance world class events through a crowd funding concept. How do we do it? Its quite simple… during the break of the concert we make an announcement regarding the collection for the evening. For most concerts (excluding the jam session) we inform our customers that a fee of around 15€ per person will allow us to fairly compensate the musicians. Some people give more and some give less… and that´s ok… we ´ve already successfully promoted hundreds of concerts like this!!!
EINTRITT
Einer der Gründe, die den Zig Zag Jazzclub so einzigartig machen, ist, dass er der erste und einzige Jazzclub der Welt ist, dem es gelingt nur durch freiwilligem Eintritt/Crowdfunding Events von Weltklasse zu finanzieren. Und wie machen wir das? Ganz einfach. Während der Konzertpause geben wir bekannt, dass wir Geld einsammeln werden. Bei den meisten Konzerten (außer Jam Sessions) informieren wir unsere Kunden, dass ein Beitrag von ungefähr 15 Euro es uns erlaubt die Musiker gerecht zu bezahlen. Manche geben dabei mehr und andere weniger... und das ist auch in Ordnung. Wir haben auf diese Weise schon Hunderte Konzerte organisiert.