Concerto “A night of modern Jazz”

with Roberto Badoglio (basso), Andrea Marcelli (percussioni), Nadine Axisa (voce), Chris Spiteri (piano)

Andrea Marcelli, a drummer with an active music life (performs with Wayne Shorter, Allan Holdworth, David Liebman, Mike Stern, Bob Mintzer and many others) joins forces with young upcoming bassist Roberto Badoglio (Steve Hunt, Joanne Brackeen, Virgil Donati, David Haynes) for a jazz night mostly featuring original compositions.

Marcelli-Badoglio Project presents modern jazz mixed with latin, funk and world music (ethnic) influences, with a focus on the spirit of interaction between musicians. The night will also feature two local artists: Kris Spiteri (piano) and Nadine Axisa (vocals). Nadine will be interpreting a selection of album tunes from her recently launched debut album ‘Velvet’, which also includes a tune composed by Roberto Badoglio with lyrics by Kris Spiteri.

All jazz lovers should definitely not miss this night!

Andrea Marcelli

Andrea is a drummer and composer born in Rome, Italy. He moved to USA in 1989 spending 8 years in Los Angeles and 4 in New York. He is, since 2001, resident in Berlin/Germany.More than 190 of his compositions have been recorded on albums and broadcasted world-wide. Two of Andrea’s compositions are included in “The European Real Book” and “The Digital Real Book part two” by www.shermusic.com.During 30 years of his jazz career he performed in 5 continents. Andrea recorded many albums and two acclaimed solo albums for legendary Major Jazz Label Verve/PolyGram with his original compositions.He performed and/or recorded with Wayne Shorter, Mike Stern, Hiram Bullock, Frank Gambale, Don Menza, David Liebman, Bob Mintzer, Markus Stockhausen, Eddie Gomez, Mitch Forman, Bob Berg, John Patitucci, Eberhard Weber, Palle Danielsson and others.

Roberto Badoglio

“No doubt, Badoglio possesses a broad arsenal, and transmits a lyrical musical persona amid the hyper-mode, single note licks and complex, jazz guitar-like chord voicings. Moreover, the bassist’s supersonic bass riffs are a wonder to behold, he’s a formidable player who communicates warmth, sensitivity and an enviable technique.” Glenn Astarita, ALL ABOUT JAZZ.

Considered as one of the most interesting and innovative bass players of the young generation and ex pupil of bass gurus Matthew Garrison and Dominique Di Piazza, Roberto started soon to gain attention in Italy after winning for 2 years in a row the “Italian Bass Contest” in 2002 and 2003 and becoming a finalist of the “European Bass Contest” in 2004, together with french bassist Hadrien Feraud.

In the year 2005 he moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music where he also joined the ensemble of the famous pianist Joanne Brackeen and formed the Jazz-Fusion band Oddflow together with Hara Garacci and Louis Cato. Oddflow released the album “Almost Even” the following year and started performing all around the east coast. In 2007 he moved to New York and lived there till 2010, playing in the local Jazz scene and touring all around the world with avant-garde pop singer Adama.

During this period he also started a long term musical collaboration with well known Fusion keyboardist and producer Steve Hunt (Allan Holdsworth, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham) which led to Roberto´s first solo album “Re-Evaluation Time”, published in 2010 under Steve´s record label “Spice Rack” and featuring Marty Richards and Pablo De Biasi on drums. Re-Evaluation Time gained worldwide recognition, being top seller on the Jazz-Fusion online shop “Abstract Logix” it also entered the “top five” in many jazz-oriented music radio charts. At the moment Roberto is living in Berlin, performing with several different projects like the “Silent Jazz Ensemble”, “Engel-Badoglio duo”, “Roy Louis band”, “Andrea Marcelli quartet”, “Resident of the Future” and many others.
Recently he started an International Fusion band together with world star drummer Virgil Donati, Steve Hunt on keys and Bjoessi Kluetsch on guitar, they recorded a new album during the summer of 2012 which will be soon released. In the meanwhile he also recorded the album of the new “Silent Jazz Ensemble” which he composed together with multi instrumentalist Helmut Engel-Musehold.

Today his main focus lies on the “Roberto Badoglio Trio” featuring Marko Djordjevic on drums and Bjoessi Kluetsch on guitar which offers a powerful and fresh combination of Modern Jazz, Drum and Bass, Rock and Grunge.

Kris Spiteri

Kris Spiteri is a full time pianist and composer who has achieved a B.A. Hons in music studies in 2003, specialising in Performance under the direction of Prof. Michael Laus, and also obtained the PGCE degree in Music Education.   Spiteri was also one of the Maltese artists to play in the Malta Jazz Festival 2006, performing some of his original works along with the band Noir.  
Kris joined Boris Cezek and Malcolm Galea to give birth to an original musical by the name of Porn the Musical whose success was not only seen by a Maltese and foreign audience but also by the likings of The producer in the West End, Sir Cameron Macintosh. With the help of producer Winston Azzopardi the musical also took flight with a full Maltese cast to the esteemed Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a month’s run, receiving an average of 4 to 5 stars reviews. The musical was also an MTM nominee for best new musical. Porn the musical was then produced in Theatre 503 Battersea London with a West End Cast, winning the award for Best New Musical at the Off West End Theatre Awards and also was listed as critic’s choice in Time Out London. Kris’s contribution to this musical was as a composer/ lyricist along side with Cezek, and as the Musical Director for all the productions. 
Kris was also Musical Director of the Fm Production adaptation of Hairspray the Musical and of the Pantomimes Cinderella and Ali Baba held at the prestigious Manuel Theatre in the year 2010 and 2011 respectively.
In March of 2012 Spiteri conducted and wrote the band arrangements for the national concert of Animae Gospel Choir at the Mediterranean Conference centre.   
In February of 2014 Kris was the musical director of the FM production run of Fiddler on the roof.
Kris currently performs with the working band The Residents and he is also a director of Tunin’ Entertainment; an agency that provides entertainment for all types of events such as weddings, concerts and corporate functions.

Nadine Axisa

Nadine is an established local singer and has been contributing to the local music scene since the age of 15. In 2003, Nadine ventured into the American standards and jazz scene. Her first project that same year was with local musicians where she contributed to the very successful concert and CD launch of “The Beatles Works” interpreting in an acclaimed manner, songs by the famous fab four, arranged in a jazzy style. Here she worked with local jazz musicians namely Vinny Vella Jnr, Walter Vella, Noel Grech and Mario Cocker Aquilina.

Nadine received vocal training in classical music under the tuition of Irene Dillon and later with Beatrice Brogdorff. She also sat for vocal exams with the Royal Schools of Music. In 2007 Nadine followed a jazz vocal course in Italy hosted by the Global Music Foundation. Amongst the tutors of the course were jazz singers Tina May and Iain Mackenzie, and Guillermo Rozenthuler, Argentinean singer, guitarist and composer. Breathing technique, repertoire, improvisation and working with a rhythm section were some of the themes tackled in the course. Basic principles of phrasing and expression, “impro-scat” and interpretation of Brazilian/South American songs were also covered. It was a very pleasant experience for Nadine, which most of all encouraged her in being more adventurous in interpreting jazz standards, especially latin jazz numbers which remain her all-time favourite.

Nadine performs regularly in top local venues and clubs with various musicians. Her performances outside the Maltese Islands include London, Tripoli, Prague, Oslo, Rome, Poland and Australia.

Nadine has contributed to a number of jazz concerts/events with various musicians. Some of these concerts include The Beatles’ Works (2003/2004), “It’s all about Jazz” (2005), “The Manoel Theatre goes Swings with GO” (2007), “Groovin’ High” (2007), “Earth Garden” (2008 and 2009), “The Greatest Female Jazz Singers of the Century” (2012) and Festival OFF 2012. She has participated in the Malta Jazz and Rock Festival in 2008 and in the Malta Jazz Festival in 2011.

In February 2014 she released her debut jazz album ‘Velvet’ which includes 12 original compositions of easy-listening jazz style where she collaborated with a total of 38 musicians

Prenotazioni presso biglietteria St. James Cavalier Tel (356) 2122 3200 Biglietti:Euro 10