A deliberate quote from the historical Max Roach's album is now also the name of a brand-new Italian label whose main focus is on avant jazz and creative music. We Insist! Records is the result of serious collective work from a pool of musicians, graphic designers, and photographers, all keen to publish and promote highly selected works by some of the most interesting Italian musicians on the scene. All items, including CDs, LPs, DVDs, and Box sets, come as extremely accurate objects, always enhanced with booklets, photos and extended liner notes.
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RELEASE DATE: 4/16/2021
"Every now and then I meet a bull who announces itself with its horns ('Le Corna'). But it doesn't scare me, it moves and dances, it runs away. Archery ('Tiro') is its favourite ('Rito') hobby, and my bull likes tea. It always eats round roti ('Chapati') together with its bull ('tori') friends who all have bristling hair like hedgehogs and succulent plants. My bull keeps different things in the vegetable gardens ('Orti') and in the wineskins ('Otri'). Then there is the tail ('la coda'), and it is always the last thing I see." Personnel: Giancarlo nino Locatelli - Bb clarinet, Alto clarinet on "Otri" and "Itro (Take1) - La Coda"; Andrea Grossi - double bass; Cristiano Calcagnile - drums, percussion.
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RELEASE DATE: 4/16/2021
LP version. "Every now and then I meet a bull who announces itself with its horns ('Le Corna'). But it doesn't scare me, it moves and dances, it runs away. Archery ('Tiro') is its favourite ('Rito') hobby, and my bull likes tea. It always eats round roti ('Chapati') together with its bull ('tori') friends who all have bristling hair like hedgehogs and succulent plants. My bull keeps different things in the vegetable gardens ('Orti') and in the wineskins ('Otri'). Then there is the tail ('la coda'), and it is always the last thing I see." Personnel: Giancarlo nino Locatelli - Bb clarinet, Alto clarinet on "Otri" and "Itro (Take1) - La Coda"; Andrea Grossi - double bass; Cristiano Calcagnile - drums, percussion.
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Andrea Grossi on Four Winds: "Winds (and mythology) have been a pretext for me: characters to take inspiration from, as to define specific musical identities during the composition process. The keystones of this work, which took me almost two years to complete (November 2015-June 2017), are the pieces that bear the names of the four ancient Greek winds: Borea (North), Noto (South), Euro (East), Zephiro (West). This imagery can't obviously ignore the perspective of the 'migrating wind' as an entity in movement, that blends and transforms itself, renovating traditions, identities and cultures, overcoming walls and barriers of all kinds. This music is meant to be a hymn: a eulogy to the differences that nourish and enrich our world. At the same time, with its harshness, it aims to stimulate a reflection about the terrible fate accompanying those who are forced to give up their lives in favor of a greater hope; an aspiration that, very often, remains unfulfilled."
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French double bass player, composer and improviser Joëlle Léandre needs no introduction. Her collaborations in the world of contemporary music and improvisation are countless and diverse. The names of Pierre Boulez, John Cage, Giacinto Scelsi, Anthony Braxton, Steve Lacy, and Evan Parker are enough to get an idea of her stature. Here she is in the company of Pascal Contet, accordionist, in a concert recorded live at the Area Sismica in Forlì. The duo already has three albums to their credit and more than twenty years of common experience. Crystal clear recording, direct music, deep understanding.
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St()ma is the debut solo work of Cristiano Calcagnile, one of the most creative and versatile drummers and percussionists in the Italian jazz field. This is a solo "tour de force" for drums, percussion, objects, and table guitar. An extended sound narrative based on the gradual transformation of sound, space, noise, and images. This unique work comes in a box set consisting of one LP and one DVD.
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Another great project conceived by Giancarlo Locatelli and dedicated to the music of Steve Lacy. This time Locatelli presents a full octet line-up featuring some of the best Italian improvisers: Gabriele Mitelli (trumpet), Sebi Tramontana (trombone), Gianmaria Aprile (el. guitar), Luca Tilli (cello) Alberto Braida (piano), Andrea Grossi (bass), and Cristiano Calcagnile (drums). Musicians from different generations and backgrounds -- jazz, classical music, free improv, experimental rock. A great collective piece of work. Liner notes by John Corbett. CD version includes an additional track.
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LP version. Another great project conceived by Giancarlo Locatelli and dedicated to the music of Steve Lacy. This time Locatelli presents a full octet line-up featuring some of the best Italian improvisers: Gabriele Mitelli (trumpet), Sebi Tramontana (trombone), Gianmaria Aprile (el. guitar), Luca Tilli (cello) Alberto Braida (piano), Andrea Grossi (bass), and Cristiano Calcagnile (drums). Musicians from different generations and backgrounds -- jazz, classical music, free improv, experimental rock. A great collective piece of work. Liner notes by John Corbett.
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Trombonist Sebi Tramontana is mostly known as member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra and for his collaboration with European improv luminaries such as Joelle Leandre, Paul Lovens, and Carlos Zingaro. In Down At The Docks, Tramontana is in close company with cello player Luca Tilli. This is a strong free improv album. A genuine and profound dialogue for trombone and cello, full of allusions, rips, bursts of humor, and sudden gusts of poetry.
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Andrea Grossi is a young and extremely talented double bass player and Blend 3 is his trio, featuring alto sax player Manuel Calliumi and guitarist Michele Bonifati. The group explores the diverse sound aspects of a trio format that, without a preconceived set, utilizes composition and improvisation as its only resources. This is some sort of chamber jazz where each sound controls its own development to remain suspended and constantly communicative. Nonetheless, sudden nervous and electric transgressions sometimes burst abruptly.
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LP version. Andrea Grossi is a young and extremely talented double bass player and Blend 3 is his trio, featuring alto sax player Manuel Calliumi and guitarist Michele Bonifati. The group explores the diverse sound aspects of a trio format that, without a preconceived set, utilizes composition and improvisation as its only resources. This is some sort of chamber jazz where each sound controls its own development to remain suspended and constantly communicative. Nonetheless, sudden nervous and electric transgressions sometimes burst abruptly.
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Clarinetist Giancarlo Nino Locatelli can be considered the Italian greatest Steve Lacy expert. Situations is a solo clarinet immersion through the music of the great American soprano sax player. Locatelli catches the essence of Lacy's music through a series of creative renditions of historical compositions such as "Morning Joy", "Blues For Aida", and "Trickles". A very important statement furtherly enhanced by Jason Weiss's liner notes, author of Steve Lacy: Conversations (2006). CD version includes two additional tracks.
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LP version. Clarinetist Giancarlo Nino Locatelli can be considered the Italian greatest Steve Lacy expert. Situations is a solo clarinet immersion through the music of the great American soprano sax player. Locatelli catches the essence of Lacy's music through a series of creative renditions of historical compositions such as "Morning Joy", "Blues For Aida", and "Trickles". A very important statement furtherly enhanced by Jason Weiss's liner notes, author of Steve Lacy: Conversations (2006).
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