Tiziano Tononi
Rivers Of Dreams (Live At Radio3)
2004 release ** "In 1981, Italian Drummer Tiziano Tononi And Saxophonist Daniele Cavallanti Established Nexus An Avant-Garde Constantly Evolving Jazz Ensemble, Who Recorded Extensively For Splasc(H) Records Nexus Today Releases Its Eleventh Album With Unchanged And Renewed Passion. The Sound Continuity Is Represented By The Combined Presence Of Both The Violin And The Vibes. The latest Nexus issue is a live recording published in September 2004, "Rivers Of Dreams", that defines under the name Th…
Eyes On The Horizon
Bassist-composer Joe Fonda’s Eyes on the Horizon is a gift—a gift from a former student to his master teacher, Wadada Leo Smith. It is the best possible gift a mentor can receive—it doesn’t imitate Wadada’s own work, it’s entirely in Joe’s voice. Featuring Wadada Leo Smith himself, pianist Satoko Fujii, and drummer Tiziano Tononi, it is a gift given by a mature artist out of respect to another whose example of artistic integrity, perseverance, and ongoing creativity continues to inspire him to …
Trouble No More… All Men Are Brothers
It all started on “Brothers And Sisters”. Actually, the process began prior to that, with my discovering the Blues through John Mayall’s records, but that’s a different story…Seeing the picture of that “super-extended family” on the inside cover with musicians, roadies, friends, women and kids, and listening to the Bluesy flavor of Gregg Allman’s voice and Dicky Betts’ guitar just hit me really deep, and in my dreams I wished I could have been there, stopping the clock to stay….in some sort of a…