MinAfric Orchestra
Michele Sinisi voce recitante
Gianna Montecalvo, Cinzia Eramo, Lisa Manosperti voci
Pino Minafra direzione, composizione, tromba
Marco Sannini, Claudio Cesar Corvini, Giorgio Distante trombe
Roberto Ottaviano sassofono, arrangiamenti
Sandro Satta, Carlo Actis Dato, Pasquale Innarella, Nicola Pisani sassofoni
Beppe Caruso, Sebi Tramontana, Michele Marzella tromboni
Livio Minafra pianoforte
Giorgio Vendola contrabbasso
Vincenzo Mazzone batteria
guests
Louis Moholo-Moholo batteria
Keith Tippett pianoforte, direzione, composizione
Julie Tippetts voce
si ringrazia l’Ambasciata del Sudafrica in Italia
Causa maltempo, lo spettacolo inizialmente previsto alla Rocca Brancaleone è stato spostato al Teatro Rasi.
British jazz was not alone in being affected by the musical and human story of South African jazz in its European exile, which has also enthralled the Italian jazz avant-garde ever since the Seventies. The MinAfric Orchestra, conducted by Pino Minafra and his son, Livio, is noted for being especially keen on the poetics of the South African diaspora, which resulted in a strong relationship with Louis Moholo. Their For Mandela project, conceived in 2014 for the Talos Festival in Puglia, gathered Moholo with two emblematic figures of the new British scene of the ’60s, Keith and Julie Tippett, to interpret scores by Blue Notes, Keith Tippett and Minafra (Canto General, for Pablo Neruda), in a spirit of awesomeness and civil passion.
