LOST GENERATION(S): Connecting Contemporary Jazz to the Cantautorato Italiano

LOST GENERATION(S): Connecting Contemporary Jazz to the Cantautorato Italiano

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Abstract

With the Lost Generation(s) project I am exploring my artistic identity as a composer and arranger, consequential to a work of research on some traditional music from my homeland, Italy, and investigating the perks of live recording music. With this project I am finding my personal voice as a contemporary jazz musician, by integrating the characteristics of the Cantautorato Italiano that inspires me the most. I conducted a work of analysis of four songs from four different Italian Cantautori; from each of these songs I selected which musical, lyrical and/or orchestral traits compelled me the most and used them as inspiration to compose my own song. I then arranged the songs for a jazz quintet ensemble and recorded them live in a studio with an audience. Thanks to this project I found a composition process that helped me write music that fully represents me as an artist, while gaining confidence as a composer, arranger and bandleader. I have learned how to organize a team of musicians, engineers and video makers, improved as a performer and I achieved all the goals I set for myself, by initiating my career as a singer and composer.

Publication Date

7-1-2023

Campus

Valencia (Spain) Campus

Keywords

jazz vocalist, composition, live recording, jazz ensemble, cantautorato italiano.

LOST GENERATION(S): Connecting Contemporary Jazz to the Cantautorato Italiano

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