CEGLIE OPENJAZZ "WE INSIST!" FESTIVAL
 
"A 25 min. piece of cosmic (improvised)/future jazz music from two of the the best european improvisers/instant composers.
Since 1997 (Human Beings. AFK Records) Lenoci & Magliocchi are developing an impressive vocabulary allows
them to be connected to the sound experience and share it with artists/human beings
like Joelle Leandre, Carlos Zingaro, Kent Carter, William Parker and Steve Potts."
What are you looking for?
"To breathe life into a complete musical orga(ni)sm"(Lenoci)
".....with the passage of the time, you discover that you're not looking for the music, but she is looking
for you and wants you willing to listen and experience the journey together"
(Magliocchi)
Gianni Lenoci, studied Piano at "Santa Cecilia" Conservatory in Rome. Electronic Music and Piano Phd at "Niccolò Piccinni" Conservatory in Bari.
Jazz & Improvisation studies with Mal Waldron and Paul Bley. Performing in Italy, USA, France, England, Romania, Hungaria, Albania, Argentina, Turkey, Canada, Greece, Spain, Switzerland...
And with collaborations and recording sessions with Massimo Urbani, Steve Lacy, Joelle Leandre, Steve Grossman, Harold Land, Bob Mover, Enrico Rava, Glenn Ferris, Eugenio Colombo,Paul Lovens, Dave Gross, Don Moye, Han Bennink, Antonello Salis, Jean-Jacques Avenel,
John Betsch, Markus Stockhausen,Steve Potts, Carlos Zingaro,John Tchicai, Kent Carter,William Parker,David Murray, John Tchicai...
Professor of PERFORMANCE, IMPROVISATION & COMPOSITION at "Nino Rota" Conservatory in Monopoli (Italy) where he is in charge as Head of New Musical Languages Dpt.
ERASMUS professor at Bucharest University, Corfu University , Royal Northern College of Manchester,Conservatorio Superior de Malaga, Franz Liszt Hochschule in Weimar, Conservatorio Superior de Madrid, Conservatorio Superior de Salamanaca
Discography at: All About Jazz
Marcello Magliocchi, self-taught musician.
He synthesized the experiences of the european approach to the free music of Tony Oxley and the strong afro-roots of Ed Blackwell (just to name a few) and crossed different languages like jazz, improvised music/instant composition,contemporary avant-garde music...
He has performed all over Europe with gigs and recordings with musicians as Mal Waldron, Peter Kowald, Jim Dvorak, Joelle Leandre, Steve Potts, Carlos Zingaro, Kent Carter, Michel Godard, Tom Varner, Roger Turner, Harri Sjostrom, Sakis Papadimitriou, Keisuke Ota, Yuasuhiko Tachibana, William Parker...
He recorded for Tactus, CMC, Leo, Amirani,Spalsc(h),Soul Note, Setola di Maiale, Ultramarine, Impromuzak, YVP, Silta... Professor at Conservatorio "N, Piccinni" in Bari.