High Five Quintet


Fabrizio Bosso : tromba
Daniele Scannapieco : sax
Luca Mannutza : piano
Luca Cingaglini : bass
Lorenzo Tucci: drums

A citical interpretation of hard bop, with a scientific, humanistic and pragmatic approach. The quintet, by carefully dealing with the delicate and variable possible upshots, has been able to catch the space-time extension of boppistic aesthetics to work it out again as an original sound, which is to be considered as both the results of individual and collaboration skill, the interplay.
When playing together, all these musicians, Fabrizio Bosso at the drums, Daniele Scannapieco at the tenor sax, Luca Mannutza at the piano, Pietro Cingaglini at the double bass and Lorenzo Tucci at the drums, show the refounding of the historical logic method; the methodical overcoming of the concept of immobility, in favour of a dynamic affirmation intended as cultural growth.
High Five have two recordings to their credit both for Via Veneto Jazz: "Jazz For More" (2002) with Julian Oliver Mazzariello at the piano, and “Jazz Desire” recorded in 2004.

Daniele Scannapieco: quintet's co-leader, possesses a reliable sound, a profound theorical knowledge- due also to his beginnings as a clarion player and being himself the son of a musician- is a connoisseur of tenor and high sax and perfectly embodies the idea of modern musician. He also has an excellent historical qualification and a profound knowledge of a tradition which he deeply loves and constantly revises with a rare clarity of expression. He boasts collaborations with renowned artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater ( he even took part at the recordings of "This Is New"), Maria Pia De Vito, Stefano Di Battista and Flavio Boltro. Since '99 he has been regularly performing in France where he's held in great esteem. Among his latest creations we can find the Salerno Liberty City Band, where he performes with other committed musicians, and "Never More", recorded for Via Veneto Jazz, where he masterly plays a leader role.

Luca Mannutza was born in Cagliari in 1968. He has being playing piano since he was a child and graduated from the G. P. da Palestrina at the age of eighteen. By that period he started approaching progressive rock, discovering Weathering Report, and in the early 90s he started a collaboration with the Argentinian saxophonist Hector Costita. At the same time he came in touch with Andy Gravish first and, later on, with the italian musical scene marked by Paolo Fresu and Paolo Gianmarco. By June 2002 he won the Massimo Urbani Prize and can be traced in quartet with Max Ionata, with whom he also presents a valid duo on Joe Henderson's compositions.
Pietro Ciangaglini is a thirty years old Roman, graduated in double bass from the conservatory "L.Refice" in Frosinone. He's one of the most active artists of the Roman circle, and boasts excellent partnerships such as Rosario Giuliani, Lee Konitz, Rita Marcotulli, Ada Montellanico And Pietro Tonolo. In 2002 he recorded his first album as a leader, “Italian Jazz Graffiti” for Isma Records.

Lorenzo Tucci is an unbelivable drummer whose technique is the result of a scrupulous scomposition both of afro-american drumming, which goes from Elvin Jones to Tony Williams, and of Shally Manne and Buddy Rich's impressionism. He often performes together with Rosario Giuliani, he is a High Five's member and is part of the group of musicians recruited by Nicola Conta to his crossover projects. 2001 is the year of his first album, "Sweet Revelation" (Philology).