Le trombe del Re


Fabrizio Bosso : trumpet
Flavio Boltro : trumpet
Luca Mannutza : piano
Luca Bulgarelli: double bass
Lorenzo Tucci: drums

Inimitable style, first-rate quality, dynamism, vigorous execution and high-speed rhythm, associated with refined combinations and a large range of sonorities and possible resources.
All this and much more is what Fabrizio and Flavio have in common. First of all, their native city, Turin. Secondly, their talent for transforming elusive looks into sounds. They celebrate together on stage. And, as in every self-respecting celebration, a culture is represented and a tradition is carried on: the exaltation of miths and rites. In this way the two artists pay tribute to as many trumpet players of the history of jazz, Freddie Hubberd and Lee Morgan. Two king's trumpets, which have been for both the artists source of inspiration for their individual artistic progress. And this is the myth. As for the rite, it emerges when the quintet - whose rhythmicity is enriched by Mannutza at the piano, Bulgarelli at the double bass and Tucci at the drums - concentrates on the original sections of the repertory, composed by both of them: atmospheres that are sophisticated and sensitive, never over-conceptual, lyrical but controlled. Flavio and Fabrizio have known each other for a long time; Fabrizio was a child, and still remembers:"I had a real flash when, as a child, I heard him playing for the first time. My father, an amateur trumpeter, used to study with him, in Turin, and one day, I was already devoted to trumpet, I went to his musical show, and I told myself: I want to play like Boltro!" Today, they're at the same level. They embrace in a complicited dualism which rapidly turns into a hard fight. In both cases they make their trumpets blare. The king's trumpets.
Flavio Boltro was born in Turin in 1961 and graduated from his city's conservatory. He was spotlighted in the italian scene by the mid '80s - also performing with Maurizio Gianmarco's Lingomania - before starting collaborations with remarkable musicians such as Steve Grossman, Cedar Walton, Bob Berg, Don Cherry, Billy Hart e Billy Higgins. From 1990 he has taken part in many festivals and tours with Freddie Hubbard and Jimmy Cobb, and afterwards he started collaborations with Laurent Cugny, between 1994 and 1994, and Aldo Romano and working more often in France.
Formerly trumpeter in Michel Petrucciani's sextet, Boltro's a very active part of Stefano di Battista's quintet (later on known as Battista/Boltro's quintet). He has cut several records as a leader, some of which with Blue Note label. Among these is to be remembered the high quality “Road Runner”.
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.
Luca Bulgarelli is one of the current greatest young double bass players; he also plays the electric bass and is interested in digital instruments. Gifted with high technical mastery, deep and rich expressive sensibility, coming from Abruzzo but living in Rome, he is proving to be an encyclopedic musician who is building himself an important role in other many important projects such as Roberto Gatto's duo, Sergio Cammariere's band, in partnership with Ada Montellanico ed Enrico Pieranunzi. He is the leader of a spectacular quartet with Bosso himself at the drums, Gianluca Putrella at the trombone and the eclectic Mr. Fabietto at the electronic instruments.
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).