../ quintorigo play mingus
It’s much more than a jazz concert or a tribute: Quintorigo play Mingus is a show in which particular arrangements of the renowned Mingus’ repertoire are played together with significant readings from his autobiography and from his last wife Sue’s passionate biography.
A refined and essential scenography is made of lights, videos and few objects, and it mixes vintage, post-modern and technology. Videos are created from the bassist-composer’s documentaries and concerts: upon them an original background-accompaniment-counterpoint is placed and mixed by the band.
The result is an involving and poetic dialogue between Quintorigo and Mingus, jazz and contaminations, past and present.
Luisa plays her role sometimes as a vocalist-instrument and sometimes as an actress-storyteller.
Quintorigo
Without any doubt Quintorigo is one of the most original and interesting bands of the last years.
A band (saxophone, violin, cello, double-bass, voice) which owns rare versatility and instrumental skill, and dare to mix classic, rock, jazz, punk, reggae, funky, blues. They uses electronics, effects and distortion together with acoustic sounds, in service of particular arrangement which are perfectly ricognizable by the audience.
During the years Quintorigo has been reaching a huge live experience, being on the stage all over Italy. Among the most important awards: first prize at Arezzo Wave 1998, Critics Award and Best Arrangement Award at Festival di Sanremo 1999, Best Opera Prima Award at Premio Tenco 1999, Best Arrangement Award at Festival di Sanremo 2001. The band took part in several shows and festivals such as 1st May at Rome, Umbria Jazz, Premio Ciampi, Premio Recanati, AlterFesta in Cisternino, Mittelfeste in Cividale del Friuli, Musicultura in Macerata, Cross-Road Jazz Festival, Fiera del Libro in Torino , broadcasted live on RAI (Italian national tv). They also featured many broadcastings such as Premio Tenco (RAI), “Parla con me” with Serena Dandini (RAI 3), “Village” on Radio-Rai, Radio Deejay broadcastings…
The band collaborated with such artists as Roberto Gatto, Enrico Rava, Antonello Salis, Gabriele Mirabassi , Franco Battiato, Carmen Consoli, Ivano Fossati.
After separation from vocalist John De Leo in 1995 Luisa Cottifogli took his place.
Quintorigo recorded six cds:
Rospo, Grigio, In cattività (Universal), Il Cannone, Quinto, Quintorigo play Mingus (Exess).
