Corvini & Iodice Roma Jazz Ensemble
ENCUENTRA Javier Girotto
MUSICA ARGENTINA PARA BIG BAND

Argentinian music arranged for Big Band. The repertoire is made up of pieces by Javier Girotto, arrangements by Luigi Giannatempo (Italy), including pieces by Gabriel Perez (Argentina) who uses argentinian folklore rhythms together with those of his own. The arrangements are by M.Corvini, two pieces by Girotto and one from the CD Signor Jones composed and arranged by Pino Iodice. In 2006 they produced the first disc “Musica Argentina Para Big band” for the label Parco della Musica Recording with the orchestra under the name of PMJO (Parco della Musica Jazz Orchestra).

Corvini & Iodice ROMA JAZZ ENSEMBLE
BRIEF INFORMATION :
Started in 1993 from an idea of Pietro Iodice and from his collaboration with Mario Corvini, the project was to create an experimental workshop to build up a repertoire that would hold not only the american big band tradition but also italian original songs in the composition and in the arrangements by Pino Iodice and Mario Corvini.

The band has been described as “…one of the most brilliant group formations which includes some of the best young soloists active in Rome…”(Musica Jazz, Salvatore G. Biamonte), with musicians “ bound by the passion for music and also by the desire to make this musical project, in which they believe, grow.” (from the weekly Luci delle Città).

The band will perform for the “Formia Jazz”, Festival del Teatro Metastasio di Prato” “Festival delle Orchestre Jazz” in Campobasso and “Jazz & Image” in Rome and “goes with a following wind, from the american tradition to pure experimentation” (Messaggero, Orietta Cicchinelli), “……the public feasts on a lacerating swing with original written pages …and with new arrangements of the classics….: a huge success.” (Musica Jazz, Salvatore G. Biamonte).

Lastly, the “Corvini & Iodice Roma Jazz Ensemble” is proud of its valuable collaboration such as with Bob Mintzer, Jack Walrath and George Garzone as reported also in some of the most highly reputable newspapers ( Ira Gitler of Down Beat wrote: “.....the tenor sax George Garzone guested with the Corvini & Iodice Big Band....”) and with Yusef Lateef in the Teatro Metastasio of Prato.

. The band has already edited the first disc for the “VIA VENETO” label titled “SIGNOR JONES” which came out in the year 2000 only in the U.S.A.; for the moment the Cd “Live in Prato” for “Yal record” label with Yusef Lateef and Matt Waugh. The next CD should come out by the end of this year.

Javier Girotto
Native from Cordoba (Argentina) studied sax at the age of 10, studies that will allow him to take a specialization course at the Conservatorio Provinciale of Cordoba where he graduated as flute traversière and sax teacher. At age 21 he went to Boston (USA) where he graduated in Professional Music, magum cum laude, at the Berklee Professional Music. Founder and leader of the AIRES TANGO with whom he recorded seven CDs, his music was a mixture of tango, jazz and ethnic, characterized by much improvisation, writing and arranging.

The group consisted of piano, bass, percussion and sax. At the same time he collaborated with Roberto Gatto (drums) with whom he played for eight years, with Rita Marcotulli, Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Gianluca Putrella, Bebo Ferra, Antonello Salis, Gianni Coscia, Peppe Servillo, Furio Di Castri, Tony Scott, Arto Tuncbovacivan, Carlo Rizzo, Aldo Romano, Luis Agudo Maurizio Gianmarco, Stefano Battaglia, Michel Godard, Anouar Brahem, Gianluigi Trovesi, and many others.

Luigi Giannatempo
Giannatempo Studied first traditional composition then jazz composition and arranging with Marco Tiso, analysis and orchestration with Aldo Clementi, composition and structural analysis with Marcello Piras. He participated in the “ National Specializing Seminars” in Siena and the third class level of “ Big Band Composition and Arranging “ under the teaching of the Maestro Giancarlo Gazzani, whose assistant he became later.

Singled out by John Mosca, first trombone and present director of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, who proposed him for a scholarship, he then was admitted to the Postgraduate Diploma in Jazz/Commercial Composition at the Manhattan School of Music of New York where he studied with Richard De Rosa, Manny Albam, Edward Green, Chris Rosemberg and Dave Lalama.

He then was awarded, in the following Jazz Composition and Arranging competitions:
- 1st Classified in the International Arranging and Orchestra Composition Competition, “Barga Jazz”, for free theme arrangements.
- 1st Classified ex-equo for the “Scrivere in Jazz” International Composition Competition in Sassari, for the category of arrangements of italian pieces.
- 1st Classified at the Sassari “Scrivere in Jazz” competition, for the original-piece category.
- MSM Scholarship (New York).
- 1st Classified at the “Euro Jazz Writing Contest” competition in Paris with an original composition.
- 2nd Classified at “Barga Jazz” competition for the original-piece category.
- Honorable Mention by the jury, Enrico Pierannunzi chairman for the Competition “Tre Passi nel Delirio” in Roccella Jonica.

His music has been recorded in Italy, France, China, United States, Spain and Switzerland. He collaborated with Marco Tiso’s Big Band (guests: Paolo Fresu, Danilo Terenzi), the “Bergamo Big Band” with Rudy Migliardi, Gianluigi Trovesi, Emilio Soana , the Orchestra of the “Veneto Jazz” Festival with John Mosca, Cecil Bridgewater, Fabio Morgera and Dick Oatts. On this occasion he received a welcome citation from the american critic, Ira Gitler, of the US “Jazz Times” magazine, Sardinia’s Jazz Orchestra (guests: Paolo Fresu, Giovanni Amato, Flavio Boltro), “L’Euro Jazz Big Band” of Paris , l’Orchestre Nazionale Giovanile del Jazz, the Dolmen Orchestra (guests: Gianluigi Trovesi, Nguyen Lè), La Nuova Taverna del Gufo, La Big Band of the summer’s seminars in Siena, the Jazz Orchestra of the Manhattan School of Music of New York, the “Zurich Jazz Orchestra”, the Big Band of “Donna Olimpia” in Rome, a concert broadcast on Rai Radio Tre, the “Puglia Big Band” with Roberto Ottaviano, Gianni Lenoci…., the Orchestra Sinfonica in Valle D’Itria with Dionne Warwick and Mario Rosini, the Orchestra of the Association “Massimo Urbani” in Rome (guests: Cicci Santucci, Sandro Satta, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Luigi Bonafede, Riccardo Fassi, Nicola Stilo and Marcello Rosa), broadcast on RadioTre for the “Jazz Suite” program. He was responsabile for the arrangements of Guido Di Leone’s disc “Isole” with Giuseppe Bassi, Massimo Manzi, Marco Sannini and the Brass Quintet “Ottonando”.

In May 2004, The Sardinia Jazz Orchestra placed an order for him to compose an original work for the “Jazzop” review with guest soloist, Javier Girotto, with whom he continued collaborating, writing the arrangements for Sax and String Quartet. He was among the arrangers of the “Corvini-Iodice Roma Jazz Ensemble Encuentra Javier Girotto”, an argentinian music project which resulted in the union of the prestigious Roman Big Band and the Argentinian sax player.

He was invited to be part of the judges’ board and of the “Scrivere in Jazz” competition in Sasari. He worked as arranger for pop music and composed and arranged for saxophone quartet, wind instruments quintet, string ensemble and chorus He directed various vocal ensembles (Raiuno, musical, theatrical performences, concerts). He dedicated him self to didactic activities and taught composition and arranging for classes and seminars of Music Conservatories and private schools. At the moment, he teaches Jazz Composition and Arrangment for the Conservatory of Cosenza, first level of the advanced Tri-annual course and the second level of the advanced Bi-annual course.

Technical Data Corvini Iodice R.J.E.
1) N.° 1 podium 20 cm. high 8mx 6m. or n° 2 podia 4m x 6m of different hights
2) N.° 13 chairs without arms;
3) N.° 15 music stands;
4) Grand piano;
5) Amplification equipment suitable to the space;
6) A mixer with 24 channels with a minimum of 4 monitor
7) N° 8 monitors;
8 ) Microphones for the 4 trumpet’s amplification, 4 trombones, 5 saxophones, grand piano, drums, double bass with microphone on satnd.

Expences:
For the Big Band:
Within 200 Km € 200,00 for each musician for a total of € 3200,00 (tax not included ) plus travel expences, approximatly € 125,00 for 4 cars, total 500,00 plus dinner, for a total of € 3200,00. A Hotel if necessary. Over 200 Km € 300,00 for each musician, for a total of € 4800,00 (tax not included) plus travel expences depending upon the distance for 4 cars, plus bed and board. For Javier Girotto 500 euros (tax not included) plus travel expences and board.