One of the reasons that inspired the birth of Pasta Nera Jazz Project is to find a connection between Jazz and popular tradition of the Gargano and Dauni Mountains (Puglia, Italy).
This musical project is a tribute to the popular tradition of Capitanata (Foggia) and its background of sound, instruments and past lives.
Pasta Nera Jazz Project aims for the ancient tone entrenched in several sound-cultural influences as time went on.
Popular tradition meets Jazz, this is the fascinating perk this project offers. A voyage among the stories and the joy of Carpino’s Tarantella, Dauni Mountains and the most beautiful love ballads, hard work and injustice ones written by the storyteller Matteo Salvatore. Moreover, these melodies are interpreted in a more modern and passionate Jazz key coming up with original compositions.
The Pasta Nera Jazz Project was born in 2018 thanks to the meeting of two musicians from Capitanata: the pianist and composer Felice Lionetti and the saxophonist and clarinetist Antonio Pizzarelli, both being two jazzmen and traditional music lovers. Played a big part in this project contrabass player Giovanni Mastrangelo and drummer Antonio Cicoria.