Prospettive

The Blue Prospective
Paolo Recchia, Alt Saxophone
Jordan Corda, Vibraphone
Andrea Mellace, Marimba

Born from the collaboration and strong artistic connection of three established Italian musicians:
Paolo Recchia on alto saxophone, Jordan Corda on vibraphone, and Andrea Mellace on marimba.
The Blue Prospective is a project distinguished by vibrant energy and refined musical research.
This unconventional trio creates enveloping, powerful soundscapes: the instrumental mastery of the
three musicians, the rich sonic blend shaped through deep and meticulous arranging work, and a
carefully curated repertoire — ranging from mainstream to contemporary jazz, from original
compositions to distinctive arrangements and reinterpretations — together with the group’s strong
improvisational spirit, lead audiences into a unique musical experience.

Bobby Hutcherson (January 27, 1941 – August 15, 2016) was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. "Little B's Poem", from the 1966 Blue Note album Components, is one of his best-known compositions.[2][3][4][5] Hutcherson influenced younger vibraphonists including Steve Nelson, Joe Locke, and Stefon Harris.

Horace Silver
(b Norwalk, CT, 2 Sept 1928). American jazz pianist, bandleader and composer. As a child he was exposed to Cape Verdean folk music performed by his father, who was of Portuguese descent. He began studying the saxophone and the piano in high school, when his influences were blues singers such as Memphis Slim and boogie-woogie and bop pianists, especially Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. In 1950 Stan Getz made a guest appearance in Hartford, Connecticut, with Silver’s trio, and subsequently engaged the group to tour regularly with him. Silver remained with Getz for a year, during which time three of his compositions, Penny, Potter’s Luck (written for Tommy Potter) and Split Kick, were recorded by the band for the Roost label.

By 1951 Silver had developed sufficient confidence to move to New York, where he performed with such established professionals as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Oscar Pettiford and Art Blakey. In 1952 he was engaged by Lou Donaldson for a recording session with Blue Note; this led to his own first recordings as a leader and to an exclusive relationship with Blue Note for the next 28 years. From 1953 to 1955 he played in a cooperative band called the Jazz Messengers which he led with Blakey. By 1956, however, he was performing and recording solely as the leader of his own quintet, while Blakey continued as leader of the Jazz Messengers.

Silver’s music was a major force in modern jazz on at least four counts. He was the first important pioneer of the style known as hard bop, which combined elements of rhythm-and-blues and gospel music with jazz, influencing pianists such as Bobby Timmons, Les McCann and Ramsey Lewis. Second, the instrumentation of his quintet (trumpet, tenor saxophone, piano, double bass and drums) served as a model for small jazz groups from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. Further, Silver’s ensembles provided an important training ground for young players, many of whom (such as Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Blue Mitchell, Woody Shaw, Benny Golson and Joe Henderson) later led similar groups of their own. Finally, Silver refined the art of composing and arranging for his chosen instrumentation to a level of craftsmanship as yet unsurpassed in jazz. He is a prolific composer, and one of very few jazz musicians to record almost exclusively original material; his work consistently combines simplicity and profundity in a rhythmically infectious style which, despite its sophistication, sounds completely natural. Several of his compositions have become jazz standards.

From the mid-1960s Silver wrote lyrics as well as music for a series of three quintet recordings, The United States of Mind, and recorded a number of albums featuring the quintet with ensembles of brass, woodwind, percussion, voices and strings. His quintet continued to tour regularly in the 1980s, performing a wide range of material from his impressive and influential library of original works.

Joshua Redman (born February 1, 1969) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is the son of jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman (1931–2006).

Mulgrew Miller (August 13, 1955 – May 29, 2013) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. As a child he played in churches and was influenced on piano by Ramsey Lewis and then Oscar Peterson. Aspects of their styles remained in his playing, but he added the greater harmonic freedom of McCoy Tyner and others in developing as a hard bop player and then in creating his own style, which influenced others from the 1980s on.

After leaving university he was pianist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra for three years, then accompanied vocalist Betty Carter. Three-year stints with trumpeter Woody Shaw and with drummer Art Blakey's high-profile Jazz Messengers followed, by the end of which Miller had formed his own bands and begun recording under his own name. He was then part of drummer Tony Williams' quintet from its foundation, while continuing to play and record with numerous other leaders, mostly in small groups.

Miller was director of jazz studies at William Paterson University from 2005, and continued to play and tour internationally with other high-profile figures in the music until his death from a stroke at the age of 57.

Paolo Recchia was born in 1980 in Fondi, a small city of southern Pontine halfway between Rome and Naples. Since his early age, he developed a passion for the contralto saxophone, that fascinates him thanks to his father; he starts playing at the age of 11, first studying the classics, then the jazz, discovered and soon deeply loved by listening at the records of Charlie Parker and Massimo Urbani. He attended master classes held by Bob Mintzer, Rick Margitza, Billy Harper, Harry Allen, Dave Liebman, Enrico Pieranunzi, Chris Potter, Rosario Giuliani, Paolo Fresu.

Seamus Blake is a renowned tenor saxophonist and composer celebrated for his

virtuosic playing and innovative contributions to contemporary jazz.

In 2002, Blake won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Saxophone

Competition. Known for his bold improvisations and sophisticated compositions, he

has released over a dozen albums as a leader, including *The Call* (1993),

*Way Out Willy* (2007), and *Guardians of the Heart Machine* (2019), showcasing his

versatility across post-bop, fusion, and electronic jazz. In June 2026 Seamus will release “EH!”

that is a tribute to Eddie Harris on the Cellar live label.

In addition to leading his own bands Seamus has toured recently with Roger Waters

(Pink Floyd). Past collaborations include artists such as John Scofield, Kurt

Rosenwinkel, Bill Stewart and the Mingus Big Band. Blake’s dynamic performances

and masterful technique have solidified his reputation as one of the most influential

saxophonists of his generation.