Time Change

Luca Pissavini is a double bassist, electric bassist and string multi-instrumentalist whose interests include electronics and acousmatic music. His work crosses jazz, improvisation, contemporary music, experimental songwriting and progressive music, with collaborations extending to theatre. He plays electric bass in Romeo Velluto’s VelvEtnoJazz project alongside drummer Stefano Lecchi. The trio’s recording Time Change draws on the meeting of jazz with Mediterranean, Balkan and Latin musical influences.

Raffaele Brancati is an Italian woodwind player whose instruments include saxophone, flute and clarinet. He studied saxophone at the Francesco Morlacchi Conservatory in Perugia and pursued jazz training in Tuscany. His performing activities include jazz and collaborations crossing musical traditions. On VelvEtnoJazz’s Time Change he appears as a guest musician, playing alto flute on Agua de coco.

Romeo Velluto is a guitarist and composer whose VelvEtnoJazz project brings jazz into dialogue with Mediterranean, Balkan and Latin musical influences. He began developing this repertoire in 2009, releasing the project’s first album in 2011. Its performing history includes Ronnie Scott’s in London, the Blue Note in Milan and the Tuscia Jazz Festival. Musicians associated with the project have included Yuri Goloubev and Luca Segala. On Time Change, Velluto performs with bassist Luca Pissavini and drummer Stefano Lecchi.

Stefano Lecchi is an Italian drummer whose musical path began in metal bands before turning to jazz. He studied at Milan’s Civici Corsi di Jazz, spent four years in Berlin and later graduated from the Vittadini Conservatory in Pavia. His activities include jazz ensembles and projects in Milan and Berlin. A longstanding member of Ferdinando Faraò’s Artchipel Orchestra, he has participated in numerous recordings and concerts at festivals including Umbria Jazz and the North Sea Jazz Festival. He joins Romeo Velluto and Luca Pissavini on Time Change.

Romeo Velluto is a guitarist and composer whose VelvEtnoJazz project brings jazz into dialogue with Mediterranean, Balkan and Latin musical influences. He began developing this repertoire in 2009, releasing the project’s first album in 2011. Its performing history includes Ronnie Scott’s in London, the Blue Note in Milan and the Tuscia Jazz Festival. Musicians associated with the project have included Yuri Goloubev and Luca Segala. On Time Change, Velluto performs with bassist Luca Pissavini and drummer Stefano Lecchi.