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Pericopes+1 (USA/IT/FR)

Pericopes + 1 is a unique sax/piano/drums “trans-atlantic” project based between NewYork/Paris/Oslo (Emi Vernizzi – sax, Nick Wight – drums, and pianist Alex Sgobbio) with a customized sounds, mixes contemporary NY influences and European styles, with post prog-rock, avantgarde. The native nucleus borned on 2007, four album released, 1st prize UmbriaJazz competition and 1st prize PadovaCarrarese competition (by PaoloFresu and MusicaJazz magazine).

Trio album These Human Beings (honored by Dave Liebman and Enrico Rava notes) have been a successful through over than seventy shows around USA/Europe tours. Since its release, These Human Beings rapidly gained attention of the international jazz press and iconic musicians. Evident in the album’s liner notes, saxophonist Dave Liebman says, “These guys have a history to be sure.” ECM artist Enrico Rava also contributes, “There is the search but also heart... there is rage and love.” The album earned over two-dozen reviews, including USA’s Downbeat, and Italy’s Musica Jazz. Additional achievements include a featured interview and performance for RAI Radio3 in Milan, an appearance on Austrian National Television, and various highlights . Pericopes + 1 began a two-week USA Album Release Tour that included concerts across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York City. The climax of the tour was performing at Brooklyn’s innovative ShapeShifter Lab, where NYC Jazz Record wrote, “This young trio discovered various moods of deep introspection.” By Autumn 2015, Pericopes + 1 made big leaps with a 52-stage tour of Europe. Visiting several countries (UK, Belgium, Germany, France, Austria, Czech Rep, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia), event organizers and journalists recognized the audience’s enthusiasm. In Austria, the Graz Jazz Nacht festival featured Pericopes + 1 with a sold-out performance at Stockwerk Jazz. Local media attended and approved with, “An original, stylish, well-balanced contribution to contemporary jazz.”   

Emi Vernizzi (sax), Alex Sgobbio (piano), Nick Wight (drums).

Admission seating CZK 250, standing CZK 180. 10% discount for both concerts.

Band website: www.pericopes.it