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FRANCESCO CUSA & THE ASSASSINS meets DUCCIO BERTINI: “BLACK POKER”

by Francesco Cusa

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Clubs/Fiori 06:55
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Dr. Akagi 03:28
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Interludio 02:32
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Kirtimukha 04:10
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Elegia 02:59

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Here is a record of crossed challenges. A band (The Assassins) with a vocation to improvise freely is co-operating with a classical chamber string ensemble (Florence Art Quartet) specialized in the interpretation of written compositions, determining a very special way to combine two different musical worlds. Drummer Francesco Cusa assumed that task as a composer and an improviser and asked for an experienced partner in order to establish the necessary arrangements and applied strategies, someone who works either with jazz big bands and symphonic orchestras, Duccio Bertini. Italian creative jazz may not be widely known outside of its frontiers, but considering what “Black Poker” show us, we wonder why this happens. The music is organized by parallel planes and these frequently imply the gradual re-composition of the original ideas, in a constant renewal and adaptation of all the parameters. Always searching for the best combination of what comes from the two quartets, without “jazzifying” the strings or turning classical the jazz combo, what you find here is pure gold. That something which defines a good poker player «who deals with hazard and parsimony», to use Cusa’s own words.

HERE A VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwi9H2Twr9c&t=486s

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released November 1, 2018

Francesco Cusa drums
The Assassins:
Giulio Stermieri hammond, piano | Flavio Zanuttini trumpet, electronics | Giovanni Benvenuti tenor sax
Florence Art Quartet:
Daniele Iannaccone violin | Lorenzo Borneo violin | Agostino Mattioni viola | Cristiano Sacchi cello
Duccio Bertini keyboards (on “Elegia”)
*All compositions by Francesco Cusa arranged for strings by Duccio Bertini.

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Francesco Cusa Catania, Italy

Francesco Cusa
Drummer, composer and writer, Francesco Cusa was born in Catania in 1966. He performed with well-known musicians.
He was promoting member of Bassesfere Collective and is currently involved in an association for promoting improvised and avant-garde music, the project/label "Improvvisatore Involontario". He is also a writer of books of novels and poems
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