Tommaso Starace Organ Trio plays Horace Silver
Tommaso Starace Trio
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Tommaso Starace – Alto and soprano – stunning saxophonist – think bebop – very much in the style of Cannonball Adderley – with a bleusy swagger – and lots of Passion!
This year Tommaso is back with his organ trio promoting his 11th CD as a band leader and first live recording performed in front of a packed house with his trio at the Beaver Inn in Appledore, a jazz institution.
Tommaso has played at all of the top Clubs and Festivals including London Jazz Festival, Brecon Jazz Festival, Pizza Express Soho, Blue Note Milano, Oxford Jazz Festival etc. He swings magnificently, playing alto and soprano saxophone with impressive post Parker felicity and Italian flair. He has performed with some of the most respected jazz musicians including Billy Cobham, David Liebman, Kenny Wheeler, Stan Sulzmann, Jim Mullen, Jonathan Gee, Paolo Pellegatti, Gianni Giudici.
Born in 1975 in Milano, Italy, Tommaso started playing the saxophone and studying music at the age of 18. He moved to the UK in 1994 where he graduated at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with a BMus first class honours and, later at the Guildhall School Of Music and Drama, with a Postgraduate Degree in jazz studies in the 2000. In 2008 Tommaso was awarded with an Honorary Membership by Birmingham Conservatoire, given to him for his significant contributions, made across the years, within the various branches of the profession.
This year Tommaso is back with his Organ Trio setting celebrating the music of Horace Silver one of the great Hard Bop pianists to emerge in the jazz scene in the 1950’s. An incredible composer who wrote some memorable and catchy tunes that to this day are a delight to perform.
Tonight’s line up is Tommaso Starace on alto and soprano saxophones, Bruno D’Ambra on Hammond Organ and Mark Whitlam on drums
“Anyone who has experienced a glissando of language on the streets of Italy will understand the utter exuberance with which Italian-born Starace attacks and runs with the language of music” – Paul Medley, Oxford Times