Album
Jazz Comp Graz 2017
Gabriele di Franco: Composer of "Aspetta", awarded second best composer
About the compilation
This compilation includes the live performance of the Jazz Comp Graz 2017 final. Gabriele was awarded as second best composer, with his composition 'Aspetta'.
The jury: Ed Partyka (chairman), Michael Abene, John Hollenbeck, Jörg Achim Keller.
The finalists: Cinzia Catania (CH), "Anatomy of Melancholy". Gabriele di Franco (IT), "Aspetta". Jakob Helling (DE), "Not Yet". Tobias Hoffmann (DE), "Unforeseen Fantasy". Christoph Klenner (DE), "Meltdown". Henri Lyysaari (FI), "Child of Spring". Ursula Reicher (AT), "Do You Feel?". Anna-Lena Schnabel (DE), "Toy". Suzan R. Veneman (NL), "The Start of Something Good". Luise Volkmann (DE), "untitled".
The winners: 1. Cinzia Catania (CH), "Anatomy of Melancholy". 2. Gabriele di Franco (IT), "Aspetta". 3. Tobias Hoffmann (DE), "Unforeseen Fantasy".
Credits
Recorded
November 2017 at Mumuth, Kunstuniversität Graz
Sound engineers
Ulrich Gladisch, Peter Venus, Christian Scheucher, Alexander Zwierzina, Andreas Kapfer and Johannes Oppel
Produced by
Kunstuniversität Graz. Released April 2018
KUG JAZZOrchester
Ed Partyka (bandleader), Johanna Seitinger (vocals). Woodwinds: Anna Keller, Natalia Yemelianova, Francesco Longo, Jaka Arh and Cristina Miguel-Martinez. Trumpets: Markus Krofitsch, Vasileios Nalmpantis, Skyler Floe, Pongsakorn Lertvanitsutha and Volodymyr Navozenko. Trombones: Matyas Papp, Georg Klein, Simon Kintopp and Adam Ladanyi. Urs Hager (piano), Piotr Lipowicz (guitar), Tobias Melcher (bass), Bruna Matic and Johannes Kölbl (drums)