The high-caliber ensemble had its inception in 2019

At the core of its debut production is the fragment suite for big band, in which the composer intensely deals with changes of perspective and the relationship between electronic and manual instrumental sound generation. The result is an organic mixture of classic big band topoi, beats, samples and generative automata, which unfold in every layer and are not be limited to specific areas of the instrumentation.

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STOA Records is thrilled to announce the release of fragment. In its debut album the ruben giannotti _ jazz orchestra portrays the combination of jazz, groove and electronics from a fresh compositional perspective: that of a beat producer. This special symbiosis of jazz tradition and electronic music, realized with an outstanding band formation, is placed in the frame of modern big band by the composer Ruben Giannotti, to introduce it to the broadest possible public.

In previous projects Ruben Giannotti, as a genre frontier commuter, alredy dedicated attention to electronics, beats and the avant-garde and now assembles his ideas in a studio album, that features six original compositions and a graceful arrangement of Wayne Shorter's Ana Maria. At times the impressionist seeking atmosphere emerges,

as in ruine, in which the counterpoint is led to the limits of tonality. Elsewhere (i.e. serpent) elements of Old and New Music collide in the most direct fashion. vaermeland then again denotes an intermediate quite zone with his folkloristic tone.

The album entails unpredictabilities and without abandoning traditions of the genre resonates with the listening customs of today - possibly also with those of tomorrow.

Ruben Giannotti elucidates:

Individual components of an aesthetic are always fragmentary. Especially this compilation is just as fragmentary with regard to the selection from my Oevre for big band. Thus, fragment is a set of four snapshots, that showcase the handling of the medium big band from my very personal point of view formed through many years of immersion in and dedication to this (special) kind of jazz music. Subcutaneously, below all the choices made above lies the hopefully always clearly recognizable music policy that experimental music is allowed to moving and entertaining, while possibly also music produced for the primary purpose of entertainement should be as elaborate in its design too.

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