Under the guidance of Youngstown State University's Dr. David Morgan, star percussionist & composer brings a modern jazz twist to Italian folk songs for a very special evening in the BLU Zone!
Anthony Taddeo’s music is a reflection of his Italian-American heritage and is based on Italian folk songs he discovered while he was a student in Dr. Ewelina Boczkowska’s graduate research course. The songs were originally recorded by Smithsonian Folkways researcher Alan Lomax in various regions of Italy. Taddeo was so inspired by the music, he brought it to his jazz composition lessons with Dr. David Morgan. Under the guidance of Dr. Morgan, Taddeo re-composed and arranged the songs into modern jazz compositions.
The music can be heard at https://allaboara.bandcamp.com/releases
Anthony Taddeo’s Alla Boara is the basis of Taddeo’s graduate recitals in the degree Master of Music in Jazz Studies. All compositions and arrangements by Anthony Taddeo.
Featuring Darren Thompson, trumpet, Dan Slenscak, saxophone, Dan Mihelarakis, guitar, Brendan Gage, piano, Ian Kinnaman, bass, Anthony Taddeo, drums, Sydney DiCenzo, vocals.