Workshops JRP Aktuelles Workshopprogramm

Sonntag, 11.10.2020

10-18 Uhr

Kleiner Saal/Aula

SOUNDSVILLE (Alberto Marsico - Hammond Organ, Gio Rossi - Drums, Lars Kutschke guitar)

WORKSHOP: THE ETIQUETTE OF ENSEMBLE PLAYING

Subjects: 

- how to place the tunes into the set list

- Introduction, endings

- solos: how many, order of solos, etc...

- accompaniment: how to comp behind solos or singers

- the Dynamics. how to build up (or bring down) the dynamics of your solo.

- improvising, phrasing and musical decisions: how to tell an interesting story, develop phrases, playing the chord changes vs. ignoring them

- to play or not to play: using rests and laying out as a powerful tool

- how to interpret themes and melodies

Alberto, Gio and Lars …

share a deep love for the Blues , Gospel and Spiritual music. Those form the core ingredients of the sound of the Trio, and are melted with Jazz Elements, Funk and Soul and an occasional leap over the Ocean to British Rock, The Fab Four all the way to Hard Rock and Psychedelic. So, naturally Soundsville’s repertoire besides Originals (mainly written by Marsico) contains Gospel- and Blues Standards as well as re-makes of Hits by Lennon/ Mc Cartney and Steely Dan , Billy Preston or Donnie Hathaway. There’s plenty of love for Jazz and improvisational finesse to dig into - but the Trio’s sound is always deeply rooted in Alberto’s and Gio’s rock-solid Grooves and they make sure to take it back to greasy soulful Blues whenever they feel they want to.

The band has two albums available:

SOUNDSVILLE and BLUES FOR ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Soundsville is happy to come to a town near You soon! Check out sounds and videos here and make sure to catch them live.

Alberto Marsico 

started playing piano but quickly switched to Hammond organ under the guidance of such masters as Jack Mc Duff (1994) and Shirley Scott (1996). He loves all musical styles that involve the Hammond organ and is at home playing blues, soul, gospel and jazz. Alberto has toured and recorded all over the world: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sydney, Singapore, Bangkok, Shanghai, Tokyo, London, Moscow, Oslo, Berlin, Brussels, Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam. He held workshops and organ masterclasses all over Europe in the most prestigious Conservatories (Leizpig, Dresden, Enschede, Oslo, Naples). In 2014 Alberto was featured in two Verve Records Cds, with Fabrizio Bosso and Jeremy Monteiro. He also recorded six Cds as a leader and over fifty as a sideman.

Gio Rossi

is looking back at 30 years of activity as a drummer in the field of Jazz and Blues, Big Band, Theatres, Cruise Ships. He has collaborated with world-class artists such as Joey de Francesco, Jesse Davis, Tad Robinson, Alex Schultz, Sugar Ray Norcia, Scott Hamilton and many others. He has participated in many international festival: North Sea Jazz Festival (with Soundsville), Cognac Blues, Ascona Jazz, Manly Jazz Festival to name a few, also performing in many clubs in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sydney, Moscow, Singapore, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Bruxelles, Kuala Lampur, Amsterdam, Prague, Oslo and many other cities worldwide.

Gio Rossi has recorded more that 40 Cds.