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Thollem / Lelio Giannetto / Alessandro Librio / Eva Geraci (SIO)

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Lelio Giannetto (b. 1961) died December 19th, 2020 of complications from COVID-19 in a hospital in Palermo. He is survived by his wife, Valeria, and family as well as a profound social and musical legacy. Lelio, 'the disreputable double bass player', was the director of the Sicilian Improvisers Orchestra and the founder and director of Curva Minore, which brought countless musicians to Sicily from abroad for concerts, workshops and collaborations. I've been incredibly fortunate to call him a friend and colleague over the years as I'm sure anyone who knew him feels as well. I'm not sure there is anyone alive who has been more committed to their community nor armed with a better sense of humor. He lived an extraordinary life truly in service to music and to the welfare of others!
All proceeds of this album will be donated to Curva Minore to continue Lelio's vision and legacy.

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released November 6, 2020

Eva Geraci, Flute and Voice
Alessandro Librio, Violin
Lelio Giannetto, Double Bass
Thollem, Piano

Recorded live-in-studio on March 31st, 2019
at Almendra Music Studio (Palermo, Sicily - ITALY)
produced by Curva minore
Recording and mixing engineer: Luca Rinaudo
Producer Gianluca Cangemi

Mastered by Drake Hardin Albuquerque, NM
Cover Art by ACVilla
Layout by Tiny Little Hammers

Special thanks to Enrica Di Gangi and Valeria Cuffaro for their love and support.

Thollem was invited by Curva Minore for a 4-date tour culminating in a recording session with members of the Sicilian Improvisers Orchestra. The recording took place at Almendra Studio in Palermo March 31st, 2019 included Eva Geraci (Flute and Voice), Alessandro Librio (Violin) and Lelio Giannetto (Double Bass) . ‘The Sicilian Improvisers Orchestra (SIO) was founded in Palermo, Sicily in 2012 to perform music of our time: from forms expressed in traditional notation to the more advanced forms of random composition and instant composition. Its staff is made up of musicians from different musical and generational backgrounds. Combining music, culture and society, the ensemble has carried out a series of creative residencies for new works in collaboration with the German composer and saxophonist Silke Eberhard, the Austrian conductor Michael Fischer, the English composer Jeremy Peyton Jones, the saxophonist Edoardo Marraffa, the Berlin composer Christopher Dell, the Cologne double bass player Sebastian Gramss, the composer and virtuoso tuba interpreter Carl Ludwig Übsch, the alto and violin player from Wuppertal Gunda Gottschalk, the Dutch cellist Ernst Reijseger, the flutist and composer Gianni Trovalusci, the bass player and composer Daniele Roccato, Instant Composers Pool. SIO has performed music by Sylvano Bussotti, John Cage, Marcello Panni, Earl Brown, Franco Evangelisti, Walter Branchi, Giovanni Damiani, Federico Incardona, Giulia Tagliavia.

In 2017 the ensemble was a guest for an artistic residency in Switzerland and in 2018 it toured Estonia, Germany, France. In Sicily the SIO has collaborated with important cultural institutions: the Teatro Massimo Foundation in Palermo, the Orestiadi Foundation in Gibellina, the Valle dei Templi Archaeological Park in Agrigento, the Laudamo Philharmonic Association in Messina, the Modern Art Gallery in Palermo. The complete staff, in addition to the three musicians here with Thollem, is composed of Benedetto Basile flute, moving head flute, bass flute, Marcello Cinà soprano saxophone, Dario Compagna clarinet, bass clarinet, Beppe Viola clarinet, alto and soprano saxophone, Giuseppe Greco acoustic guitar, folk guitar, electric guitar, Gandolfo Pagano prepared guitar, Alessandra Pipitone piano.

Sicilian Improvisers Orchestra is produced by Curva minore - association for contemporary music in Palermo (Sicily).

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