
{"id":20692,"date":"2012-01-22T11:20:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T09:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gdapress.it\/it\/?p=20692"},"modified":"2012-01-22T11:20:48","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T09:20:48","slug":"michael-blake-kingdom-of-champa-ad-aperitivo-in-concertomilano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gdapress.it\/it\/index.php\/20692\/musica\/michael-blake-kingdom-of-champa-ad-aperitivo-in-concertomilano.html","title":{"rendered":"MICHAEL BLAKE &#038; KINGDOM OF CHAMPA ad Aperitivo in Concerto,Milano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; color: red; font-size: 24pt\">Aperitivo in Concerto 2011-2012<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; color: red; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\">TEATRO MANZONI &#8211; Via Manzoni, 42 &#8211; Milano<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><u><span style=\"font-family: 'bookman old style'; font-size: 14pt\"><o:p><span style=\"text-decoration: none\"><font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><font color=\"#000000\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><u><span style=\"font-family: 'bookman old style'; font-size: 24pt\">COMUNICATO STAMPA<\/span><\/u><\/i><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><u><span style=\"font-family: 'bookman old style'; font-size: 24pt\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: 18pt\"><font color=\"#000000\">Domenica, 22 Gennaio 2012, ore 11.00<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; color: blue; font-size: 18pt\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><u><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: georgia; color: blue; font-size: 20pt; mso-ansi-language: en-gb\">PRIMA EUROPEA<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: georgia; color: red; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: en-gb\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><u><span style=\"font-family: georgia; color: red; font-size: 18pt\">Un grande sassofonista e un fascinoso viaggio musicale nel cuore dell&rsquo;Asia<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; color: red; font-size: 18pt\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: georgia; color: red; font-size: 26pt; mso-ansi-language: en-gb\">MICHAEL BLAKE<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: georgia; color: red; font-size: 26pt; mso-ansi-language: en-gb\">&amp; <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">KINGDOM<\/st1:placetype> OF <st1:placename w:st=\"on\">CHAMPA<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-gb\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: en-gb\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">sassofoni tenore e soprano<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-ansi-language: en-gb\">Michael Blake<\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: en-gb\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: en-gb\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: en-gb\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">tromba, tromba a coulisse<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-ansi-language: en-gb\">Steven Bernstein<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: en-gb\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: en-gb\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: en-gb\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">flauti<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; 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mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic\">Bryan Carrott<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">tuba<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; 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mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic\">Tony Scherr<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">batteria e percussioni<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic\">Billy Martin<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">batteria e percussioni<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic\">Hamid Drake<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><u><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">&ldquo;Aperitivo in Concerto&rdquo;<\/span><\/u><\/i><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><u><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">, domenica 22 gennaio 2012, alle ore 11.00, presso il Teatro Manzoni di Milano (via Manzoni, 42), ospita un entusiasmante progetto del tenorista <\/span><\/u><\/b><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Michael Blake<\/span><\/u><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><u><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">, voce fra le pi&ugrave; originali e poetiche della musica improvvisata di oggi, musicista ben conosciuto anche per le sue collaborazioni con Ben Allison, Enrico Rava, Steven Bernstein, Giovanni Guidi e i <i>Lounge Lizards<\/i>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Kingdom of Champa<\/span><\/i><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"> &egrave; un&rsquo;appassionante lettura\/ricordo di un viaggio, musicale e culturale, compiuto dallo stesso Blake in Vietnam dopo la fine delle guerra con gli Stati Uniti. Non &egrave; casuale che questo appassionante lavoro musicale si riferisca non al Vietnam in generale ma al mitico regno di Champa, che fior&igrave; nell&#39;attuale Vietnam centro-meridionale tra il VII e il XV secolo ed ebbe il suo apogeo nel IX e X secolo: si tratt&ograve;, infatti, di una vicenda storica peculiare. Nel regno di Champa, infatti, non era la cultura d&rsquo;origine cinese a dominare, bens&igrave; quella hindu: a partire dal IV secolo venne adottato il sanscrito come lingua colta e l&#39;induismo come religione, e in particolare il culto di Shiva. A partire dal X secolo il commercio marittimo arabo nella regione introdusse inoltre crescenti influssi islamici. Un impasto interculturale fuori dal comune, dunque, che ha caratterizzato in modo particolare un&rsquo;intera area del Sudest asiatico, lasciando tracce che Blake ricupera con infallibile senso poetico. Le affascinanti e incantatorie melodie di una tradizione antichissima vengono reinventate, reinterpretate, e rese trascinanti e coinvolgenti elementi di una performance avventurosa, quasi teatrale, da un gruppo musicale che comprende una pletora di artisti di eccezionale notoriet&agrave; come il batterista Hamid Drake, il vibrafonista Bryan Carrott, la flautista Nicole Mitchell, il trombettista Steven Bernstein, il chitarrista David Tronzo e altri ancora.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">MICHAEL BLAKE<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Il sassofonista canadese <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Michael Blake<\/b> &egrave; cresciuto a Vancouver, una delle citt&agrave; pi&ugrave; dinamiche del Nord America per quanto riguarda la scena jazzistica, e ha avuto la possibilit&agrave; di partecipare al Banff Jazz Workshop, con musicisti del calibro di Cecil Taylor, Kenny Wheeler e Steve Coleman. Si &egrave; poi trasferito a New York, dove nel 1990 John Lurie lo scopr&igrave; mentre suonava in un club e l&#39;invit&ograve; a unirsi ai suoi Lounge Lizards, una delle band pi&ugrave; influenti di quel periodo, nella quale Blake si concentr&ograve; sul sassofono soprano. Nel <st1:metricconverter productid=\"1997 ha\" w:st=\"on\">1997 ha<\/st1:metricconverter> inciso il suo primo album, l&#39;evocativo &quot;Kingdom of Champa&quot; prodotto da Teo Macero, il leggendario produttore che ha a lungo affiancato Miles Davis ed ha innovato le tecniche di registrazione nel jazz. L&rsquo;album integrava jazz e influenze vietnamite creando come un toccante diario sonoro del viaggio di Blake nel Sud-Est asiatico. Michael Blake fa parte del Jazz Composer Collective che ha realizzato gli importanti Cd dell&#39;Herbie Nichols Project. Dopo due altri album di grande impatto come &#39;Drift&#39; (2001)e &#39;Elevated&#39; (2002) Down Beat ha incluso Blake nella propria classifica dei musicisti emergenti. Sino ad oggi Blake, che &egrave; anche un insegnante apprezzato ed impegnato internazionalmente, ha firmato dieci incisioni come leader ed ha partecipato ad innumerevoli altri gruppi e progetti, a fianco di artisti come Ben Allison, Steven Bernstein, Kresten Osgood, John Lurie.<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 187.5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><b><u><span style=\"font-family: 'bookman old style'; color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: arial\"><font size=\"3\">Prevendita<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: arial\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font size=\"3\">Biglietto &euro; 12 + &euro; 1 prevendita<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; 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