11/05/2017 Live @ Teatro Metropolitano Astra - San Donà di Piave (VE)
voice - Giorgia Vianello
piano - Giacomo Franzoso
drums - Igor Checchini
double bass - Daniele Vianello

San Donà 2017 Audio

Azure (Duke Ellingtone)- Giorgia Vianello Quartet - Live

Come Sunday (Duke Ellington) - Giorgia Vianello Quartet - Live

Heaven (Duke Ellington) - Giorgia Vianello Quartet - Live

T.G.T.T. (Duke Ellington) - Giorgia Vianello Quartet - Live

Strange Visitor (Alice Babs) - Giorgia Vianello Quartet - Live

Take Love Easy (Duke Ellington) - Giorgia Vianello Quartet - Live

The No Words Babs concert proposal comes out from an artistic research project developed by Giorgia Vianello (voice) during her musical studies in jazz singing. The program is focused on the selection of pieces belonging to the vocal repertoire of the Swedish singer Alice Babs (1924-2014). 
This program nominates works that engaged Alice both as a performer and as a composer. In fact, with Alice’s original pieces, are presented other compositions by Duke Ellington, since this last figure played an important role during the artistic career, in terms of collaborations and spiritual affinity. 



This specific selection of pieces comes from the will to describe and underline the unconventional aspect of the female voice, a very special quality that made Alice Babs’ performances unique during all her career. The leading practice is the curiosity of exploring those vocal ranges that are uncommon in the “usual” jazz praxis. Indeed, the variations of the themes and the improvisations are mostly oriented to melodic patterns that engage notes from the acute range. A further aspect that stands out from the artistic identity of Alice is the absent of lyrics. The voice is not anymore a simple interpreter of a text, but its role is more like a proper instrument that becomes part of the ensemble. This new characterization expresses itself along with a woodwind instrument, but far from the idea of its imitation.