Leonardo Cesari

Leonardo Cesari Jazz Combo was born out of the quest for a sound that weds the jazz of the 1950s and 60s with the rhythms distilled from contemporary club music. Here are ten original soundtracks, that experiment with the fine line between musical tradition and faster-paced moods, played by the typical jazz formation: the quintet. Federico Pascucci plays the tenor sax, Claudio Corvini the trumpet, Bruno Salicone the piano, Gabriele Greco doublebass, and Leonardo Cesari the drums (Cesari came up with the idea for the album and is also its arranger and producer). In the tracks, some of which are very rhythmic and danceable, one can glean the legacy of jazz legends like Horace Silver, Cannonbal Adderly and Lee Morgan.

Leonardo Cesari is an Italian multi-instrumentalist – drummer, percussionist, pianist and keyboardist – as well as a producer, composer and arranger. Trained through both formal musical studies and hands-on experience in jazz, he has developed a personal language that blends tradition with contemporary research. 

A Modern Architect of Italian Groove. A versatile architect of rhythm, he merges the soul of a pianist with a drummer’s instinct into an avant-garde jazz aesthetic deeply rooted in his Italian heritage. 

A true guardian of the “Tricolore groove,” he has spent decades conducting a philological study of 1970s poliziottesco funk, distilling the urban energy of driving basslines and sharp brass stabs. His writing serves as a devoted tribute to the soundtracks of Italy’s golden age, surgically evoking the smoky atmospheres of classic noir, thriller, and spy cinema.Far from a mere exercise in nostalgia, he masterfully weaves modern textures and contemporary sonics into the orchestral fabric, refreshing the legacy of the great masters for the modern ear. Each arrangement transforms the suspense of the past into a vibrant, pulse-pounding vision where rigorous historical research meets the cutting edge of stylistic innovation. Founder of Tiromancino and KlezRoym, he has performed as drummer for Alex Britti.

Started playng drum at five years old, with his father , a jazz legend Umberto Cesari.He has played and he plays among the others with:

Asha Puthli, Ares Tavolazzi, , Hot club de zazz,

Alex Britti, , Sergio Cammariere,

Born in 1988, Federico Pascucci  starts to attend the Testaccio School of Music in Rome at the age of five. He plays with the Testaccio Jazz Orchestra as first alto sax and with this orchestra he meets many good musicians like the awesome vocalist Joy Garrison, daughter of Jimmy Garrison.  Sometime he’s also a guest of Banda della S.P.M.T. as a soloist in gigs or tours. During 2006 he’s selected by the Italian national television (RAI) to play live as a young soloist with the Rai Orchestra. In the same year he attends the international summer jazz workshop of Siena Jazz, one of the highest masterclasses in Italy, where he meets and studies with the best jazz players of Italy like Franco D’Andrea, S.Battaglia, Succi, Zenni and he plays as first alto sax in the Siena Jazz Big Band conducted by Giancarlo Gazzani

Claudio Corvini roman by adoption, he was involved in his first wokrs in 1980 with RAI Orchestra with Maestri  Bruno Canfora, Gianni Ferrio , Berto Pisano Lelio Luttazzi  –  afterwards with  Ennio Morricone – Armando Trovajoli. He played with various groups in the Capital as first trumpet player and soloist. (Roberto Gatto, Giovanni Tommaso, Danilo Rea , Dino Piana, Franco Piana, Gianni Basso Oscar Valdambrini, Antonello Salis, Javier Girotto.) and Americans ( George Garzone, Steve Turre’, Natilie Cole, Donald Harrison, Oracio el negro ernandez , Steve Grossman, Gary Bartz, Harvey swartz, Yousef Lateef, Gunter  Schuller, with him the first in Italy of Epitaph, Tony Scott, Carl Anderson, kenny wheeler, Bill Holman, Uri Cane, Claudio Roditi, Maria Schneider, Bob Brookmeyer, Steve Turre, Slide Hampoton).

Gabriele Greco doublebass, was born in the 84. Education: Santa Cecilia Conservatorio, Scuola Popolare Testaccio, Saint Luiss College. He played with the Mambo24 Orchestea Cubana”Pepito”

Bruno Salicone was born in Battipaglia November 20, 1982 ..He began his musical journey at the age of 16 years with Master Francesco Nastro. He had the pleasure of sharing stages with such mucisicisti Frabrizio Bosso, Daniele Scannapieco, Jerry Popolo, Phil Markovic. Fascinated by the Cuban music became part of the group “CONJUNTO Sabroson.