Leonardo Cesari Jazz Combo
Chasing The Beat

Leonardo Cesari Jazz Combo was born from the desire to experiment with the combination of 50s/60s jazz and the rhythms derived from the contemporary club. And here are ten original songs that play on the wave of compromise between traditional heritage and more pressing atmospheres played by the typical hard bop jazz formation, the quintet, with Federico Pascucci on tenor sax, Claudio Corvini on trumpet, Bruno Salicone on piano, Gabriele Greco on double bass, and Leonardo Cesari on drums (Cesari is also the arranger, creator and producer of the album). In the compositions, some of which are very rhythmic and danceable, and in the interweaving of the wind instruments, you can feel the legacy of greats such as Horace Silver, Cannonbal Adderly, Lee Morgan. LEONARDO CESARI was born in Rome, son of Umberto Cesari “…in 1950, thirty years old, he amazed Italy with his incredible technique and was considered the best Italian pianist…” from JAZZ INCHIESTA ITALIA, page 145, by Enrico Cogno. He began playing the drums at the age of five, later perfecting his skills with Giovanni Cristiani, Roberto Gatto, Maurizio de Lazzaretti, Agostino Marangolo. From DIRTY TRICK he founded the group “TIROMANCINO” with Federico Zampaglione with whom he began an intense live and studio activity, performing more than 500 concerts.
He recorded numerous “sessions” with MASSIMO NUNZI, Trombe Rosse.
He founded a trio with ALESSANDRO GWISS (AIRES TANGO, GIANNI MORANDI etc.) and with LEONARDO DE ANGELIS, an internationally renowned concert artist.
Since 1995 he has been a drummer and founding member of “KLEZROYM”.

Members of the group:

Federico Pascucci, born in 1988. He began studying music at the Scuola Popolare di Musica di Testaccio, in Rome, at the age of five. He performed at the Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival for the young Roman jazz musicians award (Palazzo Valentini award), at the Casa dal Jazz and at the Auditorium Parco della Musica. He is also occasionally hosted as a soloist in concerts or tours of the S.P.M.T. Band. Selected by RAI, he took part in the Orchestra di Domani performing as a soloist live on the Domenica Inn program accompanied by the Rai Orchestra conducted by Pippo Caruso. He plays, composes and records, has an intense concert activity at a national level and undertakes several collaborations including with the singer-songwriter Vinicio Capossela and in New York, meets and learns from Frank London.

Claudio Corvini famous Italian trumpeter has played with: 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 Hampton

Gabriele Greco: Double bass player born in 84, studied at Santa Cecilia Conservatory, Scuola Popolare Testaccio, Saint Luiss played with Mambo24 the Cuban Orchestra “Pepito”.
Bruno Salicone, a young pianist from Salerno, was born in Battipaglia on November 20, 1982. He began his musical journey at the age of 16 with Maestro Francesco Nastro. He had the pleasure of sharing stages with musicians such as Fabrizio Bosso, Daniele Scannapieco, Jerry Popolo, Phil Markovic. Fascinated by Cuban music, he joined the group “CONJUNTO SABROSON”