The new international project of Cecilia Sanchietti, Italian drummer and composer, new quintet, in cooperation with some of the best swedish jazz musicians. This project aims to connect the Jazz North sound typical of Scandinavian countries, with the Italian melodies, typical of Cecilia compositions. The repertoire includes Cecilia new compositions and ensemble, also, with a modern sound, jazz folk, ECM style. In cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm.
The project includes the recording of a new music album, released in Spring 2021, that will be the third one by Cecilia Sanchietti.
Cecilia Sanchietti – drums and compositions
Anna Lundqvist – vocal
Linus Lidblom – clarinet and sax
Simon Westman – Piano
Josef Kallerdahl – doublebass
Watch the music trailer here.
For more information, please visit Cecilia Sanchietti’s website here or the Facebook page here.
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Cecilia Sanchietti is an Italian drummer and composer, experienced percussion teacher and Art director of JazzMine Network (gender balance in jazz). Artist in the roster of CIDIM, for the Italian Institutes of Culture abroad (Just performed in Turkey and Vatican City).
Awarded in 2019 as “New Italian jazz talent 2018 – Top Jazz”. Winner of NYC “Hit Like A Girl Contest 2017”, the sixth annual global drumming contest for female percussionists, for Sabian brand. Awarded in 2009 by Berklee College of Music of Boston with “outstanding musicianship”.
She released two Albums under her own name with her compositions (2015 and 2018), both were presented in European Tours (Italy, Germany, Poland, Croatia, UK, Sweden – WinJazz Stockholm Jazz Festival, Turkey, Belgium).
The last one, “LA TERZA VIA – The third side of the coin”, was released with BluJazz Label (Chicago). The first one “CIRCLE TIME” was released with Alfa Music label (IT). Received reviews by Downbeat, All About Jazz, Musica Jazz, Dagens Nyheter (SW), Debbie Burke (USA), Rome in Jazz, Il Manifesto and much more.
She collaborated and performed with (among which): Marco Siniscalco, Pierpaolo Principato, Pierpaolo Ranieri, Nicolas Kummert, (BG) Alex Woods (NYC), Bill Hart (USA), Lela Kaplovitz (HR), Igor Gehenot (BG), David e Anders Back (SW), Lela Kaplowitz (HR). Marco Guidolotti, Danilo Riccardi, Pierpaolo Ranieri, Alessandro Gwis, David Boato, Enrico Zanisi, Francesca Tandoi, Susanna Stivali, Jacopo Sipari da Pescasseroli e l’Orchestra Pacem in Terris. She also collaborated with: Javier Girotto, Rita Marcotulli, Giovanna Marini, Nada, Lucilla Galeazzi, Cristina Comencini, Lunetta Savino, Gabriella Aiello, Andrea Satta, Raffaella Misiti, like member of “Orchestra del 41esimo parallelo”.
Other important collaborations in pop and theatres: Carmen Consoli and Luca Madonia; the songwriters Fabio Abate; the actors Marco Rea, Movin Melvin Brown, Mariangela Aruanno.
In 2019 Cecilia took part in Stockholm’s Women International Jazz Festival, an annual festival with some of the most important names of the modern jazz. Thanks to her participation, she is currently working on a new Italian-Swedish project. In fact, in agenda for 2021/22 the new CD as cooperation between Itay and Sweden, featuring: Anna Lundqvist, Adam Forkelid, Linus Lindblom, Josef Kahallerdhal.