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PERICOPES is a jazz duo project that began in Italy in 2007 by pianist Alessandro Sgobbio and saxophonist Emiliano Vernizzi. In recent years, they have received major attention from various press and media outlets in Europe and the United States. One would best describe their style as 'New Jazz', with roots in the European tradition, Afro-American music, and improvisation, and an affinity for melody and compositional structure.

Since the release of their third album, Pericopes has already participated in many important jazz festivals in Europe - the Umbria Jazz Festival (Perugia, Italy), Parma Jazz Frontiere (Parma, Italy), Jazz Pas Grave (Paris, France), where they have presented their acclaimed double-debut CD "The Double Side".

In Paris, Pericopes began collaborating with New York based drummer Nick Wight, marking the inception of a "transatlantic" musical direction. With a third voice, Pericopes' style incorporated new elements of groove, avant-garde jazz, and post-rock interplay without loosing its integrity for melody and compositional structure

In December 2012, Parisian audiences widely accepted Pericopes' trio debut. Fueled by this support and enthusiasm, this trio-project will debut a new album in early 2014, and plans for a U.S. tour and album recording in April 2014 are underway.

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PERICOPES EMILIANO VERNIZZI sax

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“ They began the search for their own narrative style something so distinct that one can identify it as Pericopes upon first hearing. " ( Polis Magazine - 09/22/2012 ) “ A job well-done, a respectful interpretation of the classic duo piano-saxophone ensemble, but also personal and diverse, which arouses the listener's attention and interest. " ( All About Jazz – 08/28/2013 ) “ The duo interacts with absolute confidence, catching the listener's attention immediately, thanks to the balance between writing, improvisation and commendable compositional vein. They carry an original blend of jazz, minimalism, and traditional folk music. Thrilling. ” ( Musica Jazz – April 2013 ) “ No doubt: The Italian duo PERICOPES deserves to be listened to. ” ( JazzFlits - November 2013 ) “ Pericopes highlights prestigious and formative influences from bothAmerica and Europe (especially I ta ly) , and reveal an valuable and or ig inal compositional style. ” ( Committee of Umbria Jazz Festival Contest - 2013 ) “ A Music that takes advantage of various reference points free of musical genre associations. " ( Jazz Convention - 09/02/2013 ) " Pericopes belong to that group of young musicians who have worked with forbearance. ” ( JazzItalia - 2012 )

DISCOGRAPHY

P E R I CO P E S THE DOUBLE SIDE

2CD Vol. I (Lights)

Vol. II (Shadows) RAM Records

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EMILIANO VERNIZZI From 2000, Vernizzi has been invited to festivals in Italy, Europe and USA, and has been actively involved in several original projects: including European modern jazz, hip- hop, jazz -prog, nu-jazz, and avant-garde. He has authored more than thirty recordings as a performer. Also in 2012, he was listed by TopJazz among the new talents of Italian jazz. He has attended seminars by John Taylor, Gideon Levensohn , Steve Coleman, Graham Collier; and obtained his M.S. in Jazz Music (cum laude). He played and made several recording with the "Civica Jazz Band of Milano", who has invited prestigious guests such as Eddie Daniels, David Raksin, D. Liebman, M. Roach, Bobby Watson, David Murray, Evan Parker, Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava, among many others. Some of Emiliano’s international collaborators are: Bobby Durham, Paul Jeffrey, Steve Grossman, Tommy Campbell. For many years he has been member of the sestet of G. Cazzola. Since 2011 he plays in an American band led by Izzy Zaidman, recording three CDs and participating in several tours across the U.S., and in Europe. He is currently Professor of jazz saxophone at the Conservatory of Music of Parma "A. Boito" (Parma, Italy).

ALESSANDRO SGOBBIO Alessandro Sgobbio has been mentioned in the young-new-jazz-talents list by the Italian jazz magazine Musica Jazz. 2nd Prize at “Luca Flores" Piano Competition, he has been selected for the famous “Concours Martial Solal Piano Solo Competition”in Paris. Sgobbio graduated from Conservatory of Music in Parma (Italy), studying with Roberto Bonati, Alberto Tacchini, Carlo Morena, Giorgio Tosi. He holds a Masters in Literature and Philosophy. Master classes with Misha Alperin and John Taylor. Since 2005 he is an official demonstrator of Clavinova YAMAHA. In 2010 he released his first piano solo recording. In 2012 he recorded and played in Istanbul (Turkey) with TAKSIM trio. in 2013 he created and played with his Paris-based trio CHARM, releasing as well their debut album (immediately mentioned in All-About-Jazz editor David Summer's list of best weekly jazz new releases). He has worked with Italian song-writer Francesco Camattini (three album-recordings) and for several theatre spectacles in Italy (Federica Bognetti, Roberto Cavosi), and also in France (Emma Lancien). His music has been programmed at Radio France, RAI RadioTre (Italy), RSI (Swiss television).

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