Manuela Ciunna at Elegance Cafè Jazz Club

The collaboration in duo of Manuela and Paride was born in Rome in 2017 with the desire to experiment with new arrangements and more modern sounds, drawing on the tradition of Jazz and Bossa Nova, of Samba in particular, in search of a repertoire rich in rhythm and changing sounds. .
During the concert the attention of the audience will be captured by the continuous interplay between the two musicians, the versatility of Manuela on vocals, guitar and pandeiro and the eclecticism of Paris’s guitar.
This will be the sound of the project by Manuela Ciunna and Paride Pignotti for the next concert on September 20th at the Elegance Jazz Cafè Jazz Club – Rome....

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The collaboration in duo of Manuela and Paride was born in Rome in 2017 with the desire to experiment with new arrangements and more modern sounds, drawing on the tradition of Jazz and Bossa Nova, of Samba in particular, in search of a repertoire rich in rhythm and changing sounds. .
During the concert the attention of the audience will be captured by the continuous interplay between the two musicians, the versatility of Manuela on vocals, guitar and pandeiro and the eclecticism of Paris’s guitar.
This will be the sound of the project by Manuela Ciunna and Paride Pignotti for the next concert on September 20th at the Elegance Jazz Cafè Jazz Club – Rome.
LINE-UP
Manuela Ciunna: Vocals, Guitar and Pandeiro
Paride Pignotti: Guitar and effects
Manuela is an Italian jazz singer, songwriter and guitarist, winner in the 2018 edition of the important Chicco Bettinardi national competition, in the jazz singing section in April 2015 she released her first CD, recorded in duo with the pianist Seby Burgio, with the participation of the carioca saxophonist Daniela Spielmann. Also in 2015, in duo with Seby Burgio, she performed in Israel on the occasion of the “”International Jazz Day”” with shows in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
In July 2018 the collaboration with the Brazilian singer Ana Costa begins. Thus was born the project “”Pra gente saborear”” which will bring her to a concert in Rio de Janeiro.
In April 2020 he released the second album dedicated to Brazilian music “”O Meu Lugar””.
“”Then there is Paride Pignotti who moved me with The fog in Naples, which seems like a song created so that one day he could come and lay it on the guitar.””
(Stefano Bollani – QueBom Cover)
“”I found in him some very rare gifts, a natural melodic sense and a very refined musical sense, qualities that you have and that you can hardly build or invent.””
(Bebo Ferra – Nuoro Jazz 2015) “”
Paride began studying the guitar as a child thanks to his father.
He is one of the 20 musicians in the world selected to be admitted to the Master In Contemporary Performance (Global Jazz Concentration) at the Berklee School of Music.
His first solo disc in quartet entitled “43 ° Parallelo” recorded with Seby Burgio on Piano, Alessandro Marzi on drums and Alberto Fidone on double bass and as special guest the American trumpet player Nate Birkley. And his second album entitled “Acquamarina” with the guitarist Jacopo Schiavo which sees the participation of Javier Girotto on Sax and Marco Bruno on acoustic bass. Over the years he has had the opportunity to participate in numerous competitions such as “”Massimo Urbani””, “”Chicco Bettinardi””, “”Nuorojazz””, “”project AIR”” and play in the main Italian festivals and jazz clubs and beyond.
LINE-UP
Manuela Ciunna: Vocals, Guitar and Pandeiro
Paride Pignotti: Guitar and effects”

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