”Vittorio Cuculo’s jazz is one of the best mines of beauty we have in Italy””
italian press “” il fatto quotidiano””
Vittorio Cuculo, born in ’93, graduated in October 2017 at Siena Jazz University, in jazz saxophone, three years of first level, is the young Roman saxophonist, considered one of the greatest talents of the new generation of Italian jazz. Accompanied by high-level musicians such as Danilo Blaiotta on piano, Enrico Mianulli on double bass and with the extraordinary participation of a pillar of Italian jazz such as Gegè Munari on drums, Cuculo manages to interpret the spirit of bebop in a lively and convincing way....
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”Vittorio Cuculo’s jazz is one of the best mines of beauty we have in Italy””
italian press “” il fatto quotidiano””
Vittorio Cuculo, born in ’93, graduated in October 2017 at Siena Jazz University, in jazz saxophone, three years of first level, is the young Roman saxophonist, considered one of the greatest talents of the new generation of Italian jazz. Accompanied by high-level musicians such as Danilo Blaiotta on piano, Enrico Mianulli on double bass and with the extraordinary participation of a pillar of Italian jazz such as Gegè Munari on drums, Cuculo manages to interpret the spirit of bebop in a lively and convincing way.
He attended the seminars of Nuoro Jazz, Otranto Jazz and Orsara Jazz, winning several scholarships, including that for the Berklee college of music in Boston, where he attended the “Five week summer program”.
In 2014, he took part in the “Concertone” on May 1st in Rome in Piazza S. Giovanni, together with a group of young saxophonists, with the participation of Stefano Di Battista, directed by Maestro Santoloci.
He was part of the National Orchestra of young jazz talents, directed by Paolo Damiani, with whom he performed in various events in Italy, France and Belgium.
Winner of the YouMe European scholarship, Young Musicians Play Europe, he played in quartet at the Warsaw festival and at the Jazz house in Rome.
With the Siena jazz Quintet he took part in the international contest in Amsterdam, reaching the final.
He was part of the New Talent Jazz Orchestra conducted by Mario Corvini, resident orchestra at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.
With his quartet he played the Be Bop mood project in Russia, at the Delta jazz festival, performing in the Astrakhan opera house and enjoying great success.
His debut album Between (Alfamusic) plays right from the title on the concepts of border, frontier, a meeting point between cultures, styles, genres and generations. Not surprisingly, he alternates the respectful but original rereading of jazz history standards with original pieces.
Vittorio Cuculo saxophone
Danilo Blaiotta piano
Enrico Mianulli double bass
feat. Gegè Munari drums”
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