Jester of Jazz Meets Antonello Salis at My Jazz Islands Festival at PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho

An elegant mix of pure jazz contaminated with surreal invasions of theatrical images. Campus’ performance is a passionate and ironic exploration of the role of the jazz singer playing with the notes like a clown. Inspired by characters from Commedia dell’Arte, Theatre of the absurd, Sardinian culture and by extraordinary figures such as Dario Fo, Franca Rame, Pina Bausch, Federico Fellini, Samuel Beckett, Augusto Boal, Complicite, Maria Carta. Music by Steve Lodder and Dudley Phillips, lyrics by Filomena Campus.

"Expect the unexpected, with virtuosity, high spirits, playfulness, and the company of a superb band" Londonjazz on Salis...

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An elegant mix of pure jazz contaminated with surreal invasions of theatrical images. Campus’ performance is a passionate and ironic exploration of the role of the jazz singer playing with the notes like a clown. Inspired by characters from Commedia dell’Arte, Theatre of the absurd, Sardinian culture and by extraordinary figures such as Dario Fo, Franca Rame, Pina Bausch, Federico Fellini, Samuel Beckett, Augusto Boal, Complicite, Maria Carta. Music by Steve Lodder and Dudley Phillips, lyrics by Filomena Campus.

"Expect the unexpected, with virtuosity, high spirits, playfulness, and the company of a superb band" Londonjazz on Salis

“In this project elegance reigns supreme, next to a philological research neatly knotted with the evolution of contemporary music and original jazz compositions underlined by the chameleon-like voice of Filomena Campus, that manages to combine musical styles and genres with incredible ease” MUSICA JAZZ

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