Federico Ughi's Duets feat. Darius Jones at Local 269

Federico Ughi's compositions infuse the New York avant garde sound with a sense of melody inspired by the Italian classical and folk traditions of his childhood in Rome. Ornette Coleman has been another major influence in Federico's compositional works.

Federico met Darius in 2003 and shortly after the two performed their first concert together in Richmond, Virginia.


"Ughi seems less concerned with the usual strategies of Free Jazz, although much of what he writes falls in that genre, than with the integration of improvisation and composition in a seamless unit that meshes melodic abstraction with sophisticated writing." Steven Loewy, All Music...

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Federico Ughi's compositions infuse the New York avant garde sound with a sense of melody inspired by the Italian classical and folk traditions of his childhood in Rome. Ornette Coleman has been another major influence in Federico's compositional works.

Federico met Darius in 2003 and shortly after the two performed their first concert together in Richmond, Virginia.


"Ughi seems less concerned with the usual strategies of Free Jazz, although much of what he writes falls in that genre, than with the integration of improvisation and composition in a seamless unit that meshes melodic abstraction with sophisticated writing." Steven Loewy, All Music

"Ughi is a sensitive drummer...exploiting the full sonic possibilities" Simon Adams, Jazz Journal International, UK

"Federico Ughi is characteristically splendid, his drums serving as much more than a rhythmic undercurrent..." Steven Loewy, Cadence Magazine

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