DISCOGRAPHY

Solo Projects

Elias Nardi - Daniele di Bonaventura - Ares Tavolazzi | Ghimel

Elias Nardi | Oud

Daniele Di Bonaventura | Bandoneon

Ares Tavolazzi | Double Bass, Fretless Bass

Special Guest:

Alfredo Laviano | Percussion

Gematria suggests that Ghimel corresponds to the number 3, and to concepts such as Rotation, Life, Universe, Dynamic action, and Evolution – the neverending research.

Continuous research and experimentation are the driving forces behind this Trio: the aim of our three instruments together - despite the differences in their origins, traditions and timbres - is to cross the borders between different genres, while maintaining an elegant state of balance and harmony.

Secondo la “Ghematria”, Ghimel rappresenta il numero 3 e la sua funzione è la rotazione, la vita, l’universo, il dinamismo e l’evoluzione: la ricerca continua.

La sperimentazione è l’anima di questo trio: strumenti così differenti tra loro per origini, tradizioni e caratteristiche timbriche che oltrepassano, sempre in perfetto equilibrio, i confini tra i generi.

Elias Nardi Group | Flowers Of Fragility

Elias Nardi | Oud

Daniele Di Bonaventura | Bandoneon

Nazanin Piri-Niri | Flute

Didier Francois | Viola d'Amore a Chiavi

Carlo La Manna | Fretless Bass/Six String Bass

After tree years from the successful and critically acclaimed The Tarot Album (2012) Elias Nardi releases his third album, this time inspired by the Centenary celebration of the Great War. “Flowers of Fragility” features an Analogic recording and represents a big step forward in terms of influences and sonic textures between Jazz and the Middle East. Accompanied by an outstanding cast of musician, Elias Nardi plays a fluid, oneiric music, where the various all-instrumental mesmerizing compositions flow one into the other.

Instancabile alfiere del dialogo tra culture musicali Elias Nardi torna, a tre anni di distanza dal fortunato The Tarot Album, con il suo terzo lavoro discografico, realizzato assieme ad un cast di straordinari talenti. "Flowers Of Fragility" è un felice manifesto di connessioni strumentali tra Oriente ed Occidente, un ponte sonoro ideale tra jazz e Medioriente ispirato ai cento anni dalla Grande Guerra e registrato in analogico negli studi dell'etichetta audiofila Analogy Records.

Elias Nardi Group | The Tarot Album

Elias Nardi | Oud

Zachary J. Baker | Drumkit, Cymbals

Roberto Segato | Keyboard, Synthesizers, Piano

Carlo La Manna | Fretless Bass, Six String Bass

Guest Musicians:

Emanuele Le Pera | Percussion

Dania Tosi | Soprano

Savino Pantone | Viola

Andrea Vezzoli | Baritone Sax, Bass Clarinet

Conceived as a conceptual work, based on the 22 cards of the Major Arcana and freely inspired by “Il Gardino dei Tarocchi”, the Tarot sculpture garden of Niki De Saint Phalle in Tuscany, “ The Tarot Album is a striking fusion of Mediterranean traditions and modern approaches. Ethno Jazz, Progressive, Psychedelic, Arabic, Folk and Minimal influences come together giving birth to a unique and manifold musical experience , without straying far from the magical and esoteric imagery of the archetypes of the Major Arcana.