The Drops Trio
France
2013.9.20 08:00 – 09:00pm
Venue: B10 Live, North District, OCT-LOFT
Artists:
Christophe Panzani – Saxophone
Federico Casagrande – Guitar
Gautier Garrigue – Drums
Panzani and Casagrande started working on “The Drops” project at the end of 2008 in Paris. They have been musical partners for a long time and they were willing to put their energies together in an original band. The name of the band is a symbol for the co- existence in each human being of individuality and being part of a single cosmic lux. Both of them being influenced in their jazz language by rock and pop, with this recording they state their own sound.
They found the perfect rhythmic engine for the irst re-cord, “Falling from the sky” , in Ted Poor, who from the very first moment completely fitted the music and completed the idea that Panzani and Casagrande had in mind.
The recording took place in N.Y. in September 2009 and the CD has been released by Hyenas records in November 2010. They already did a tour in France and Italy in November 2010 with Ferenc Nemeth on drums.
At the Arsenal Theatre of Metz they played a double concert with the John Scoield Trio.
Federico Casagrande
Italian guitarist Federico Casagrande, after winning the Montreux Jazz Fes- tival Guitar Competition in 2007, is establishing himself as one of the most original voices in Europe. A Ber- klee School of music graduate, after living in U.s. for several years he moved to Paris in 2007.
He has two records out on his name that have been acclaimed by the cri- tics. He has performed in USA, Canada, Italy, France, Portugal, Denmark, Estland, Latvia, China, Austria, Switzerland and Uk.
Christophe Panzani
French saxophonist Christophe Panzani is one of the most on demand player in Paris. He has toured extensively with Carla Bley Big Band, sharing the stage with Steve Swallow, Billy Drummond, Andy Sheppard. As a sideman and with his own projects he has played in such festival as Montreux, Umbria Jazz, North Sea, Quito, San Sebastian, Jazz a Vienne, Marciac.
Gautier Garrigue
Gautier Garrigue is a young phenomenon of the drums. Only 23 and has already has his own vocabulary and sound. Great musicians like Manuel Rocheman or Eric Barret, already took him in their bands. He’s also playing with the new generation of talented jazz musicians like Yuval Amiha Ensemble(winner of the concours de la defense in 2009), David Enhco Quartet, Flash Pig, Cedric Hanriot trio, Tony Tixie septet…