Lina Allemano

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Lina Allemano (born October 20, 1979 ) is a Canadian jazz and improvisation musician ( trumpet , composition ).

Live and act

Allemano started playing the trumpet at the age of ten; She received her first instruction from her father (who also introduced her to jazz) and at the age of twelve she took classical lessons. She played her first club concerts when she was 15 years old. In 1993 she moved to Toronto from Edmonton to study , where she has lived ever since. There she quickly became part of the local scene, but also performed with Howard Johnson , Don Byron , Dave Holland , Mike Murley and Joe Lovano . She was invited to Dave Douglas ' Festival of New Trumpet Music in New York City, where she performed with Ingrid Jensen , which brought Down Beat to her (article "25 Trumpeters for the Future: A New Generation of Trumpeters Pave the Way for Jazz's Next Innovations “2007).

Allemano leads her quartet Lina Allemano Four , with whom she plays free jazz and has released four albums. In 2012 she toured Europe with this group, which has already been compared to Ornette Coleman's legendary quartet with Don Cherry ; In 2014 she presented herself there with Achim Kaufmann and Christian Weber . She composes “exciting pieces that oscillate between complexity and anarchic freedom.” She also leads the improvisation ensemble Titanium Riot , 2016 with the line-up Ryan Driver (analog synthesizer), Rob Clutton (electric bass) and Nick Fraser (drums). She is also part of the Paul Read Orchestra (PRO), Tim Posgate's Horn Band, the Cluttertones, the Jane Fair / Rosemary Galloway Quintet, the Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra and groups from Marianne Trudel, Achilla Orru, Rob Clutton, Victor Bateman and Tania Gill . She can be heard on more than 25 albums.

Discographic notes

  • Lina Allemano's Titanium Riot: Kiss the Brain (2014)
  • Lina Allemano's Titanium Riot: Squish It! (Lumo Records, 2017)
  • Glimmer Glammer, solo trumpet (Lumo Records, 2020)
  • Lina Allemano's Ohrenschmaus: Rats and Mice (Lumo Records, 2020), with Dan Peter Sundland , Michael Griener

Prizes and awards

In 2005 Allemano received National Jazz Awards in Canada as "Trumpeter of the Year" and "Rising Star". In the same year she was nominated for the Canadian Independent Music Awards as "Famous Jazz Artist".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jazz Musicians born on October 20 All About Jazz
  2. ↑ Tom Gsteiger The Landbote (2012)
personal data
SURNAME Allemano, Lina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian jazz and improvisation musician (trumpet, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH 20th October 1979