"Hamlet and his Latin Jazz Experience" 
is a brand new septet founded by Hamlet Fiorilli, pianist and composer with Colombian and Italian origins. All tunes are Hamlet's original compositions. He combines his strong latin roots with a particular sense for traditiional jazz flavors. The band is located in Carinthia (Austria). The seven top musicians create their own atmosphere, tastefully mixing jazz improvisations with the colors, flavors and traditions of Hamlet's music, resulting in a powerful sound ready to catch and surprise the listener.
Hamlet was born in Bogotà, Colombia in 1967. The family moved to Italy, and he soon began his musical studies on clarinet and drums, and later at age 13 on piano, studying with a private teacher for one year. He then continued instinctively learning by playing, as he still does today, considering himself more a musician than a pianist. Concurrently to the above studies, he took his diploma in french horn at the P. Mascagni conservatory of Livorno, also studying composition, choir conducting and classical percussion, and finished his arranging studies with a private teacher in the Berkley school method.
Piano became his main instrument; he started professionally with his father's latin band "Macondo" at age 15, also replacing his piano teacher on the local jazz bigband. There followed many concerts with different bands, playing many genres, helping him develop a big, open view of music. At age 17 he played a few seasons on cruise ships around Europe, North Africa and Russia and later moved to Monte Carlo, Divonne Les Bains, and Vienna, playing in prestigious clubs and hotels. In Italy he formed a pop-rock band called "Animali Rari," performing hundreds of concerts around the country, winning prizes and participating in natioinal radio and tv shows. He was the youngest orchestral conductor/arranger on the important Sanremo Festival, and collaborated with artists on the Italian pop scene, including Marina Fiordaliso, Fiorella Pierobon, Giorgia, Vinicio Capossela, Maurizio Solieri and Daniele Tedeschi (guitarist and drummer of Vasco Rossi.) On the salsa side he played a few years with Jairo's Tribu Tayrona (Columbia) and again travelled Europe playing in Cannes, Luxemburg, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and in Trinidad (Cuba) made several performances with the salsa band "Sonora Trinitaria." Hamlet is also currently playing with the American singer Gail Anderson.In some aspects, Hamlet and his band remind us of Serbian Jazz veterans - Jovan Maljokovic Sextet- because similiar style and similiar mood characterize both groups interpretations.
Hamlet & his Latin Jazz Experience most recent album " Descarumbiando " shows just how much this group has imbued the spirit of the Latin Jazz music genre. Hamlet and his fellows undoubtly did a good and fine job.
Descarumbiando Videoclip.
Hamlet solo en El Fuego del Padre.
“Recuerdos” showcases the full intensity of the percussionists on this date. Their work is outstanding and compliments the inner clave of Hamlet Fiorilli’s piano work. Congas and drums combine sharply and there is a superb flamenco break and the handclaps accentuate the heat of the piece. “Suite Latina,” although short is a fine composition rooted in the valse mode but then soon traverses the gamut of rhythms with a dynamic harmonic crescendo, played by the piano almost mimicking a Gershwin roll at first then streaking ahead. “Ron Y Gin” is a classic Cuban mambo and son track that is played with swagger.
“El Fuego del Padre” explores the edges of tonal dissonance and also features some fine conga work. “Gospa” is a well-written authentic bolero. “Tocando Mi Oropel” is rendered as a chorinho and features a memorable dialogue between Fiorilli’s piano and Simon Pibal’s clarinet. In “Bluesambongo” the funky Afro-American and samba rhythmic dialects collide. The highlight of “Siete Camisas” is the fine sense of togetherness that exists in the band as they work each other in unison. And “Tranquilo” is a quiet closer for the date, but not before the quiet fire of Hans Lassnig’s trumpet burns through the bolero.
Tracks: Descarumbiando; Recuerdos; Suite Latina; Ron Y Gin; El Fuego Del Padre; Gospa (Bolero Mayor); Tocando Mi Oropel; Bluesambongo; Siete Camisas; Tranquilo.
Personnel: Hamlet Fiorilli: acoustic piano; Victor Fiorilli: electric bass; Stefan Mortel: drums; Gianni Battilana: congas and percussion; Max Fiorilli: timbales and percussion; Hans Lassnig: trumpet and flugelhorn; Michael Erian: tenor and soprano saxophones (solo: 7, end solo 1); Robert Friedl: tenor saxophone (all other ts solos); Special Guests: Stefan Gfrerer: acoustic bass (7); Simon Pibal: clarinet (7).
Sources:
http://www.latinjazzexperience.com/
http://www.myspace.com/hamletandlatinjazzexperience
http://www.latinjazznet.com
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is a brand new septet founded by Hamlet Fiorilli, pianist and composer with Colombian and Italian origins. All tunes are Hamlet's original compositions. He combines his strong latin roots with a particular sense for traditiional jazz flavors. The band is located in Carinthia (Austria). The seven top musicians create their own atmosphere, tastefully mixing jazz improvisations with the colors, flavors and traditions of Hamlet's music, resulting in a powerful sound ready to catch and surprise the listener.Hamlet was born in Bogotà, Colombia in 1967. The family moved to Italy, and he soon began his musical studies on clarinet and drums, and later at age 13 on piano, studying with a private teacher for one year. He then continued instinctively learning by playing, as he still does today, considering himself more a musician than a pianist. Concurrently to the above studies, he took his diploma in french horn at the P. Mascagni conservatory of Livorno, also studying composition, choir conducting and classical percussion, and finished his arranging studies with a private teacher in the Berkley school method.
Piano became his main instrument; he started professionally with his father's latin band "Macondo" at age 15, also replacing his piano teacher on the local jazz bigband. There followed many concerts with different bands, playing many genres, helping him develop a big, open view of music. At age 17 he played a few seasons on cruise ships around Europe, North Africa and Russia and later moved to Monte Carlo, Divonne Les Bains, and Vienna, playing in prestigious clubs and hotels. In Italy he formed a pop-rock band called "Animali Rari," performing hundreds of concerts around the country, winning prizes and participating in natioinal radio and tv shows. He was the youngest orchestral conductor/arranger on the important Sanremo Festival, and collaborated with artists on the Italian pop scene, including Marina Fiordaliso, Fiorella Pierobon, Giorgia, Vinicio Capossela, Maurizio Solieri and Daniele Tedeschi (guitarist and drummer of Vasco Rossi.) On the salsa side he played a few years with Jairo's Tribu Tayrona (Columbia) and again travelled Europe playing in Cannes, Luxemburg, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and in Trinidad (Cuba) made several performances with the salsa band "Sonora Trinitaria." Hamlet is also currently playing with the American singer Gail Anderson.In some aspects, Hamlet and his band remind us of Serbian Jazz veterans - Jovan Maljokovic Sextet- because similiar style and similiar mood characterize both groups interpretations.
Hamlet & his Latin Jazz Experience most recent album " Descarumbiando " shows just how much this group has imbued the spirit of the Latin Jazz music genre. Hamlet and his fellows undoubtly did a good and fine job.
Descarumbiando Videoclip.
Hamlet solo en El Fuego del Padre.
“Recuerdos” showcases the full intensity of the percussionists on this date. Their work is outstanding and compliments the inner clave of Hamlet Fiorilli’s piano work. Congas and drums combine sharply and there is a superb flamenco break and the handclaps accentuate the heat of the piece. “Suite Latina,” although short is a fine composition rooted in the valse mode but then soon traverses the gamut of rhythms with a dynamic harmonic crescendo, played by the piano almost mimicking a Gershwin roll at first then streaking ahead. “Ron Y Gin” is a classic Cuban mambo and son track that is played with swagger.
“El Fuego del Padre” explores the edges of tonal dissonance and also features some fine conga work. “Gospa” is a well-written authentic bolero. “Tocando Mi Oropel” is rendered as a chorinho and features a memorable dialogue between Fiorilli’s piano and Simon Pibal’s clarinet. In “Bluesambongo” the funky Afro-American and samba rhythmic dialects collide. The highlight of “Siete Camisas” is the fine sense of togetherness that exists in the band as they work each other in unison. And “Tranquilo” is a quiet closer for the date, but not before the quiet fire of Hans Lassnig’s trumpet burns through the bolero.
Tracks: Descarumbiando; Recuerdos; Suite Latina; Ron Y Gin; El Fuego Del Padre; Gospa (Bolero Mayor); Tocando Mi Oropel; Bluesambongo; Siete Camisas; Tranquilo.
Personnel: Hamlet Fiorilli: acoustic piano; Victor Fiorilli: electric bass; Stefan Mortel: drums; Gianni Battilana: congas and percussion; Max Fiorilli: timbales and percussion; Hans Lassnig: trumpet and flugelhorn; Michael Erian: tenor and soprano saxophones (solo: 7, end solo 1); Robert Friedl: tenor saxophone (all other ts solos); Special Guests: Stefan Gfrerer: acoustic bass (7); Simon Pibal: clarinet (7).
Sources:
http://www.latinjazzexperience.com/
http://www.myspace.com/hamletandlatinjazzexperience
http://www.latinjazznet.com
