Primary Instrument: Guitar
The Italian quartet Oprachina has moved the first steps during recent editions of “Along Came Jazz, Research In Italy” organised in Tivoli and Rome.
The group:
Massimo Bognetti: guitar, director of Music School Etnofonie in Rome, he conducted several workshops on music figures of Demetrio Stratos, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Thelonius Monk, Soft Machine; with the “Opera Nomadi” he directed: the “Education Project Artists Rom”
Errico De Fabritiis: saxophone, teacher, graduated in saxophone at the Conservatory of Pescara D'Annunzio, lives in Rome, where he worked with musicians of different backgrounds. He committed within the contemporary and improvised music; recently he has directed the project “Bus Ned Revolution”
Fabio Fochesato: bass and double bass, teacher, working expecially in jazz and contemporary music. He’s a member of “Plectrum Orchestra del Circolo Mandolinistico Costantino Bertucci” (plectrums with double bass string performing a large repertory of baroque and contemporary music) and the new “Banda Larga Big Band” direct by Elvio Ghigliordini (PMJO Auditorium Rome).
Adriano Galinari: drums; teacher, and he has participated in numerous jazz events, with many italian and foreign musicians, among them, never forgot, the saxophonist Massimo Urbani.
In Oprachina’s original compositions jazz is the connecting element between the obligatory written parts and the improvised ones.
Years ago the band successfully tackled a monographic research on the compositions of Wayne Shorter.
“THE JAZZ FARM”, their first “virtual” album with some pieces written and others completely improvised, can still be found on the web. To date over 100.000 people all round the world have included it in their playlists.
This second album continues those experiences with better balance of the parts: it's a real CD, with cover, booklet and case!
Some meaningful partecipations:
Edizioni 1999-2001-2004-2006 “Along Came Jazz, La Ricerca In Italia” Tivoli, Roma: rassegna internazionale. Agosto/Novembre/Dicembre 2000, Febbraio/Marzo 2001 Comune di Rieti: Nuove Tendenze nella Musica Contemporanea e rassegna: “Ricordo di Eric Dolphy”. 7 agosto 2002 Vivaro Romano, “Musica italiana nella valle dell'Aniene”, “Etnica 2002”. 18 ottobre 2002 Serrone (Fr) prima edizione di “Ottobre Jazz”. 7 maggio 2005, Roma, Piazza Farnese, concerto per la giornata di lotta dei Restauratori organizzata dalla Fillea-CGIL, ospiti Oprachina. 14 luglio 2006 Roma, Estate alla Sapienza, concerto all'istituto di Fisica G. Marconi. 25 aprile 2007 Concerto per la Festa della Liberazione a Roma in Piazza S.Maria Consolatrice. organizzato dall'A.N.P.I.
The Jazz Farm
Oprachina
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Primary Instrument:
Guitar
