Giancarlo Mazzu/Luciano Troja Duo

Giancarlo and Luciano play together on the international jazz scene since 2002. Together they released a dozen of CDs. Their music is mainly based on the search for new forms and expressions, related to tradition with a solid jazz background, mixed with folk music, classical forms and free improvisation. They performed and toured together in several festivals and jazz-club in Europe and U.S.A.

Composers and players of creative music ensemble Mahanada Quartet, they toured in Europe and USA. With Mahanada they released three critically acclaimed CDs (Critic’s Choice Top Ten 2006, Cadence Jazz Magazine ; Best Albums Of 2006, All About Jazz Italy). With the quartet, they represented Italy at XI Athens Biennial of European Art 2003. 



Luciano and Giancarlo released in duo 'Seven Tales About Standards' (2006) and 'Seven Tales About Standards Vol.2' (2009), for SplascH Records label. 
Both the CDs have received great reviews and awards internationally (“Top Ten CDs 2006” El Intruso Jazz Magazine, “Best Album of 2009” All About Jazz Italy, and mentions for the categories CD of the Year, Group of the Year, and Instrumentists of the Year, on Top Jazz Poll 2009 of Musica Jazz magazine). 



Together, they performed with several master of creative music as Barre Phillips, Globe Unity Orchestra, Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso. Blaise Siwula, Michael Wimberly, Instant Composers Pool, Dave Burrell, Salvatore Bonafede, Rocco John Iacovone.



 In 2011 in New York City, they founded the improvised music trio “D'istante3” with the veteran saxophonist Blaise Siwula. Together they toured in USA playing in several venues (Shapeshifter Lab, New York University, ABC No-Rio, Spectrum, Downtown Music Gallery, among the others). They released the CDs “D'istante3” (2012, Slam, UK) and “Sometimes The Journey Is A Vision” (NoFrillsMusic.com, 2014).

In 2013 they released “Live at the Metropolitan Room NYC”, (Slam Productions, UK), getting internationally rave reviews, and a nomination for Live Performance Album Category at “The 13º Independent Music Awards” (USA). In trio, with the drummer Francesco Branciamore they recorded “Broad-Ways” (ACK,2017). In 2018 they released “Palermo Sketches” (Almendra 2018), with Blaise Siwula and Rocco John Iacovone. The CD has been included in the book “Il Giro del Mondo in (nuovi) 80 dischi” by italian jazz-writer Amedeo Furfaro, (CJC, 2019).

Giancarlo Mazzù is Coordinator of Jazz Department and Jazz Guitar teacher at the Conservatory «Cilea» of Reggio Calabria. He has performed extensively throughout Europe and and United States. His CDs has often topped polls of magazine such as Cadence and All About Jazz. Awarded as Guitarist of the Year for El Intruso Magazine (Argentina).

Luciano Troja has more than fifteen CDs as leader or co-leader. His award-winning piano solo CD “At Home With Zindars” was a “Record to Die For 2011” on prestigious US magazine Stereophile. He is the Artistic Director of Filarmonica Laudamo Messina, one of the most time-honored music associations in Italy.

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