ON THE COVER
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INTERVIEWS

 JAZZ - FREE - EXPERIMENTAL - AVANT-GARDE
 ROCK - FUSION - SOUL - FUNK - BLUES

    PROG - HARD ROCK - HEAVY METAL

REVIEWS

 SCREENSHOTS OF OUR CONTENTS

  DISCHI IN VETRINA REVIEWS

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  MARK WADE TRIO
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 "MOVING DAY"
  EDITION 46 - 2018

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JAMBALAYA 37​

"COOKING GROOVE"
​2018

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JOE BOUCHARD

"PLAYIN’ HISTORY"
​2017

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  LORENZO FELICIATI
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 "ELEVATOR MAN"
  RARENOISE RECORDS - 2017 

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  DARIO GERMANI
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 "TO SKY"
  ​GRM RECORDS- 2017 

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LUCIO MANCA

"AN OLD MAN’S SAD STORY"
 2017

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FRED CASADEI
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 "LOVE IS A MISTERY OF WATER AND A STAR"
SETOLA DI MAIALE - 2016

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TELESCOPE ROAD

 "TELESCOPE ROAD" 
​2017

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HAIKU FUNERAL 

"HALLUCINATIONS"
AESTHETIC DEATH RECORDS
(2016)

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FRANCESCO PONTICELLI
QUARTET

​KON-TIKI (2017) 
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ELLIPSES (2014)
TǓK MUSIC

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ROBERTO BONATI -
BJERGSTED JAZZ ENSEMBLE:
 
"NOR SEA NOR LAND NOR SALTY WAVES –
A NORDIC STORY"
 (PARMAFRONTIERE 2016)

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SAM COCKRELL AND THE SCB

"TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING PLAYING MY GUITAR" 

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MARCO SERRATO

EL CAPITÁN SALIÓ A COMER​.​.​.
ALONE RECORDS ​(2016) 

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FINE CUT TOBACCO TRIO

"RAINING NOTES"

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MARK WADE TRIO

"Event Horizon"
(Edition 46 Records)

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AGATE ROLLINGS

"DIOMEDE"
(DATABLOEM 2016)

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DARIO GERMANI

"FOG MONK"
(GLOBAL RESEARCH MUSIC 2015)

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ABC
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"THE LEXICON OF LOVE II" 
EMI (2016) 

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TITO MANGIALAJO RANTZER

"DAL BASSO IN ALTO"  
 (SOLISTA RECORDS 2014)

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BROKEN DOWN

“THE OTHER SHORE”
​(Altsphere 2016)

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​VIRIDANSE

"VIRIDANSE"
(Fonoarte-Danze Moderne 2015)

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POLTERGEIST

"BACK TO HAUNT"
PURE STEEL (2016)

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​​ITALIAN ARTISTS
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"JAZZ GOES JAZZ": INTERVISTA A TITO MANGIALAJO RANTZER
Tito Mangialajo Rantzer preferisce (da sempre) la musica alle strizzate d’occhio. E come per giusta magia, è questo sentimento integerrimo a rendere la sua proposta fresca e “leggera” come il vero jazz sa essere

MARCO RICCI, CAFÉ PEARLS: SFIDARE I LUOGHI COMUNI SULLA FUSION
​Musicista intenso dal curriculum nutrito e di spessore, dotato di un proprio sound, Ricci è alla testa di questo quintetto che spazia con estrema mobilità tra atmosfere shorteriane ma anche à la Herbie Hancock elettrico.... 

JAMBALAYA 37
Band torinese dedita ad un’elegante fusione sonora di jazz, funk, elettronica, acid jazz e con un piglio cinematico non trascurabile....

FLAVIO GEMMA
​IL GRANDE RITORNO DEI VIRIDANSE 
Con Flavio Gemma, bassista della band, parliamo di questo ritorno così denso, un nuovo inizio che sembra preludere....

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​ INTERVIEWS
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A LIFETIME OF MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE LOVE FOR THE BASS FREQUENCIES:
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INTERVIEW WITH

STEVE YORK

Steve York is a bassist with a really solid background. He’s the perfect partner for several musical contexts ans he’s definitely a musician who in a long and honourable career  has combined reliability with creativity, which is one of the rarest skill....

BORN TO "FIGHT" FOR THE MUSIC:
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INTERVIEW WITH

MAURO GARGANO

Mauro Gargano, born in 1972, of Bari, is undoubtedly one of the greatest double bass player out there. He’s a musician with a clear sound and a special sensibility. Mauro has been living in France since 1998 and he’s extremely active on the Transalpine as well as European scene. He has realized one of the most beautiful jazz records over the last years, called Suite For Battling Siki which was dedicated to the great and unlucky senegalese boxer who was killed (aged only 28) by a mystery murderer on the streets of New York...

THE ART OF A
HIGH-END SESSION MAN:
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INTERVIEW WITH

NEIL STUBENHAUS

Neil belongs to that precious and limited group of dreamy session men whom any artist would like to recruit. The fact that the role of bass is played by Neil Stubenhaus has meant - for over thirty years – that you could count on the talent, the empathic sound and the discreet virtuosism of a creative performer of his own instrument.... ​

A JAZZ ATTITUDE WITH A ROCK PERSONALITY:  
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INTERVIEW WITH

INGEBRIGT HÅKER FLATEN

This Norwegian electric and upright bassist, born in 1971, is endeed one of the most surprising and avant-garde artist out there; he’s very involved in many innovative projects, from the most fruitful experimentation to a constant interplay which allows musicians to listen to each other in order to find a strong cohesion.

EXPLORING THE ROOTS
OF JAZZ IN FINLAND:
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INTERVIEW WITH

ULF KROKFORS

Ulf Krokfors (b. 1966) is one of the leading name of jazz in Finland, a scene that never ceases to amaze. As Ulf has told in our interview, Finland has experienced a more singular development than Sweden, Norway and Denmark....

THE ART OF BASS  TOLD BY ONE OF ITS LEGENDS: 
​
INTERVIEW WITH

MO FOSTER

When we received Mo Foster’s answers for this interview, of which we are proud and we’re really excited about that, we of Bass, My Fever, couldn’t help but ask to ourselves a rethorical question: if we have to write about a legendary bassist over the last fifty years, is there the risk that we forget anything?...

CLOVEN HOOF, A MODEL OF THINKING MAN'S METAL: 
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INTERVIEW WITH
LEE PAYNE

When you mention the name of Cloven Hoof, as regards hard rock and heavy metal, it is undisputed that you’re talking about a real institution, that is to say a band that was born back in 1979 in Wolverhampton in the middle of NWOBHM....

LIKE A SOUND SCULPTURE SHAPED BY THE BASS LINES

INTERVIEW WITH
ADELHARD ROIDINGER

Adelhard Roidinger is a model role as regards the dynamics of the instrument and he’s a leading figure in that kind of jazz landscape which we could define as "romantic" and "expressionist".

THE INSTINCT OF GROOVE:

INTERVIEW WITH JOEY VERA

Our passion for Harmored Saint has begun  with the release of their first legendary EP in 1983. So for thirty-four years  we have been familiar with Joey Vera’s name as well as with his nervous, strong and elegant bass that is virtuoso without resorting to the usual tricks of the trade....

A RISK-ORIENTED CAREER: 
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​INTERVIEW WITH STEUART LIEBIG

Steuart Liebig is certainly one of the most revolutionary bass players out there, and not only in recent times. He’s an artist who’s engaged in a hard task, that is to say, in enhancing the expressive extension of the instrument....

A VISIONARY BASS WITH AN INTIMATE AND UNLIMITED SOUND:
​INTERVIEW WITH MARK EGAN ​ 

One of the reasons for the great love, respect and esteem that this extraordinary musician fully deserves, surely is his own ability to provide continuity to the development of electric bass as a melodic instrument even after the tragic departure of the great Jaco Pastorius....

SHAMAN ELEPHANT:
JUST LIKE FLOATING
​INTO THE STAR MATERIAL OF PROG:
INTERVIEW WITH 
​OLE-ANDREAS JENSEN 

The compositional substance, the coolness of their performances are all elements that have led us to believe (having listened to Crystals) that Shaman Elephant will definitely consolidate very quickly. They  really can attract a wide public of competent ad well as curious listeners...

FINE CUT TOBACCO:
A BLEND RICH OF SOUNDS WITH A STRONG TASTE. INTERVIEW WITH ANTHONY LÉTÉVÉ
We are really glad to present something new with regard to the modern jazz landscape coming from Paris, that is to say Fine Cut Tobacco Trio, through an interview with its leader and bassist Anthony Létévé...
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​FINE CUT TOBACCO:
​UNA MISCELA RICCA DI SUONI DAL GUSTO DECISO. INTERVISTA A ANTHONY LÉTÉVÉ.
Siamo davvero lieti di proporre oggi una novità nell’ambito del modern jazz che viene direttamente da Parigi, il Fine Cut Tobacco Trio, intervistandone il leader e bassista Anthony Létévé...

​NEI MEANDRI DEL JAZZ E TRA I SUOI MITI, IL RACCONTO DI UNA CARRIERA INESTIMABILE E AUTENTICA:
INTERVISTA A ENZO PIETROPAOLI
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​JUST BEHIND THE MYTHS OF JAZZ, THE STORY OF AN AUTHENTIC AND PRICELESS CAREER: INTERVIEW WITH ENZO PIETROPAOLI
​Enzo Pietropaoli is the historical memory of the Italian jazz. An not just of it: Enzo went into the substance of jazz in a multifaceted as well as clever  manner always inspired by his own restless and creative curiosity....

THE MUSICIAN OF
​“TWO WORLDS”
IL MUSICISTA DEI 
“DUE MONDI”:
INTERVIEW WITH MARK WADE
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 As a jazz musician with a launched career in classical music and clearly  as a composer, Wade has proved to be one of the most distinctive voices as regards the transversal communication between seemingly distant musical universes... 

THAT'S WHEN PROG AND JAZZ COEXIST IN A SPIRIT OF GROOVE AND ELEGANCE 
QUANDO PROG E JAZZ CONVIVONO ALL’INSEGNA
DEL GROOVE E DELL'ELEGANZA
INTERVIEW WITH LORENZO FELICIATI
It would be an understatement to consider Lorenzo Feliciati simply as one of the best electric bass players out there. That’s because Lorenzo is not just one of the most creative performers of its own instrument; he’s mainly a curious and inventive musician...

AVANT-GARDE, THAT’S THE WATCHWORD.
INTERVIEW WITH STUART DAHLQUIST
​PAROLA D’ORDINE, AVANGUARDIA.
INTERVISTA A STUART DAHLQUIST
Stuart Dahlquist is one of those artists who can’t be part of a conventional pattern. 

INTERVIEW WITH THE MASTER OF ARGONAUTA RECORDS, GERO LUCISANO/
INTERVISTA AL CAPITANO DELLA LABEL ARGONAUTA, GERO LUCISANO
L’idea di intervistare Gero Lucisano, boss dell’Argonauta Records, mi frullava in testa già da parecchio/The idea of an interview with Gero Lucisano, founder and chief of Argonauta records, has been on our mind for a long time.​.... 

COLIN MARSTON
Colin Marston is one of those artists who give the idea of being a perpetual motion: you can’t miss a thing that then you find him in ten new albums as musician, producer or sound engeneer…

220 VOLT
I first knew 220 Volt in 1987, when I bought the beautiful collection called “Young And Wild” inside a little record store...

ALEX GRANOVSKY
​Alex Granovsky (also known as Alik Granovsky - Алик Грановский) is one of the most skilled hard rock as well as heavy metal bassist of all time....

CHRISTY DORAN
Christy Doran – a swiss guitarist but born in Dublin– proves to be one of the most restless and creative minds on the jazz, rock and avant scene....

NICOLA SABATO
We have told with Nicola Sabato so as to know more datails about his music, his own personal path as well as his undeniable italian origin....

PAUL RANDOLPH 
You will read in it something about his own main influences, listenings as well as his own musical background....

JONATHAN MARON
I was looking forward to meeting Jonathan Maron since I discovered Groove Collective....
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 START FROM
THE BASS

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​RITRATTI DI BASSO 
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OMAGGIO A MARCEL JACOB

EROI PERSONALI: BENJAMIN ORR (THE CARS)

L'IBRIDAZIONE DEL SUONO TRA IMPROVVISAZIONE E RICERCA: INTERVISTA A GIOVANNI MAIER
HYBRIDISATION OF THE SOUND BETWEEN IMPROVISATION AND RESEARCH: INTERVIEW WITH GIOVANNI MAIER

IL FASCINO DELL'IGNOTO CHE SFIDA CATEGORIE E DEFINIZIONI: INTERVISTA A JEAN-PAUL CELEA
THE FASCINATION WITH THE UNKNOWN THAT CHALLENGES BOTH CATEGORIES AND DEFINITIONS: INTERVIEW WITH JEAN-PAUL CELEA

STEFANO CERRI

"LOW" ALIEN: DAVID BOWIE VISTO DAL BASSO...
​ELETTRICO  

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COME IN UN NEGOZIO DI DISCHI/
​LIKE BEING IN A RECORD STORE

UNA CHIACCHIERATA SUL POST-PUNK INSIEME A FLAVIO GEMMA (VIRIDANSE)
​A CHAT FOCUSED ON POST-PUNK TOGETHER WITH VIRIDANSE’S FLAVIO GEMMA 

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 INDEX

 

​RITRATTI DI

BASSO
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PORTRAITS OF

BASS

 

OMAGGIO A MARCEL JACOB

 

INTERVISTA A/INTERVIEW WITH
​GIOVANNI MAIER

 

​INTERVIEW WITH/INTERVISTA A JEAN-PAUL CELEA

 

BENJAMIN ORR

 

STEFANO CERRI

«You can always tell when the groove is working or not»​

PRINCE R.I.P.

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PER JACK BRUCE
FOR JACK BRUCE 

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MORTE DI UN BASSISTA NON COMMERCIALE - OMAGGIO A RANDY COVEN

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TANTO OSI, TANTO PAGHI : OMAGGIO A BERRY OAKLEY

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HELIGOLI, PER JEAN-FRANÇOIS 
JENNY-CLARK

 

"LOW" ALIEN: DAVID BOWIE VISTO DAL BASSO...
​ELETTRICO  

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FROG OVERDOSE: PER LAYNE STALEY 

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COLIN HODGKINSON, IL MANCINO BLUES: RITRATTI IN BASSO, PRIMA PUNTATA - COLIN HODGKINSON, THE LEFTY BLUESMAN: PORTRAITS OF BASS, FIRST EPISODE 

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"UN"LUCKY BLUES

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IL RAGAZZO CHE GIRAVA LE COPERTINE

 

RICORDO DI GARY THAIN

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 DALLA PARTE DI IAN HILL

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HARMONY ROW - TRIBUTO A JACK BRUCE

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 JULIUS FARMER, BASSISTA ELETTRICO 

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