Detective stories, eight investigations by Marcello Piras at the Casa del Jazz

Also this year at the Casa del Jazz Marcello Piras tells eight stories of musicians united by a common thread, or rather two: all the stories have to do with composition in various ways, and moreover each focuses on some element secret, hidden, or little-known that is being investigated. In some cases the investigation concerns a musician, other times a single piece that conceals encrypted messages to be deciphered, other times still a repertoire, or the sources from which the musician has drawn without revealing them. The results of the research proposed here are mostly original and unpublished. As always, each conversation is enriched by a sumptuous repertoire of images, photos, films and listening posts. From 6 October to 24 November there will be space for investigations.

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Sunday 10 November. Duke Ellington, Four Faces of Love.
Duke Ellington’s great works are usually based on a literary subtext provided by the composer himself. But there are cases in which he either did not reveal it, or only vaguely hinted at it. Deciphering it thoroughly can produce disturbing results.

Sunday 17 November. Alejandro García Caturla, The Judge and the Assassin.
Alejandro García Caturla is a national hero in Cuba, but his artistic parable and his biography, worthy of a Hollywood script, are practically unknown abroad. Exploring both together allows you to discover the links between them and to be seduced by the extraordinary relevance of its message.

Sunday 24 November. Robert Graettinger, Where the Trees End.
Known during his lifetime only for a few enigmatic songs recorded on record and who passed away at a young age, Robert Graettinger took to his grave the secret of a highly original, rebellious musicality, animated by disturbing dreamlike visions, entrusted to a bundle of manuscripts that resurfaced only decades later.