Lilac For People, by Francesca Gaza

Lilac For People

by Francesca Gaza

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1.	Strange Poet 06:56	buy track
2.	Almond Tree 05:55	buy track
3.	Red Box 03:27	buy track
4.	Teach To Sing 02:22	buy track
5.	Lilac 05:33	buy track
6.	I Get Along Without You Very Well 04:08	buy track
7.	Purity 06:57	buy track
8.	I Have Heard 04:17	buy track

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Lilac for People is the debut album of singer and composer Francesca Gaza and the name of her octet, a modern ensemble jazz-rooted but nourished by pop and electronic influences in creating an original and dreamlike chamber jazz-pop.

In her debut album, the 22-year-old singer-composer shows poetic ability in lyric writing as well as a very personal arrangement style, rich in details and with a clear artistic direction leading into her own world of sound to be discovered.

The compositions embody a rich sonorous journey in which Francesca's vocal narration is supported by a versatile and enigmatic group, where the acoustic nature of the brasswinds, the string sounds and the drum skins are subtly manipulated by using electronics. The muses that inspired this concept are female figures with a proud crossover character, who escape categorization but embrace an all-round contemporary understanding, both respecting the past and exploring enthusiastically the new: Björk, Becca Stevens, Laura Mvula, Kimbra, Maria Schneider.

The listener is taken by the hand and led into an imaginary garden where, through the music, he can experience the flow of time and its impact on nature, song after song, season after season.

As Paolo Fresu commented:
"Francesca Gaza’s new work ‘Lilac for People’ is true poetry and carries with it an original
sound as a result of the work she has been doing with her ensemble.
It is almost a collective. A wide ensemble that crafts music through a shared breath, capable of seamlessly combining acoustic and electric sounds with boldness and an expert hand. Between ‘Strange Poet‘ and ‘I Get Along Without You Very Well‘ there is a world of passion and feeling that makes Lilac for People one of the most beautiful albums of this time.
The JazzAlguer Mediterrani Contest is proud to have contributed to the emergence of such an extraordinary project."

Album out on Auand Records.

credits

released April 5, 2019

Francesca Gaza - vocals, composition, arrangement
Jacopo Fagioli - trumpet, flugelhorn
Francesco Panconesi - tenor sax
Federico D’Angelo - baritone sax, bass clarinet
Lorenzo Pellegrini - guitar
Luca Sguera - piano, keyboards, prophet
Alessandro Mazzieri - bass
Mattia Galeotti - drums

All songs composed and arranged by Francesca Gaza except #6 composed by Hoagy Carmichael and arranged by Francesca Gaza

produced by Andrea Lombardini
executive producer Marco Valente
recorded and mastered by Federico Pelle e Simone Cattelan ay Basement Studio (Vicenza, Italy)
mixed by Antonio Nappo at Q Recording Studio (Milan, Italy)

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Francesca Gaza

Francesca Gaza (*1995) is an Italian/German singer, composer and pianist with romanian roots currently living in Basel, Switzerland.
As a bandleader, sidewoman and arranger she is working extensively in Jazz, Antique, Classical, Pop and Theater music and is part of both Basel's and Florence's vibrant art scene, regularly performing and collaborating with musicians from across Europe. ... more

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