Gabriele Coen Quintet
Sephardic Beat
Gabriele Coen is at the head of a brand new quintet in which the traditional Sephardic repertoire is re-proposed from the perspective of modern jazz improvisation in a truly unique and original project. The group's sound is forged by the presence of the ud and voice of Ziad Trabelsi, a historic member of the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio; the piano and live electronics of Alessandro Gwis, founder of Aires Tango and a great expert in Latin Tinge; the percussion and voice of Arnaldo Vacca, probably the greatest Italian percussionist; the bass of Mario Rivera, founder of Agricantus and repository of Mediterranean music. Sefarad is the name by which the Jews called Spain and this is where our journey begins. Fourteen centuries in which Sephardic culture was able to progress in contact first with Christianity and then, from the 18th century onwards, with Islam. The most distinctive features of Sephardic music go back to their Spanish, medieval and Renaissance origins.