Battista Lena - Vivere (Colonna sonora originale) '2019

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BIO
Born in Viareggio son of art critic and feminist Carla Lonzi. He lived in Milan
until 1973. Battista Lena started his guitar and musical studies at an early age
with teachers like John Ackermann and Eddy Palermo, then Barney Kessel, Attila
Zoller e Gary Burton. He began in 1985 his collaboration with Italian drummer
Roberto Gatto, and a few years later with trumpet player Enrico Rava and then
Palle Danielsson e Jon Christensen, Daniel and Richard Galliano. In 1997 he
directed the project Banda Sonora with the Banda B.Somma of Chianciano Terme and
Enrico Rava, Gabriele Mirabassi, Gianni Coscia, Enzo Pietropaoli, Marcello Di
Leonardo, recording for the French label Label Bleu and winning many European
awards (Choc de Musique, Teleramà) in addition to the Unesco Prize for the
movie La strana storia di Banda Sonora directed by Francesca Archibugi and
presented at the 54th Mostra del Cinema di Venezia. He also composed and
interpreted other works such as Mille Corde with Paolo Fresu, Gabriele
Mirabassi, Gianni Coscia, Enzo Pietropaoli, Marcello Di Leonardo and the
Orchestra a Plettro Senese presented at Umbria Jazz Festival in 2000. Another
relevant production of his is the double cd I Cosmonauti Russi, featuring among
the others Laura Betti, Gian Maria Testa, Enrico Rava, Rokia Traoré, Arthur
H, Gabriele Mirabassi, Luciano Biondini, Enzo Pietropaoli e Roberto Gatto and a
20 pieces Wind orchestra, presented in 2002 at the Regio Teatro di Torino and
published by Label Blue. In 2008 the Koln Wdr Big Band (German Radio Big Band
that worked with Quincy Jones, Gary Burton, Vince Mendoza etc.) recorded a
tribute to his music. He has intensively worked on theater and cinema, writing
and performing filmscores for some of the major contemporary Italian Movie
directors such as Francesca Archibugi, Paolo Virzì, Alex de la Iglesia,
Claudio Bigagli and Giuseppe Piccioni. He taught Jazz Guitar and Composition and
Film Scoring at NYU Florence Music Program from 2008 to 2012.

In 2007 he coordinated a multimedia project produced by Roccella Jonica Jazz
Festival and Casa del Jazz in Rome, titled Ballata in Sud with Javier Girotto,
Luciano Biondini, Daniele Mencarelli and Marcello Di Leonardo, with a film
directed by Francesca Archibugi.

In 2014 in Paris, as part of the Nouveaux Commanditaires protocol of the
Fondation de France, he created Ultimo Cielo for amateur ensemble, Franck
Assemat, Gabriele Mirabassi, Fulvio Sigurtà, Daniele Mencarelli, Stefano
Tamborrino. The project is inspired by the work of the artist Pinot Gallizio.

His musical works has been used in theatrical production by many directors and
choreographers such as Georges Lavaudant, Philippe Decouflé, George Appaix,
Laurent Pelly , Giorgio Tirabassi, Giuseppe Piccioni.

From 2018 he is artistic director of the Sarteano Jazz Festival, now in its
thirtieth edition



01. Battista Lena - Vivere (4:32)
02. Battista Lena - Pierpaolo al Bowling (1:39)
03. Battista Lena - Tema di Susi (5:54)
04. Battista Lena - Tema di Mary Ann (2:06)
05. Battista Lena - Verso casa di Azzurra (1:54)
06. Battista Lena - Luca e Mary Ann (1:44)
07. Battista Lena - Fake News (4:31)
08. Battista Lena - Il rospo (3:10)
09. Battista Lena - Entracte (2:57)
10. Battista Lena - Lucilla a scuola (3:29)
11. Battista Lena - Bibo (4:35)
12. Battista Lena - Allaeroporto (3:30)
13. Battista Lena - Just Away From Here (1:45)
14. Battista Lena - Le chiese gemelle (1:43)
15. Battista Lena - Guitar and Drums (2:20)

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