Massimiliano Rolff - Bass

Tomasso Perazzo - Piano

MArcello Cardillo - Drums

Supported by The Italian Institute of Culture in Toronto

Reknown Italian bassist and composer Massimiliano Rolff’s trio has performed with extraordinary success over 100 times in the last 2 years, presenting this original concert dedicated to the great composer George Gershwin in the most important jazz clubs in Europe and Asia.

George Gershwin’s extraordinary musical world emerges, caresses us, amazes us and finally overwhelms us in the uniqueness of this concert. Rolff shapes in a contemporary writing, the songs, the musicals, the jazz and the orchestral sound that made Gershwin’s music the pillar on which the ‘American Sound’ is built. On November 2021 the dutch label CHALLENGE RECORDS releases Massimiliano Rolff’s new album “GERSHWIN ON AIR – Porgy, Bess and Beyond”. Massimiliano Rolff Trio found a surprising feeling and a unique understanding through the highlights musical moments of the opera ‘Porgy and Bess’ and on the amazing series of wonderful songs all signed by George and Ira Gershwin.

Melody is the main character of this concert, where interplay, imaginative atmospheres, soul and swing are revealed, in a climax of vibrant improvisations. The concert features a suite from “Porgy and Bess” (including Ain’t necessarily so, Summertime, I loves you Porgy) and many great Gershwin’ songs such as A foggy day, Embraceable you, But not for me…