­­Pericopes+1 (ENG)

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Emi Vernizzi Sax, electronics
Claud Vignali Piano, Fender Rhodes, electronics
Ruben Bellavia Drums

“WONDERFUL, DIVERSE MUSIC PLAYED FLAWLESSLY.”
 DAVE LIEBMAN (SAXOPHONE LEGENd)
“THREE EXCELLENT MUSICIANS.”
 ENRICO RAVA (ECM ARTIST)

“ALL THE SONGS EXHIBIT POWER AND INTENTION.”
 DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE (USA)
“THE TRIO WORKS PERFECTLY.”
 MUSICA JAZZ (IT)

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Pericopes+1 is an acclaimed Italian jazz project whose style would best be described as “Crossover Jazz”, with roots in European tradition, African-American music and improvisation, and an affinity for melody and compositional structure, mixed with other post-rock/prog/avantgarde/electronic influences.

The project was born as a sax-piano duo (Emi Vernizzi and Alex Sgobbio) in 2007 and has produced 4 albums, won 1st prize in both the Italian competitions of Umbria Jazz and Padova Carrarese, nominated as a toplist band in 2013 by Musica Jazz magazine, and then extended the collaboration with New York drummer Nick Wight evolving into Pericopes+1 in 2014.

The trio version “demonstrate power and intention” (Downbeat – USA) plus grit and creativity that has earned recognition from both industry pros and fans. This “cleverly unorthodox trio” (Musica Jazz – Italy) has been described as “an original, stylistically interesting” (Concerto – Austria) cross-genre band that “belongs to a new generation” (Jazz ‘N’ More – Switzerland) of European jazz.

From 2020 onwards the collaborations extend to drummer Ruben Bellavia and later to pianist Claudio Vignali forming the current line-up with co-founder saxophonist Emi Vernizzi.

Over the years, P+1 has released 3 more albums and played hundreds of concerts on dozens of tours (China, USA, UK, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Switzerland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Nederland) including stages as the Gateshead Int’l Jazz Festival (UK), JIM Fest (Beijing), Sunside Jazz Club (FR), Unterfahrt (DE), ShapeShifter Lab (NY) to name a few. In 2021 Pericopes project was mentioned in the Italian jazz history book, “La Storia del Jazz” as one of the most important/unique new-generation productions of the last years.

In 2023 Pericopes+1 has been nominated by Musica Jazz magazine in the italian TopJazz chart as one of the “best band of the year”.

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festivals

GATESHEAD INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, UK
SOUND SCOTLAND FESTIVAL, ABERDEEN, UK
RIBBLE VALLEY JAZZ FESTIVAL, CLITHEROE, UK
KARLSRHUE JAZZFEST, DE
KASSEL JAZZFEST, KASSEL, DE
BURG JAZZ FESTIVAL, MUNSTER, DE
GRAZ JAZZ NACHT, GRAZ, AU
JAZZ ON5 FESTIVAL, PRAGUE, CZ
JAZZ IMPROVISE MEETING FESTIVAL, CHINA
JAZZ-SUR-SEINE FESTIVAL, PARIS, FR
JAZZ AND WINE OF PEACE, CORMONS, IT
PARMAJAZZ FRONTIERE FESTIVAL, PARMA, IT
FANO JAZZ BY THE SEA FESTIVAL, FANO, IT
TRIESTE LOVES JAZZ FESTIVAL, TRIESTE, IT

awards

Top 10 Albums — All About Jazz, IT
Top 10 Albums — Mos Eisley Music, DE
Top 5 Albums — Radio Città Del Capo, IT
Winner — Umbria Jazz Contest, IT
TopJazz — Best Italian Jazz Group, IT
Winner — Padova Carrarese Prize, IT

clubs

UNTERFAHRT, MUNICH, DE
ZIG ZAG, BERLIN,DE
A-TRANE, BERLIN, DE
B-FLAT, BERLIN, DE
DOMICIL, DORTMUND, DE
TONNE, DRESDEN, DE
HANNOVER JAZZ CLUB, HANNOVER, DE
JAZZCLUB SINGEN, SINGEN, DE
SUNSIDE, PARIS, FR
LA GARE, PARIS, FR
SHAPESHIFTER LAB, NYC, USA
CHRIS’ JAZZ CAFE, PHILADELPHIA, USA
FERRARA JAZZCLUB, FERRARA, IT
UN TUBO, SIENA, IT
STOCKWERK, GRAZ, AU
JAZZ DOCK, PRAGUE, CZ
JAZZ BAR, EDINBURGH, UK

collaborations

Jazz North East, UK
Birmingham Jazz, UK
university of aberdeen, Uk
istituto italiano di cultura, china
goethe institut, china
Jazz at the Blue Lamp, UK
Jazz Club de Grenoble, FR
JAZZ INITIATIVE, FRANKFURT, DE
Jazz Ravne, SLO
RAI Radio3 Piazza Verdi, IT
RSI Swiss TV, CH
UNESCO Jazz Day, FR
kulturforum villach, au

Pericopes+1 China Beijing
Jazz Improvise Meeting Fest (Beijing, CHINA)
Bosco Gauting, DE)
Bosco (Gauting, DE)
La Gare (Paris, FR)
La Gare (Paris, FR)
antiruggine
Antiruggine (Castelfranco, IT)
periciopes+1 Linz Musikpavillon (AU)
Musikpavillon (Linz, AU)
Parma frontiere Pericopes+1
PJF Festival (IT)
Pericopes+1 Brunnhofer Gallery (AU)
Brunnhofer Gallery (AU)
7Billerbeck
BurgJazz Festival (Billerbeck, DE)

 


band photo © LORENZO MENINI
paris photo © david abécassis.