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Egisto Macchi

Committed musician, eclectic and generous, essentially self-taught, he has gone with vigor and emotion through all the  seasons of Italian music after World War II. The variety of experiences lived from M° E. Macchi (next to the composition, the musical organization, improvisation, electronic  music) reveals on the one hand, the extent and the extroversion of his musical interests, on the other hand, the very limits of its  production of art, that in fact remained on the margins of the history of the Italian avant-garde music.

Committed musician, eclectic and generous, essentially self-taught, he has gone with vigor and emotion through all the  seasons of Italian music after World War II. The variety of experiences lived from M° E. Macchi (next to the composition, the musical organization, improvisation, electronic  music) reveals on the one hand, the extent and the extroversion of his musical interests, on the other hand, the very limits of its  production of art, that in fact remained on the margins of the history of the Italian avant-garde music.

1967-1975
Led by pianist Franco Evangelisti, Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza performed as a collective from 65 -71. The focus was to expand both the sonic capabilities of their instruments, but also the sensitivity of each performer within the context of the improvisation. The result(s) remain some of the purist and elevated abstract explorations put to tape retaining both warmth and intelligence. Piano, percussion, double bass, trombone, cello, trumpet, etc are the tools for unparalleled types…
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 ** very last copies ** Il Gruppo was a brilliant and prolific composer's collective exploring extended techniques and new sound sources through the medium of improvisation. Although very much a product of its time, their music remains timeless. They were instrumental in founding a radical tradition of western musical improvisation that owed little or nothing to anybody and created some of the strangest music ever made. They were utterly unique. (from John Zorn liner notes, NYC 2006)   This delu…
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