MASSIMILIANO ROLFF TRIO

Gershwin on Air

Massimiliano Rolff
Double Bass

Tommaso Perazzo
Piano

Marcello Cardillo
Drums

Sunday, September 22 | 8:30PM
Monday, September 23 | 8:30PM

The Rex
194 Queen St W | Toronto ON

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George Gershwin’s extraordinary musical world emerges, caresses us, amazes us and finally overwhelms us in the uniqueness of this concert. Italian bassplayer and composer, Massimiliano 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.

In November 2021, the Dutch label Challenge Records released Massimiliano Rolff’s new album “GERSHWIN ON AIR – Porgy, Bess and Beyond”.  The Massimiliano Rolff Trio found a surprising feeling and a unique understanding through the highlight’s 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…

AMERICA TOUR 2024

09.19     MONTREAL (QB, Canada) – Diese Onze

09.20     OTTAWA (ON, Canada) – Carlton University

09.21     OTTAWA (ON, Canada) – Gig Space

09.22     TORONTO (ON, Canada) – The Rex

09.23     TORONTO (ON, Canada) – The Rex

09.25     SASKATOON (SK, Canada) – The Bassment

09.26     EDMONTON (AB, Canada) – Yardbird Suite

09.27     CALGARY (AB, Canada) Asylum for Art

09.29     FRANKIE’S (BC, Canada) – Vancouver