Stefano Pastor

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Angelo Contini - Gianni Mimmo - Stefano Pastor

The trio (trombone, soprano saxophone and violin) will play in:

Piacenza, at the Milestone Jazz Club on Sunday, May 4 2008 - 21.30

Novara, at the Novara Jazz Festival on Saturday, June 8 2008

Anatrofobia and Stefano Pastor

The electro-acoustic quartet (mp3) will performs live in Milano on Wednesday, May 14 2008, at Magnolia Club; and in Montemurlo (Prato) on Saturday, May 24 2008, at Villa Scarfantoni

Claudio Lugo - Andrea Lanza - Stefano Pastor

An impressive group founded on the amazing playing of Claudio Lugo on soprano saxophone; Andrea Lanza on electric guitar; Stefano Pastor on violin

You can listen to it in Genoa, Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea (Nervi) on Saturday, May 17 2008 (23.00)

Gianni Mimmo - Stefano Pastor Duo

A new collaboration between the soprano player Gianni Mimmo and the violinist Stefano Pastor. The duo performed live on Saturday, April 5 2008 at Jazz Today, via Morazzone, 8 - Varese

Photos by Roberta Pietropaolo

Top Jazz 2007

Stefano Pastor was placed seventh, as new best talent, at the Italian critic's referendum "Top Jazz" in 2007

New Interview on Jazz Colours

A New interview by Enzo Boddi on Jazz Colours year IV n. 2 - March 2008

New Interview on Nugae

A New interview by Michele Nigro on Nugae n.15 year IV- October/December 2007 (the PDF on the interview page soon)

New Interview on Jazzosphere

A New interview by Sabine Moig on Jazzosphere n.33 - November 2007

Stefano Pastor meets Anatrofobia

An intresting recording session made on January 19 at the Mediaducks Studio, represents the meeting between Stefano Pastor and the original music of Anatrofobia. Alessandro Cartolari on sax and live electronics, Luca Cartolari on bass and live electronics, Andrea Biondello on drums and percussion, Stefano Pastor on violin for a suggestive and powerful tale of sounds.

Please listen to an unpublished mp3

Photos by Roberta Pietropaolo

Kash Killion - Stefano Pastor Duo

The excellent afro-american cello player Kash Killion and the violin of Stefano Pastor. Nothing else. Recorded on November 24, 2007 this session is an interesting document about a new way to think to string instruments in jazz. Kash is one of the most talented cello player in the world and he performed and recorded with Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra Arkestra, Paul Murphy, Marco Eneidi, Joel Futterman and many others. Between vanguard, a tribute to Thelonious Monk and some indian taste performances (Kash also plays the sarangi), this recording represent the meeting between two musical and human universes.

Photo by Susan Pearlstine

1 Untitled (Killion - Pastor) mp3 2 Untitled (Killion - Pastor) mp3 3 Ruby my Dear (Monk) mp3

Stefano Pastor violin, flugelhorn, percussion

Kash Killion cello, sarangi

Borah Bergman - Stefano Pastor Duo

“…The duo is inedited, both the musicians met together few time before and they rehearsed a little bit. This is usual in jazz. In this case an interesting thing comes out. It is the wish to meet together, to know the other, to converse together. And it comes out very clearely in this concert because it's a concert in which we can hear the dialogue from the beginning and it's a very dense dialogue, as well we can feel that it's a true dialogue: both the musicians listen to the other, follow and replay to the other. This is because this is a very interesting concert …”

“…il duo è inedito nel senso che i due musicisti si sono visti poco prima e hanno fatto un po’ di prove, succede spesso nel jazz. In questo caso quello che viene fuori e quello che poi è interessante, è la voglia, il piacere di incontrarsi, di conoscersi, di dialogare insieme. E viene fuori molto bene, va detto, in questo concerto perché è un concerto in cui il dialogo si sente da subito che è estremamente fitto, così come si sente che si tratta di un vero e proprio dialogo: i musicisti si ascoltano, si seguono, stanno attenti a quello che fa l’altro, che l’altro dice, rispondono e quindi viene fuori un concerto molto interessante..."

Pino Saulo – RAI Radiotre Suite – November 12 2007

In July 2007 I played and recorded in Italy, in duo with Borah Bergman. It was great to me to play with one of the most important pianist of the avangard in the world. He perfomed with a lot of superbous musicians and recorded in duo with Thomas Chapin, Roscoe Mitchell, Oliver Lake, Hamid Drake, Evan Parker, Andrew Cyrille.

The Tortona's concert was played by RAI - Radiotresuite on Monday, November 12 2007 mp3

Here another from that performance: Chasin' the Trane (Coltrane) mp3

The duo played live in Tortona (AL), piazza Arzano, at the festival "Jazz Fuori Tema" directed by Alberto Bazzurro, on Sunday, July 1 2007 at 21.15

In Diano Marina (IM) on Friday, July 6 2007 at 21.00

In San Teodoro (OT), piazza Sardegna, at the festival "Uanciù...Free Jazz", directed by Carlo Sezzi, on Sunday, July 8 2007 at 20.30

In Porto San Paolo (OT), Caffè Letterario "Oltre il Mare" on Monday, July 9 2007 at 21.30

Here some photos from the first concert by my wife Roberta Pietropaolo

Stefano Pastor Giancarlo Schiaffini Giorgio Dini Daviano Rotella

Uncrying Sky

Poem and music by Stefano Pastor

Uncrying Sky is a new release just issue by the bass player Giorgio Dini's indipendent label named Silta Records.

It is an opera based on a poem with music by myself, performed by some impressive musicians as the great trombonist Giancarlo Schiaffini.

In the photo below are the musicians who played in this work:

Stefano Pastor (violin), Daviano Rotella (drums), Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone), Giorgio Dini (bass)

English CDs

In September 2006 I was in England to play live with some extraordinary musicians as George Haslam, Harry Beckett, Paul Hession, Richard Leigh Harris, Steve Kershaw. In the photo below, by Simon Murison-Bowie, you can see Haslam, Leigh Harris, me, Beckett and Kershaw at the Holywell Playhouse.

In those days we recorded two CDs: one live at the Holywell Playhouse, in Oxford; and one at the Bullpen Studios, Oxfordshire.

Both the CDs will be issue in the next months. Here you can download two mp3 by those recordings.

From the Holiwell session

Free improvisation by

George Haslam (baritone saxophone), Harry Beckett (trumpet), Stefano Pastor (violin),

Richard Leigh Harris (piano), Steve Kershaw (bass)

listen to the mp3

From the Bullpen session (Helios Suite)

Abingdon (S.Pastor)

Stefano Pastor (violin), George Haslam (baritone saxophone),

Steve Kershaw (bass), Paul Hession (drum set)

listen to the mp3

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