
- Tramp, a poem by Stefano Pastor translated
into English by Erika Dagnino and Mark Weber, has been published on
the Newyorker magazine First Literary Review-East - November 2017 issue.
- Many thanks again to Cindy Hochman and Karen Neuberg
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- Il Biglietto is an original reflection about public transpot on three books by Erika
Dagnino, including contributions by
Stefano Pastor
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- Partisans, a poem by Stefano Pastor translated
into English by Erika Dagnino and Mark Weber, has been published on
the Newyorker magazine First Literary Review-East - September
2017 issue.
- Many thanks to Cindy Hochman and Karen Neuberg
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- A contribution by Stefano Pastor to the English review Snow
by Anthony Barnett and Ian Brinton: four of eight compositions for
improvisation inspired by the composer's poems, which are printed
with English transliterals in the liner notes to Uncrying Sky,
CD Silta SR0702, recorded Milan, 29 January 2007. Stefano Pastor vn,
Giancarlo Schiaffini tb, Giorgio Dini bs, Daviano Rotella dm.
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- Conversations About Thomas Chapin - CD LR 702 - has been "5
STARS" reviewed by All About Jazz (USA) on December 2014
and reviewed with the "OUI!"
as one of the best CDs reviwed on November 2014 by Culture Jazz
(FR).
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Charlotte
Hug and Stefano Pastor, Campo Ligure 2012. Photo by Simona
- Paragone d'Archi is the title of the new CD by Charlotte
Hug and Stefano Pastor, issued on January 2014 for the prestigious
English label Leo Records. The project won the CD-production prize of the Popkredit of the city
of Zurich.
-
A violin inspired jewel by Jànos
Gàbor Varga, photo by himself
- I'm very glad to collaborate with the jewel maker Jànos Gàbor
Varga, a very dear friend of mine. We worked together going in depth
inside the violin's secrets and he came out inspired and made this
marvellous amber and iron jewel , exposed at the Kaliningrad Amber
Exibition in Russia. Please take a look at
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/janosgaborvarga/sets/72157634448670610/with/9201062514/
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Borah
Bergman, photo by Stefano Pastor, New York City, 2019
- A sad news.
- On October 18, 2012 my friend Borah Bergman passed away. I wrote
two articles for remember him and his music. Thanks to Franco
Bergoglio who published it on Magazzino Jazz and to
the magazine Musica Jazz.
- http://www.magazzinojazz.it/index.php/jazzofili-jazzisti-jazzati/121-scritto-da-stefano-pastor
- bergman_mj_gen2013.pdf
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- Here two very big and beautiful articles
about Stefano Pastor published between September and October
2012.
- Many thanks to the authors:
- Sergio Piccirilli (El Intruso - Argentina) http://elintruso.com/2012/10/11/stefano-pastor-x-2/
- Chris Searle (The Morning Star - UK) Here
come the sun kings - Morning Star
-
Chet
Baker, photo by unknown
- Stefano Pastor Plays Chet Baker - MiTo
Settembre Musica September 10, 2012
- Within the prestigious MiTo Settembre
Musica, one of the most important festival in Europe, mostly
dedicated to classical music but with few spaces for other genres
such as jazz music, a moving performance with Stefano on violin and
vocals accompained by Fabio Giachino on piano, Davide Liberti on
bass and Ruben Bellavia on drums. The tickets were sold out since 20 days
before the gig. A big success indeed. Please see the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSA1uHklfXs
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Napoleon
Maddox, photo by Alessandra Freguja
- Easy Clan - featuring Napoleon Maddox
Sardinian tour - August/September 2012
- A very interesting group toured 4 gigs in
Sardinia (Italy) within the Nuoro Jazz Festival and Uanciùfree
Jazz Festival Preview. An
amazing band performing a perfectly balanced mix of free jazz,
funky, hip hop and jazz standard - Stefano
Pastor violin, electronics; George Haslam bariton sax, tarogato;
Steve Waterman trumpet; Roberto Bonati double bass; Carlo Sezzi
drums; Napoleon Maddox vocals, electronics
-
Franco Cerri, photo by unknown
- Stefano Pastor at the Torino
Jazz Festival with Franco Cerri- April 27, 2012
- Stefano Pastor has been invited
to play with the Buena Vista Italian Jazz Quintet with some of the
greatest masters of Italian Jazz such as Franco Cerri, Renato
Sellani, Dino Piana, Luciano Milanese, Gianni Cazzola.
Photo by Luciano Rossetti, Clusone Jazz
Festival 2011
- Stefano
Pastor winner at Top Jazz 2011
- Stefano Pastor placed first again as
“Best
Instrumentalist of the Year” (Miscellanea Category) at Top Jazz
2011, the prestigious Italian critics’ poll by Musica Jazz
Magazine. It's the second consecutive time after the second
placement on 2009. An unisuued track played and sang by Stefano
with the excellent pianist Carlo Morena is inserted in the Top Jazz Compilation CD, distributed with
the magazine, January issue. Please listen to the track here: mp3
Video by UJW
- Stefano Pastor placed first as “Best
Instrumentalist of the Year” (Miscellanea Category) at Top Jazz
2010, the prestigious Italian critics’ poll by Musica Jazz
Magazine. He
received the prize in Orvieto, Mancinelli Theatre, on January 2,
2011, during the final day of Umbria Jazz Winter. Please watch the
video of the performance. A track from Holywell Session - Live in
Oxford (SLAMCD 324) is inserted in the Top Jazz Compilation CD, distributed with
the magazine, January issue.
Videos
by Lubos
- Recordings by Lubos from the tour
of 5 dates in Czek Republic, involving G. Haslam, Steve Hubback
and some excellent musician from Prague (please find their names
on the "Live" page in this web site)
Photo by Angela Langella - Campo
Ligure, 2010
- "A Cuantàs Paradas de
Aquì" and "Per Kelli Fini que Ki Contene"are the DVDs by the bass player, visual artist
Andrea Rossi Andrea, issued on 2010 and 2011. Inside lots of performances by the duo
Andrea Rossi Andrea, Stefano Pastor and the trio with George
Haslam. Splasc(h) Records - DVDH 3003.9 and DVDH 3004.9
Photo by Peter Gannushkin -
Downtown Music Gallery - NYC (USA) 2009
- A tour (8 dates) which
involved some of the best musicians among the New Yorker
contemporary scene like Dominic Duval, Jason
Mears, Josh Sinton, Ken Filiano, Blaise
Siwoula, Satoshi Takeishi and brought us to perform in some
prestigious clubs. Here a live recording
from Downtown Music Gallery; Stefano Pastor on violin with the
poets Erika Dagnino and Steve
Dalachinsky. Recorded by Steve Buchanan. mp3
Photo by Peter Gannushkin -
Downtown Music Gallery - NYC (USA) 2009
- Second placement at "Top
Jazz 2009"
- Stefano Pastor placed second
as best instrumentalist ("Miscellanea" category)
at "Top Jazz 2009", the Italian critics' referendum by
the "Musica Jazz" magazine; also he was voted first
as best string player (including bass and guitar) and twelveth
as jazz musician of the year. This represents an important
confirmation after the excellent placement at "Top Jazz"
2008 and 2007.
- "Best of 2009" by All About
Jazz - New York
- "Live at
Tortona" by Borah Bergman and Stefano Pastor (MUTABLE
17534-2) was voted as one of the "Best
New Releases of 2009 - Honorable Mention" by All About
Jazz - New York. Stefano Pastor is one of the very few Italian
musicians to get this important acknowledgement from the New
Yorker Magazine.
- "Best of 2009" by the critic
Roberto Dell'Ava - Tellusfolio.it
- Roberto Dell'Ava selected
"Live at Tortona" by Borah Bergman and Stefano Pastor (MUTABLE
17534-2) as one of the 11 + 11 best new releases of 2009.
- Chants - SLAMCD 519
- Reviewed with the highest aknowledgement
("Immenso", "Immense") by Guido Festinese - Il
Manifesto - Alias n. 45, November 14, 2009
Photo by Peter Gannushkin -
Downtown Music Gallery - NYC (USA) 2009
- Stefano Pastor on tour in NYC and Connecticut
(USA) - Autumn 2009
- Stefano Pastor played in NYC from 9/29 to 10/4 at
the Downtown
Music Gallery (withSatoshi Takeishi and Giacomo Merega); LES
Gallery Cafè - Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational
Center (with Jason
Mears, Chris Welcome, Reuben Radding, Harris Heisenstadt); The
Stone (solo violin) - Artistic Director John Zorn ; Zebulon (a
quartet with Brent Arnold); Neighborhood Church of Greenwich
Village (with Jason Mears, Kevin Farrell, Mike Pride); Shrine
- World Music Venue (with Adam Caine, Ratzo Harris and John
Wagner); Marjorie Eliot's - Harlem (with Marjorie Eliot,
Pedro G. Libert and others).
- Stefano also recorded a duo with the tremendous
guitarist Joe Morris and the live
performance at the Stone. Both the recording to be issued.
Video by Helen Petts - London 2009
- Forgiving July at the Mopomoso - Vortex
- London 2009
Cover
of 'The
Big Sax CD', photo by Roberta Pietropaolo
- Stefano Pastor was appears as special guest on
the baritone sax players compilation titled 'The Big Sax CD'. He
recorded a duo with George Haslam titled 'Thinking Allowed'. The
other sax player involved in the compilation are: Carlo Actis Dato
(Italy), Charles Evans (USA), George Haslam (UK), Mikko Innanen
(Finland), Sergey Letov (Russia ) and Javier Zalba (Cuba). 18
original tracks of amazingly different artistic approaches to
creation on the big sax. SLAMCD 406 - 2009
Photo by Steve Lowe, Pinewood Studios
- London
2009
-
Freetime Quartet with special guest Stefano
Pastor' English tour 2009
- Freetime is a Prague based quartet which plays a
strong free-fusion with a deep energy and world music nuances. The
group toured in England with Stefano Pastor between March and
April 2009, playing in London, Oxford, Abingdon (two times in the
Abingdon Arts Festival). The
quintet also made a recording session for the third channel of the
BBC radio (Jazz on Three - April 20 2009) at the
prestigious Pinewood Studios - London. George Haslam (England):
baritone sax, tarogato; Swetja (Slovakia): electric guitar, pedal
steel guitar, harmonic saw, fujara, electronics; Joseph Laska (Slovakia):
bass, electric bass; Petr Zimak (Czeck Republic): drums; special
guest Stefano Pastor (Italy): violin. Here two mp3 from the BBC
Session. mp3
mp3

- New article by Stefano Pastor on Quaderni
d'Altri Tempi
- "Denver"
di
Stefano Pastor Quaderni
d'Altri Tempi - Speciale n. 21 - Luglio/Agosto 2009
Photo by Elda Papa, Pavia 2008
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Forgiving July Trio tour 2008/2009
- Starting at Novara Jazz Festival Forgiving
July toured in Milano (Italy, two times), Bologna (Italy),
Denver (USA, University of Denver), Berlin (Germany, two gigs),
Pavia (Italy), Margarita (Italy), Liege (Belguim), Bruxelles (Belgium),
Vittorio Veneto (Italy), Roma (Italy), London (UK, at the Vortex -
Mopomoso series - Artistic Director John Russel). The Novara
concert is now on CD by Amirani records (please see the CDs page).
Stefano Pastor: violin; Angelo Contini: trombone; Gianni Mimmo:
soprano sax. Here an mp3 from the CD. mp3
Photo by Claudio Casanova - AAJ
Italia, Forlì 2008
- Ground Plane Antenna - Andrea Rossi Andrea and
Stefano Pastor at the Area Sismica
- Photo Gallery by Claudio Casanova on AAJ
Italia
Video by Luca Morocutti, Prato
Carnico 2008
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New recording by Adel Salameh and
Naziha Azzouz featuring Stefano Pastor
- Arabian oud virtuoso Adel Salameh and
French-Algerian singer Naziha Azzouz recorded a new releaze on
November 2008 at the B&G Studio in Prato Carnico - Italy.
Musicians involved were Stefano Pastor on violin, Giovanni
Amighetti on keyboards, Guido Ponzini on Bass and Stick bass and
Fulvio Maras on percussion. Recording Engeneer Bruno Cimenti.
Photo by Claudio Casanova - AAJ
Italia, Bologna 2008
- Forgiving July in Bologna - Photo Gallery by
Claudio Casanova on AAJ Italia
Photo by Paola Galbiati, Aosta 2008
-
George Haslam - Stefano Pastor Quintet
in Aosta
- Here a video from the concert we did in Aosta,
Espace Populare, on August 4. Musicians involved were George
Haslam baritone sax and tarogato, Stefano Pastor violin, Beppe
Barbera piano, Giorgio Dini bass, Ferdinando Faraò drums.
Photo by Stefno Pastor,
self-portrait 2004
-
Top Jazz 2008
- Stefano Pastor placed eighth, as best
instrumentalist at the Italian critic's referendum "Top Jazz"
2008. This acknowledgement follows the previous year one in which
Pastor was placed seventh as best new talent.
-
New article by Stefano Pastor on
SuonoSonda n. 7
Photo by Simon Murison-Bowie,
Oxford 2009
-
Mr. Eddie Fowler placed Stefano Pastor on the
violin page of "Jazzeddie" web site
Photo
by Claudio Casanova - AAJ Italia, Forlì 2008
-
Baudrillard est Mort
- New release by the bass player and visual artist Andrea
Rossi Andrea titled "Baudrillard est Mort"
Splasc(h) Records (CDH 2519.2). The musicians who play with Andrea
in this recording are Stefano Pastor, Luca Bonvini, Tiziano
Tononi, Stefano Deagatone. The duo Andrea Rossi Andrea -
Stefano Pastor played in Forlì (Area Sismica) on December 20 2008
and in Laveno (Critical Book&wine Festival) on June 27 2009.
Photo by Diego Petrella, Genova
2008
-
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
- Genova, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, May 17 2008 mp3
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- Photo by
Roberta Pietropaolo, Tortona 2007
-
Borah Bergman - Stefano Pastor
Duo's tour 2007
- “…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 …”
- 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" - special guest Carlo Sezzi
on drums - on Monday, July 9 2007
at 21.30