Luminary

Tonino Miano Trio

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Andrea Melani (drums), Riccardo Grosso (double bass), Tonino Miano (piano, synths, composition). Luminary  (light giving body, celestial object) is my most recent trio project for which I have the pleasure to be Read more

Andrea Melani (drums), Riccardo Grosso (double bass), Tonino Miano (piano, synths, composition).

Luminary  (light giving body, celestial object) is my most recent trio project for which I have the pleasure to be working with two great and versatile musicians. The project is an exploration into an organic approach to improvisation that flirts with non-acoustic sounds often used  in a kind of symbiosis with the acoustic instruments. We think of three parallel paths that are independent in principle but communicating at a distance. Sounds permeate the fabric of the trio' space as an inherent part of the same world without any of the individual components of it necessarily sharing the same exact spot at any given moment. The music is open, multi-stylistic  and unattached to a particular idiom though one could certainly place it within the margins of "modern jazz".  

"[...] Miano si appropria dello spazio fisico e mentale e lo popola di suggestioni che solo in quell’esclusivo momento si possono cogliere. Non si parla più di interazione, di interplay, ma di 3 flussi continui, ogni emissione proviene dal singolo musicista che lo svolge nell’immediato, attraendo le suggestioni degli altri. Si può cogliere una forma precisa, una sorta di scrittura interiore (Kiss a Comet) una serie di idee, di piccole cellule nella mente di ogni musicista che successivamente trovano la loro elaborazione e realizzazione nell’estemporaneità di un atto creativo immediato". Nicola Barin, Percorsi Musicali. https://www.percorsimusicali.eu/2024/09/29/tonino-miano-trio-luminary/

"Throughout Luminary, Tonino Miano often takes chances and stretches out while somehow making the music very melodic and pretty at the same time. Riccardo Grosso and Andrea Melani give him the kind of exquisite support that only amplifies that prettiness." V. Aaron, Something Else! https://somethingelsereviews.com/2024/10/04/tonino-miano-trio-luminary-2024/

Recorded at Studiotape, Catania (Italy)  August 2022. Recording engineer: Franz Minuta

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    Luminary 5:41
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    Quark traps 7:02
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    Probably just now 5:05
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    Blip 4:34
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    I wear my particles, generally 3:48
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    Kiss a comet 4:23
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    All you've got is an inclined plane 4:28
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    Fleårige 6:33
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    I wear my particles, particularly 3:31
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    Found in space 4:29
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Downloads

Travels on the Cusp of a Needle

F. Cusa/T. Miano

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The Box is a collaboration in which Francesco Cusa (drums) and Tonino Miano (keyboards/electronics) weave the thread of a musical discourse that draws inspiration from the multiple experiences that characterize their Read more

The Box is a collaboration in which Francesco Cusa (drums) and Tonino Miano (keyboards/electronics) weave the thread of a musical discourse that draws inspiration from the multiple experiences that characterize their varied life paths. These experiences converge in a multi-stylistic play without filters in which the sound image is constantly evolving and it creates the conditions for its intercession from one landscape to another. The idea of a journey between the familiar and the unknown comes to mind while listening to their musical plot, which morphs from a pulsating acid jazz to a meditative ambient, from almost orchestral textures to pointillistic sparks in which the forms - malleable until that moment - disintegrate to produce an image that manifests itself in its outmost immediacy, stripped of all its expressive linearity. This is a duo that does not filter ideas but opens up widely to welcome the unknown and often the uncomfortable, chasing the idea wherever it may lead so that a new discovery might be accessed; a different way of listening to music and to each other.

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    1. Intro 7:09
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    2. Precipice of joy 8:14
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    3. Forgive me gone 6:30
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    4. Synaptic juice 5:00
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    5. The sea above 7:38
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    Clam powder 7:40
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    7. Flavored politics 5:14
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Human Pieces

Francesco Cusa (drums), Brian Groder (trumpet), Riccardo Grosso (bass), Tonino Miano (piano)

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Leo Records CD 925. Recorded in Catania at StudioTape on Feb 2021. Recording engineer Franz Minuta. Cover art by N. Schiro, F. Ozaneaux, T. Grassia, T. Miano. Produced by Leo Feigin and Tonino Miano. "...a truly Read more

Leo Records CD 925. Recorded in Catania at StudioTape on Feb 2021. Recording engineer Franz Minuta. Cover art by N. Schiro, F. Ozaneaux, T. Grassia, T. Miano. Produced by Leo Feigin and Tonino Miano. "...a truly stimulating album with some extraordinary moments in it" - Lynn Rene' Bailey https://artmusiclounge.wordpress.com/2022/03/18/an-eclectic-quartets-human-pieces/

"È un gran bel disco questo [...] che si riascolta volentieri, apprezzandolo dall’inizio alla fine in tutte le componenti che lo costituiscono, senza momenti a vuoto o cadute di tensione." - musicZoom http://www.musiczoom.it/?p=32969

"Human Pieces is an album of fresh music which is not afraid to step into the unknown of exploration, but clearly wishes to avoid falling into the trap of rediscovering musical clichés. This it does extraordinarily well and so it is unusually stimulating and thought-provoking". - Ken Cheetham, Jazz Views. https://www.jazzviews.net/cusa--groder--grosso--miano---human-pieces.html

"Non si tratta di riprendere la lezione del free jazz ma di comprenderla nuovamente, di esaltarne alcuni aspetti senza quell’urgenza originaria ma seguendo una visione postmoderna, giocosa con la consapevolezza del proprio ruolo di musicista. L’intento in questo senso ci pare riuscito, la rabbia e l’urgenza, che caratterizzavano il free jazz storico, lasciano spazio ad un approccio ludico che permette di evidenziare dei comportamenti omogenei e descrivere con maggior coerenza la contemporaneità". - Nicola Barin, Percorsi Musicali. https://www.percorsimusicali.eu/2022/04/24/human-pieces/

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    Heart Kit 7:20
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    Skittles Heavy 10:33
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    Neon Eyes 7:02
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    Hand in a Can 5:54
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    Human Pieces 7:47
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    Twenty Fingers in a Pond 6:27
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    Nails in the Sky 5:24
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The Inner Life of Residue

Mirio Cosottini-Tonino Miano

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"Some pieces are so beautiful that it hurts". – Stef Gijssels. "The Inner Life of Residue, in fact, is a musical example of how life freely evolves, thanks to the attention and collaborative interaction with others, Read more

"Some pieces are so beautiful that it hurts". – Stef Gijssels.

"The Inner Life of Residue, in fact, is a musical example of how life freely evolves, thanks to the attention and collaborative interaction with others, transforming itself, reviving itself, giving rise to new realities. A splendid example.” - N. Polastri, AllAboutJazz Italia 2014.

"Almost like performance art without the pretension, this has that special something that you want to hear when you just want to be entranced by some well played music."– Midwest Record

"Mirio Cosottini and Tonino Miano find a wealth of ideas that spring forth from just a trumpet and a piano". ~ S. Victor Aaron, Something else!

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    There is a Swagger About Your Stagger 5:02
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    Ricercare Ars Revelare 4:34
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    Spoken To The Wind 3:12
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    A Loose End 4:08
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    Stirs Under The Surface 2:16
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    Petals To The Moon 5:53
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    Plankton 3:38
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    The Concavity Of Reflected Tones 2:36
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    Emergence 3:54
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    Breaking Away 3:07
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    Lost In Love Lost 3:52
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    The Blue Seed 3:22
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Fluidensity

Brian Groder-Tonino Miano

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"The country of FluiDensity is humane, quick-thinking, playful, fleet, inquisitive, earthy. Miano and Groder are deeply learned and skillful musicians, but when they play, all one hears is the sound of a beautiful, fascinating place to visit.” - George Grella, July 2012. "Profound and beautiful music.” - E. Hareuveni, AllAboutJazz 2013

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    Optika 4:59
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    Depth Of Field 8:27
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    Brushmarks 3:06
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    Inclination 4:53
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    Opposite Geometry 4:30
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    Phase Shift 8:09
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    Pinion 4:11
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    Wiser Counter Clock 4:53
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    Pas De Deux 5:28
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Cardinal

Cosottini-Melani-Miano-Pisani

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"The music is as accessible as it is adventurous, cerebral and emotional, programmed and spontaneous, it’s jazz and classical, recognizable and never heard, grave and light-footed, but with an aesthetic beauty and Read more

"The music is as accessible as it is adventurous, cerebral and emotional, programmed and spontaneous, it’s jazz and classical, recognizable and never heard, grave and light-footed, but with an aesthetic beauty and sensitivity that can only be admired. [...]Exceptional!” - Stef Gijssels, 2009.

"Very beautiful and very, very sophisticated".  -- Andrea Ferraris - Sands Zine, November 2009.

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    Vocale 4:40
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    Vento Salato 6:30
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    Radici 4:58
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    Cardinal 3:54
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    Jump-U-Funk 3:11
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    Ehe 4:43
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    Mazes Counterpoint 4:25
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    Bianca 3:55
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    Exmod 1 7:34
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Ulysses

Frantz Loriot-Tonino Miano

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“…Music that is both intense and of austere character, exploring the interesting resonances of the acoustic instruments. […] As it is usually a mark of the production of Tonino Miano […] Ulysses abounds with fascinating Read more

“…Music that is both intense and of austere character, exploring the interesting resonances of the acoustic instruments. […] As it is usually a mark of the production of Tonino Miano […] Ulysses abounds with fascinating and subtle details that enslave the listener and, through consecutive listens, leads us to new and surprising discoveries”. — E. Chagas – Jazz e Arredores, March 2009

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    Premonition 4:15
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    Metis 3:43
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    Troy 2:39
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    Dawn’s Rose Red Fingers 2:30
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    Suitor’s Dance 2:21
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    Insinuation 4:38
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    By The Roadside 2:57
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    Outis 4:44
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    Winds 2:56
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    Demodocus’ Song 4:25
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    The Furthest Edge 4:18
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    Ithaca 0:43
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    Epilogue 0:56
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Edus Tonus

Edoardo Marraffa-Tonino Miano

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“The soul that animates this music is sui generis: a mixture of interchangeable franticness, melodic research outside the customary databank canons and free jazz devoid of luxury clothes. I did manage to find a sort of Read more

“The soul that animates this music is sui generis: a mixture of interchangeable franticness, melodic research outside the customary databank canons and free jazz devoid of luxury clothes. I did manage to find a sort of disguised root in the couple’s methodological approach, which lies somewhere between the semi-serious fringes of post-RIO and – in selected circumstances – Goebbels & Harth’s technically evolved recklessness. Still, the manumission of improvisational clichés and the juxtaposition of different kinds of ironically rigorous dissent fuse in an entirely satisfying statement, whose temperament and personality are quite unique.” - Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes 2010

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    Il Morso Che Spezza 4:13
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    Compianti 5:05
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    Edus Tonus 5:53
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    Mr. Bronck 2:40
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    The Far Side 5:32
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    Plumber Slunder 3:59
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    Questioni 3:54
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    Here And There 4:05
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    Back Home 3:31
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The Curvature Of Pace

Mirio Cosottini-Tonino Miano

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“Sounds seems perfectly placed without strenuous effort. There is a clear sense of two musicians being very familiar and relaxed in each other’s presence.[…] the music glows.” — Chris Kennedy, Musicworks #104, Summer 09. Read more

“Sounds seems perfectly placed without strenuous effort. There is a clear sense of two musicians being very familiar and relaxed in each other’s presence.[…] the music glows.” — Chris Kennedy, Musicworks #104, Summer 09. “The notes splatter like fat rain drops on hot pavement […] Miano and Cosottini stand out”. — D. Dupont, Cadence Magazine, 789/08. "Brilliant trumpet & piano duo [...] theirs is thoroughly serious music, replete with intriguing subtleties, still greatly fascinating after several consecutive listens." — Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes, 2008.

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    Rushdash 4:38
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    The Hunt 8:55
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    Nine Years Ago 3:11
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    Dialoghi Di Traverso 3:06
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    Barcarolle 8:35
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    The Curvature Of Pace 6:01
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    Nebbia Nebbia 2:39
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