Unfired But Exploded
An expansive musical universe blending Sicilian tradition and culture in a new a-geographical and metropolitan dimension, languages and styles
Mixture of electronic sounds, from vintage to innovative
Musical structures proposed not always rhythmically defined, where "communicating improvisation" has an impressive role
Post Jazz Mistress (PJM)
"This Italian trio aims on imparting a new paradigm, concerning the somewhat populist integrations of jazz, progressive-rock, fusion and world music (...) the sonorous soundscapes are partly attributed to the profoundly mic'd rhythm section, resulting in a forceful and impacting framework (...)".
-All About Jazz
"(...) they're a trio, but they sound like a quintet".
-Acoustic Music
"Melting together jazz, progressive rock and world music while keeping their minds open towards the vanguard, the innovative trio Post Jazz Mistress is making music for the new millennium (...) searching for a sound that reflects the ideal synthesis of their myriad music influences, mixing them all together into an amazing amalgam that is much more than the sum of its component elements. Neither jazz, rock, or jazz-rock, it is a completely new musical genre that they call Post Jazz because it maintains the creative spontaneity of jazz improvisation, while ushering it into a completely new musical dimension...
...The dates opener, bassist Virgillito's listen to me, my J. is an overture of sorts, leading the listener into the Post Jazz Mistress dimension of music. It is the commencement of the group's journey through different methods of feeling and playing jazz today (...). Post Jazz Mistress signals the commencement of a new musical era defined by a distinctive approach to composition and improvisation that is inclusive of all the beautiful possibilities of tomorrow. It is decidedly the sound of a better future".
-Jazz Corner News
"..Post Jazz Mistress is the aptly titled name of an incredibly...No label fits...Jazz detente as east and west collide into the most unique hybrid that I can recall hearing in decades...Where Global Warming shines is their unique cover of the Lennon/McCartney classic "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." Where Bill Frisell failed... A 5 star winner!"
-Critical Jazz