Un is the result of countless hours of practice, performances, and hard work, but above all, it is the product of five musicians who, despite the passage of time and the challenge of aligning five very different lives, still can’t wait to meet up to play music together. This project bridges the vibrant world of contemporary Italian repertoire with the soul of American Jazz and blues.

The journey begins with Luciano Berio, whose explosive Call grabs the listener’s attention and sets the stage for the relentless energy of For Brass by Giuseppe Garbarino. Then comes Alessio Manega’s electrifying History of Mok, igniting a charge that’s transformed into rhythm and dance in Corrado Saglietti’s Blues and Encore, selections from his Any Time Brass Quintet collection. The listener is then transported across the Atlantic – who better to express such musical passion than Duke Ellington and George Gershwin? Summertime is just one of the themes that close the album, offered with the same warmth the musicians felt while recording.