giovanni di domenico

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Today, february 1st 2020, is the 10th anniversary of the release of Terra Che Cammina. Album was out on belgian small indipendent label Spocus Records on february 1st 2010. For the occasion I put the album out on Bandcamp!

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Original liner notes:

In 2006 I had the chance to visit South America and South East Asia, what strucked me most in those trips were the Ombùes in Parco De La Recoleta in Buenos Aires and the Chambaks and the other fabulous trees that grow around and on the temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

The vision/contemplation of these immense and yet so peaceful creatures inspired me to write music for an ensemble where the “wood” would be its main component and where the apparent immobility (non-mobility) of those beings draws a direct line with the apparent (as well) non-material nature of music.

trees don’t “move” and music is an unseizable form of expression; the collection of “mo(ve)ments” found in this album expresses the idea that the way trees “move” foes beyond sensory perception and, similarly, the way one can seize (touch, grasp) music is to be exactly in the “moment” when its being played, heard, felt.

I’d like to thank Ananta, Anja, Claus, John, Robbe and Waso for their dedication and great skills in playing, recording and producing this record, Marco for reminding me always the value of simple things, Pak Yan for sharing with me all those simple (and sometimes less simple) things.

Special thanks to Los Ombùes de la Recoleta and the Chambaks and all the other trees that grow around and on the temples of Angkor Wat for being so magnificent, and to my father Felice Di Domenico for always being there.

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Another release in this beginning 2020! “Down The Hill” is the new album with Alexandra Grimal.

Available in digital and CD

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Since their meeting in The Hague in the Netherlands in 2002, Alexandra Grimal and Giovanni di Domenico have been playing together regularly. Since 2011 they have been offering several subtle and inspired tête-à-têtes: Ghibli, Chergui and Down The Hill, which was released on January 19th, 2020.
Ghibli, around a repertoire composed by the Italian pianist, released on the Sans Bruit label in 2011, the music navigates on the mineral lines of Alexandra Grimal’s saxophones that come to rest and intertwine with the surprisingly deep and beautiful piano playing of Giovanni du Domenico, constantly opening new listening paths.
Chergui, a double album released by Ayler Records in 2014, compositions by both artists. Here they offer a sophisticated “chamber” jazz that yet seems to flow so naturally, where they find themselves in the dreamlike meanders of their dialogues…between writing and improvisation, to retain only the emotion of the moment.
In this new album, Down The Hill, the dialogue between the two musicians continues around improvised folk themes where Alexandra’s voice is added to the soprano saxophone, widening the timbres and the paths of exploration.
Recorded by Céline Grangey on nov. 16th/17th 2017 in the Vitez room of the Scène Nationale d’Orléans. Mixed and Mastered in 2019 by Céline Grangey. Cover photo and English texts by Alexandra Grimal, Italian text by Goffredo Muratgia.
Layout & design by Miquel Casaponsa
Thanks to François-Xavier Hauville, Céline Grangey and Goffredo Muratgia