Trio Ammentos

Músicas sem Fronteiras, Jazz, Etnic, Tango

Fado & Recital de Guitarra Portuguesa

António Pinto Basto

Carlos Gonçalves

Trio Ammentos

Peo Alfonsi, (classical and 12 string guitar)

Fausto Beccalossi, (accordion)

Salvatore Maiore, (double bass and cello)

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Remar Kramer

On occasion, a few members of a larger musical group come to find one another's sensibilities so stimulating and mutually satisfying, on both an artistic and a personal level, that they soon start actively creating further opportunities for collaboration. TRIO AMMENTOS was born from such a happy circumstance. After having played together on various projects, these three instrumentalists resolved to embark upon a new collective musical adventure, bringing to fruition their shared passion for post-modernist neo-Romantic composition, their talent for deeply emotional, highly charged interpretation (particularly manifest in their live performances) and their penchant for "non-classical" rhythm schemes. The quest for ever more evocative sonorities is the trio's driving motivation, guiding them in the choice of new material (all original) as well as throughout the meticulous arranging phase. The soloistic aspect, while important, is always placed, functionally, at the service of the ensemble sound, thus affording novel, varied textures from the interplay of the three instruments. At the same time, the gift for both individual and collective improvisation which distinguishes these musicians (and for which they are held in great esteem by colleagues) freely permeates their every performance. One may define the music of TRIO AMMENTOS as a perfect blend of classical atmospheres with those of contemporary "world" and jazz, a natural, evolutionary encounter among forms of musical expression all too often forced to ignore one another due to stereotyping and pigeonholing. This music is the simple, pure essence of shared artistic experience and vision allowed to filter through unfettered instinct.

TRIO AMMENTOS has recorded three CDs:. The first, "Ammentos" (Velut Luna, 2004), received rave reviews from major Italian trade magazines such as Jazzit, Musica Jazz and Audiophile. The second, "Midsummer Night In Sardinia" (Rai trade 2005), features American guitarist Al Di Meola. The new CD, entitled "remarkramer" (Velut Luna 2006) and dedicated to pioneering Italian accordionist and composer Gorni Kramer, has just been released.´

CD - Remar Kramer

• angolo di cielo

• Amore fermati

• K & K (mp3)

• Donna

• Simpática

• Cherie

• Gorni (mp3)

• Billy (mp3)

• Dimmelo sottovoce

Salvatore Maiore (double bass and cello)

He graduated in double bass at the Cagliari Conservatory in 1991. He moved to Northern Italy in 1992 and from there he started to play with groups such as Franco Cerri and Enrico Intra Quartet, Glauco Venier Trio, Simone Guiducci Gramelot Ensemble, Paolo Fresu ‘ Internos ‘ Quartet, Balen Lopez de Munain Trio, Kenny Wheeler Italian Project, Sing Without Words Quartet.

He teamed up several times in concerts and recordings with Italian and foreign musicians such as Lee Konitz, Enrico Pierannunzi, Enrico Rava, Nguyèn Le, Billy Cobham, Franco D’Andrea, Claudio Fasoli, L. Butch Morris, Joseph Jarman, Steve Grossman, Cedar Walton, Pietro Tonolo, Flavio Boltro, Roberto Gatto, Eliot Zigmund, Tino Tracanna, Gianni Coscia, Gianluigi Trovesi, Luca Flores, Jacques Pellen, Kristen Nogues, Olivier Manoury, Oliver Lake , Elena Ledda, Antonio Faraò, Martin O’ Connor, Ralph Alessi, Sandro Satta, Chris Speed.

Fausto Beccalossi (accordion)

He was born at Castenedo (Bs) in 1967. At a very young age he began the study of chromatic accordion with a classical style, while at the same time playing trumpet at the Brescia Conservatory. He soon preferred the first instrument , deepening his technique and being unanimously considered as one of the major specialists both in Italy and abroad. In 1997 he started playing professionally with some Italian groups such as: Gramelot Ensemble with Simone Guiducci, Guido Bombardieri Quartet; Nuevo Tango, Otello Savoia Quartet. In the last few years Beccalossi has played and recorded with some of the best Italian , European, American and South American musicians : Kenny Wheeler, Sandro Gibellini, Gabriele Mirabassi, Battista Lena, Enzo Pietropaoli, Paolo Fresu, Mauro Negri, Ralph Alessi, Maria Pia De Vito, Don Byron, Erik Friedlander, Chris Speed, Lito Epumer.
Since 1999 he played with the Gianluigi Trovesi Nonet in all the major European festivals.

Peo Alfonsi (classical and 12 string guitar)

At the age of 18 he began to study classical guitar, graduating with honors. He carried on with his classical studies attending the International Courses for Musical Interpretation of Norcia where he distinguished himself. In 1996 he was given the first prize at the “ Posada Jazz Project “ contest in a duo with Massimo Ferra with whom he recorded the cd “ Passi difficili”.
He was third with Sandro Fontoni at the International Contest of Sant’Anna Arresi in 1998, publishing the cd “ Pietre Nuove” . Together with Fontoni and Paolo Fresu he played in the cd “ Che c’è “ for which he got flattering reviews in the Usa , England and Italy .
He played with famous musicians such as Kenny Wheeler, Michel Godard, Vincent Courtois, Wolfgang Puschnig, Al Di Meola, Trilok Gurtu, Marc Ribot, Noa, Roberto Ottaviano, Paolo Fresu, Sandro Satta, Furio Di Castri, Tino Tracanna, Riccardo Luppi, Gabriele Mirabassi and many others. He is also a composer for the theatre and has worked on a significant number of cds both as guitarist and arranger.

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