Filippo Dall'Asta Quartet: Album Launch - The Hot Club of Tenerife

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Filippo Dall’Asta Quartet: Album Launch – The Hot Club of Tenerife

Date: Fri, 18 Oct
Early Show: Doors 6pm | Show 7pm – 8:10pm
Late Show: Doors 8:45pm | Show 9:30pm – 10:40pm

“Innovative, fresh and original” – Mozes Rosenberg

“Filippo Dall’Asta has the magic balance of talent and drive and both serve each other perfectly” – John Wheatcroft of GUITAR TECHNIQUES MAGAZINES

“There is no doubt that this literally flawless and exceptional feat is probably one of the best, most beautiful albums I have reviewed in my three odd years with Bucketlist” – JORDAN HODGINS of BUCKET LIST MUSIC REVIEWS

Join the Filippo Dall’Asta Quartet for the Album Launch party of “The Hot Club of Tenerife”: a journey into Gypsy Jazz, Bebop and Mediterranean melodies.

Filippo Dall’Asta is an Italian Gypsy jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader and arranger, mixing the sounds of Gypsy jazz with bebop and classical music, to forge his own style of progressive guitar playing

He began playing at the age of 5 in Parma, Italy, and studied music in his native country as well as Germany, France, Holland and India.

In 2010, at the age of 23, he arrived in the UK. He has toured and recorded with hundreds of artists such as Stochelo Rosenberg, Mozes Rosenberg, Lollo Meier, Giacomo Smith, John Wheatcroft, Duved Dunajevsky, Rares Morarescu, Gypsy Dynamite, Harp Bazaar, Tara Minton (Björk), The Ayoub Sisters and many more.

His touring resume covers Germany, India, Italy, France, Spain, England, Malta and Russia, with notable appearances at The Royal Albert Hall, Glastonbury Festival, the House of Parliament, the Tower of London, the Union Chapel, and many festivals in France and Italy.

Filippo released his first solo album in December 2018: “Mediterasian”, innovative album featuring over 20 musicians in which the erratic energy of Gypsy jazz combine with the meditative sonorities of Indian music.

The album was praised as “one of the best instrumental albums of 2018” by LA Music Critic Awards.

In 2020, for his side project “Gypsy Dynamite”, Filippo releases an album of 10 original songs fusing Gypsy Jazz, Bebop, Latin and Mediterranean melodies:
“Cafe Dynamite”.
The album received several rave reviews amongst which “An irresistable and unforgettable charm” by Jazz Journal UK.

Filippo is now releasing his brand new album “The Hot Club of Tenerife” on this very special night, and he will be joined by Duncan Hemstock on clarinet, Ducato Piotrowski on rhythm guitar and Nick Lenner-Webster on double bass to deliver an unforgettable performance at Toulouse Lautrec.