PERICOPES

Pericopes+1 is an Italian trio project with roots in European tradition, African-American music and improvisation, and an affinity for melody and compositional structure, mixed with other post-rock/prog/avantgarde/electronic influences.

In 2024 their fourth album was released, a new creative concept of futuristic reflections on the present: «Good Morning World».

The release celebrates ten years of touring for this power-trio whose style would best be described as “crossover jazz” by the international press (Jazzthetik, Herald Tribune, Jazz’n’More, AAJ, Jazziz, RAI RadioTr), a «cleverly unorthodox trio» (Musica Jazz - Italy) who «demonstrate power and intention» (Downbeat - USA) plus grit and creativity that has earned recognition from both industry pros and fans.

Over the years Pericopes has performed hundred of concerts in UK, USA, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Switzerland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Nederland, including stages as the Gateshead Int’l Jazz Festival (UK), JIM Fest (Beijing), Sunside Jazz Club (Paris), Unterfahrt (Munich), ShapeShifter Lab (NewYork) to name a few.

Their debut have been introduced by prestigious words of eminent jazz masters Dave Liebman and Enrico Rava, later in 2021 Pericopes project was mentioned in the Italian jazz history book “La Storia del Jazz” (Ed.Hoepli) as one of the most important/unique new-generation productions of the last years. In 2023 the trio has been nominated by Musica Jazz magazine in the italian TopJazz chart as one of “best band of the year”.