Biography

Bob Salmieri, italian composer, musician, writer and producer. Band leader of Bob Salmieri Bastarduna Quintet , Erodoto Project, Milagro Acustico, Manosanta Hard Soul , founder of Cultural Bridge Indie Label since 2013 (www.culturalbridgelabel.it). "This project, created amidst the dark period of world pandemic, is a wonderful proof of the fact that music not only heals but also keeps as sane. It is now a year since many of us hardly managed to leave our homes and ware almost completely cut off from what we, the human species and especially those of the Mediterranean origin, need the most: contact with our kind, a smile, a warm embrace, a feeling of togetherness. This idea resulted in a string of wonderfully coherent melodic themes, which are full of romance, lyricism and reflection. For many listeners this music will sound very Bluesy, but to be honest the Mediterranean Culture has had its own Blues for Centuries, in many different shapes and forms: (...). The addition of organ, trumpet and vibraphone, caused a crystallization of Salmieri’s style, achieving perhaps the most convincing form of what he calls Mediterranean Jazz. The music has a superb natural flow and vitality, which simply makes the listener wish to hear more..." (Adam Baruch) Bob Salmieri: Tenor Sax Giancarlo Romani: Trumpet Vincenzo Lucarelli/ Danilo Gambardella : Organ, Rhodes piano Maurizio Perrone: Doublebass Massimiliano De Lucia: Drum Mateusz Nawrot:Vibraphone, piano.