AWIR QUARTET
A BERLIN'S JAZZ QUARTET
FRANCESCO DI CICCO
- GUITAR , VOICE -
Guitar player, composerand poet. Sings and writes songs, produced in his own studio "Fabbrica Dei Suoni Studio" in Avezzano (Abruzzo, Italy).
He writes and produces music for several Italian singers and musicians, such as Italian superstar Fiorella Mannoia and national Italian broadcasting company RAI. He has taken part in concerts as live-musician with Stefano Di Battista, the Orchestra of the Rai, Hot Five Quintet jazz, Cassia Eller, Flavio Boltro, Remi Vignolo, Nicky Nicolai, Fiorella Mannoia and many others. Lives in Avezzano , Italy.
JAN VON KLEWITZ
NESIN HOWHANNESIJAN
- DOUBLE BASS -
- SAX -
Nesin is born 1976 in Berlin, Germany of Armenian descent. He started playing violine at the age of six. Later he switched to the double bass. Nesin played in various small groups, big bands and orchestras in the U.S. and Europe. Nesin studied with Dave Clark, Bruce Gertz, Dave Santoro, Dieter Ilg, Paul DelNero...and earned his diploma at Berklee in 2003. He played with musicians like Vardan Ovsepian, Hiromi Uehara,Charlie Mariano and many more...
“ Nesin is an excellent musician. He has a unique style of bass playing which is strong and expressive.” Bruce Gertz (bassist and educator)
Born 7.3.1964 in Zagreb,studied music at the Musikhochschule Cologne,and finished his collegecarreer in 1989.
Played in different bands at that time,such as Ulla Osters „Beyond Janis",Georg Ruby,Gene Connors,the German-French National Jazz Orchester,Albert Mangelsdorff,Wolfgang Dauner.
Studied at the Banff Jazz Workshop/Canada,toured the USA with two different big bands,moved to Berlin,played in several bands,such as the
Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra,with Alexander
v.Schlippenbach,Aki Takase,Evan Parker,Ernst-Ludwig Petrowski,Conny Bauer,Paul Lovens,also had some own projects with John Schröder,Stefan Lottermann,Pepe Berns,Bill Elgart.
PAOLO ELEODORI
- DRUMS -
Drummer and percussionist, plays in several worldmusic and jazz projects (among others with the quartet/sextett "Takabanda", which he himself founded) Has played in several theatre productions and at different European Jazz festivals (concerts with Riccardo Fassi, Gilad Atzmon and Klaus Doldinger's Passport). Has been living in Berlin since 1988.