Marco Pignataro – Soprano & tenor sax

Jakob Kobal – Accordion

Angela Varo – Violin

Peter Sumner – Cello

Gabriel Maia – Guitar

Devon Gates – Bass & vocals

George Lernis – Percussion

and special guest

Andre Sudol – Arranger/drums

Italian saxophonist and Berklee Global Jazz Institute Managing Director Marco Pignataro reimagines folktales from the Italian diaspora and the Italian-American experience through the lens of jazz and music storytelling.

Part of JazzBoston's award-winning Jazz All Ways series, which is made possible in part by generous support from Mass Cultural Council, Cambridge Arts and Cambridge Community Foundation.

“...highest-level chamber jazz, lyrical, melody-rich, harmonically sophisticated, containing elements drawn from classical, gospel and opera, animated by a sensibility that embodies Wayne Shorter’s manifesto – the past is the flashlight for the future.”

– Downbeat journalist Ted Panken

NOTE: Price of admission includes two 50-minute sets separated by a 15-minute intermission.