Aldo Vigorito - Sona
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LA CASA ARMONICA
Move from room to room and discover the musical heritage of Campania
THE ROOMS
Access the different areas of the Casa Armonica: let yourself be inspired by melodies, history and groove.
Neapolitan song
It includes the vocal work of the Golden Age from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, the background related to the different forms of Neapolitan singing, as well as the following production that adopts traditional models.
DISCOVEREtno-folk
It includes the traditional oral music cultures of the Campania area and the authorial folk.
DISCOVERTHE ROOMS
Access the different areas of the Casa Armonica: let yourself be inspired by melodies, history and groove.
Discover all insights
Fogli Volanti e Copielle, ovvero la diffusione musicale tra mercati e vicoli
I “fogli volanti” sono rinvenibili in Europa dall’introduzione della stampa, a fine 800 arrivano le “copielle”
DISCOVERCarosone, l'Americano di Napoli
«Orgoglioso delle mie radici, creavo quelli che oggi, con maggiore coscienza e quindi minore naturalezza, si chiamano crossover sonori»
DISCOVERIl Festival della Canzone Napoletana dal 1952 al 1971 e 1981
Il Festival della Canzone Napoletana, simbolo della melodia partenopea nella seconda metà del Novecento.
DISCOVERTrivial Sound
Kistch, trash, bagoni e tamarri sono il vero nutrimento del “trivial sound”.
DISCOVERAldo Vigorito
Aldo Vigorito, born in 1958, is undoubtedly one of Italy's greatest jazz double bass players. Born in Salerno, he trained in Rome at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory under the wing of Romano Mussolini, with whom he played for seven years, touring America, Canada, Spain, Germany, and Kenya. In Rome, he met guitarist Eddy Palermo and trombonist Marcello Rosa, and at the same time began teaching at the CIAC in Rome. After his first attempts at the electric bass, Vigorito devoted himself to perfecting his double bass playing, becoming one of the leading exponents in Italy.
He was among the first musicians from Salerno to enter a recording studio, releasing “DoIt” on the historic Ariston label. An extraordinary instrumentalist and composer, Aldo Vigorito is also remembered in Salerno for having been one of the city's jazz festival organizers in the 1980s. In particular, from 1987 to 1994, he was the artistic director of the “Jazz Estate” festival, organized at the La Carnale fort. Very active as a double bass player for the Pomigliano Jazz record label, Itinera, Aldo Vigorito is one of the most sought-after musicians in the studio and live for his cultured and refined style, which blends an extraordinary knowledge of traditional grammar with an ever-open contemporary outlook.
His signature style is fully evident in the album Napolitania, released by Wide Sound, featuring compositions that also draw on the rich heritage of Campania's musical tradition, where the sea is the element around which the compositions revolve. Vigorito's musical culture was formed alongside some of the most important international musicians, from George Benson to Lester Bowie, Tom Harrell, Joe Lovano, Roscoe Mitchell, Jeff Ballard, and Eivind Aarset. He has released four albums with the fabulous saxophonist Carla Marciano from Salerno and three with the extraordinary Trio di Salerno.
