Bandakadabra

Bandakadabra is an “Urban Brass Band” according to the words of one of his biggest fans, Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food International movement. Born in 2005 in Torino, Italy, Bandakadabra plays nearly everything from balkan to jazz, latin and jamaican rocksteady. Along with such a wide-range repertoire, Bandakadabra blends music with improvisational sketch comedy. The result is an exhilarating show that would literally blow away every kind of audience, from theatres to city streets. Over the last three years, the band played over 200 gigs, being invited to play in some of the most important music festivals in Europe: Durham Brass Festival (2012-2013), Edinburgh Jazz Festival (2013-2014), Torino Jazz Festival (2013), along with long-time residencies at the Musica sulle Bocche Jazz Festival and the Sant'Anna Arresi Jazz Festival, two of the most important and long-lived music events in Italy. Bandakadabra has long-term live collaborations with some of Italy's hardest-working artists: Roy Paci, one of Europe's most requested trumpet players (former member of Manu Chao's Radio Bemba Band); Italian indie-rock band Marta sui Tubi; Guido Catalano, histrionic Turin-based poet and writer; Gianluigi Carlone, member of Banda Osiris; and Fabio Barovero, producer and composer. The band recorded two full-length albums, along with the original soundtrack from “La Luna su Torino” (written and directed by Davide Ferrario), and appeared as a guest in Marta Sui Tubi's “Salva Gente” LP. Other live venues: Harry’s Bar Birthday (London, UK), L'échangeur de sons Jazz Festival (Chambéry, France),Blue Note takes Aim (Milan), Sanremo in Fiore (Sanremo, nationally broadcasted by RAI/TV), Vinitaly (Verona), Università di Scienze gastronomiche 10th Birthday (Pollenzo), Exmelle (Genoa), Festival MiAmi (Milan), Vertical Stage Tour (Rimini, Bari, Palermo, Ostia), Festival del Barri Vell (Alghero), Exillesfest (Exilles), Hiroshima mon Amour (Torino), Salumeria della Musica (Milan), Terra Madre Opening Event (Torino), Fuori Orario (Reggio Emilia), Festival Quando la banda passò (Torino), Giorno della Memoria (Torino).