CD Description
Jester of Jazz is a sophisticated mix of pure jazz blended with surreal invasions of theatrical images and short poems. Campus performance is a passionate and ironic exploration of the role of the jazz singer playing with the notes and the different colours of the music like a clown. Inspired by characters of Commedia dell Arte, Sardinian culture and in particular by some extraordinary figures such as Dario Fo, Franca Rame, Stefano Benni, Pina Bausch, Federico Fellini, Samuel Beckett, Augusto Boal, Complicite, Maria Carta. The music is written by Steve Lodder and Dudley Phillips with lyrics by Filomena Campus. The repertoire includes a stunning arrangement of a traditional Sardinian song No Potho Reposare by Dudley Phillips featuring Rowland Sutherland on flute
About the Artist
Internationally renowned and award winning Sardinian jazz vocalist and theatre director, Filomena Campus has toured and collaborated with top UK jazz musicians including Evan Parker, Guy Barker, Orphy Robinson, Byron Wallen, Cleveland Watkiss, Jean Toussaint, Paolo Fresu, Antonio Forcione and the London Improvisers Orchestra (Filomena features in the CD by the LONDON IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA: Improvisations For George Riste) In 2010 Filomena founded the Filomena Campus Quartet with Steve Lodder, Dudley Phillips and Winston Clifford. Their new original project is called JESTER OF JAZZ , with music by Steve Lodder and Dudley Phillips and lyrics by Filomena Campus, poems by Stefano Benni, Maria Carta, Paolo Fresu, Dario Fo and Franca Rame. Filomena has performed in several international festivals such as Edinburgh Festival, Berlin Italian Jazz Festival, Forma e Poesia nel Jazz, Nuoro Jazz, Orfeo Cinto di Mirto, Roccella Ionica Jazz Festival, Time in Jazz, Birmingham International Jazz Festival, Notting Hill Jazz Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, Nottingham Jazz Festival. Filomena Campus is Theatralia Artistic Director. The acclaimed multimedia production Misterioso. A Journey into the Silence of Thelonious Monk , written by Stefano Benni and sponsored by ACE, was presented at London Riverside Studios in 2009 and at the Edinburgh Festival in 2008 featuring top jazz musicians such as Tony Kofi, Orphy Robinson, Jean Toussaint, Shabaka Hutchings and Byron Wallen. In 2008 Filomena Campus was invited to the Italian Jazz Festival at Roccella Ionica with a project created with acclaimed author Stefano Benni, Italy VS England , featuring Orphy Robinson, Pat Thomas, Rowland Sutherland, David Leahy. In 2004 Filomena Campus co-founded the acclaimed jazz quintet In Kimbe with internationally renowned flautist Rowland Sutherland. They recorded In Kimbe CD in 2007. In the same year Filomena Campus took part to the Mozambique Empty Boat Tour, performing with the UK band Empty Boat and the Mozambican band Massukos, shooting a film documentary to raise awareness about sanitation and water in Mozambique in collaboration with Water Aid. In 2002/03 Filomena joined the UK Nubian Vibes Tour led by long time collaborator and friend, the acclaimed vibraphone player Orphy Robinson. Robinson also invited Filomena to join his band Quattro+, featuring Pat Thomas, Dudley Phillips and Kenrick Rowe, performing in major UK jazz festival and live on BBC Radio3. In 2001, prior to her relocation in London, she directed and performed in A Game of Chess , her first experiment mixing theatre and live jazz, in Cagliari, Italy. The project was inspired by the work of Beckett, Joyce and TS Eliot and featured top jazz Sardinian musicians. WWW.FILOMENACAMPUS.COM
