opening 2025 Masterclass
"Sax solo & Solo sax"
Registration is now open for the masterclass for soloists in groups and alone, also for non-saxophonists.
Learn to listen and listen to yourself. Be listened to and listen to the listener.
4th January, Forlì (IT) – Artusi Jazz Festival
"Good Morning TOUR"
show announced
Celebrating 10 years of touring with 10 new dates for the new Pericopes album release tour.
Starting with Italy and including cities as Milan, Bologna, Padua.
Emi Vernizzi: sax, electronics
Claudio Vignali: grand piano/electronics
Ruben Bellavia: drums
October 2024
Performing sax solo on field recording
Grateful and excited for involving me in this festival production for the XXIX edition of the ParmaJazzFrontiere
“𝑰𝒍 𝒔𝒖𝒐𝒏𝒐 𝒅𝒊 𝒖𝒏𝒂 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒂̀”
Emiliano Vernizzi | sax and electronics
Luca Perciballi | live electronics
September 27th
"Good Morning World" OUT NOW
The new Pericopes album available digitally and physically (CD/LP) by Losen Records.
all links > HERE
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Stefano Amerio @Artesuono Recording Studios
Emi Vernizzi: sax, electronics
Claudio Vignali: grand piano/electronics
Ruben Bellavia: drums
"Assange" New single by Pericopes feat Rosa Brunello
Assange – new single by Pericopes – is OUT on June 21st (three days before Julian released!) on all digital platforms.
Emi Vernizzi: sax, electronics
Claudio Vignali: grand piano/electronics
Ruben Bellavia: drums
feat. Rosa Brunello: doublebass
Listen > HERE
July 24th - 2024 announced performing sax solo@Fano Jazz Festival (IT)
I’m honored to have been invited with Budokan solo sax/electronics at the Exodus stage for “Gli Echi della Migrazione” into evocative ruined church San Francesco on July 24th 2024. FESTIVAL LINK
(photo ©John Sanchez)
Pericopes feat Anaïs Drago - New single OUT
Blue Moka 2024 Tour (feat. Fabrizio Bosso)
Spring tour announced with the italian star of the trumpet Fabrizio Bosso
Emi Vernizzi: sax, electronics
Alberto Gurrisi: Hammond, Keys
Michele Bianchi: guitar
Michele Morari: drums, electronics
(photo ©Roberto Cifarelli)
Crossroad Festival 2024 with
Enrico Rava & Ottolini's Brass Ensemble
4 Aprile – IMOLA, Teatro Ebe Stignani
Enrico Rava, Mauro Ottolini, Andrea Lagi, Emiliano Vernizzi, Guido Bombardieri, Zeno de Rossi, Enrico Terragnoli, Glauco Benedetti, Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke
(photo ©Roberto Cifarelli)
Standing ovation @Karlsruhe Jazz Festival!
“Warm UP Tour” is over with an unexpected standing ovation in Germany.
October 2023
shows announced in Berlin, Hamburg, Nürnberg
Part.2 of the “Warm UP Tour” with 9 new Pericopes+1 concerts in Germany, Austria, Italy, including the Karlsruhe Jazz Festival and eminent Zig Zag Jazz club in Berlin.
More on www.pericopes.it
(photo © Lorenzo Menini)
03-09-23
performing sax solo at L'Aquila Jazz Fest. (IT)
An exclusive multimedia perform at the Jazz Festival in L’Aquila (IT) with my sax-solo project “𝙄𝙡 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙤” with the photographer Giuseppe Arcamone for AFIJ (Association of Italian Jazz Photographers).
Guests Alessandro Castelli (trombone) and Francesco Ganassin (clarinet) too with photos by Max De Dominicis and Alessandra Freguja.
(portrait © Roberto Cifarelli)
(live ©Gabriele Lugli)
July 2023
Pericopes+1
NEW VIDEO INTERVIEW
Introducing the current 2023 line-up @“Live&Talk” Stanglerhof, Bolzano (IT) surrounded by magical panorama of the dolomites alps.
Video/Audio: Mauro Podini
Emi Vernizzi • sax & electronics
Claudio Vignali • fender & electronics
Ruben Bellavia • drums
"UMBRIA JAZZ Festival 2023"
Opening at Teatro Morlacchi for the 50th anniversary of the Umbria Jazz Festival with Mauro Ottolini’s band.
(Photo © Roberto Cifarelli)
"Enjoy" featured on UK magazine Jazz Journal
Blue Moka mentioned in the style of T.O.P and Steve Gadd band. Check this new album review out by Francois Van de Linde for british magazine Jazz Journal
Full review HERE
"WARM UP" Tour 2023
12 new Pericopes spring/summer shows in Germany, Austria, Italy, with a new member of the P+1 family, pianist Claudio Vignali. Thrilled to hit the road again and perform new music. More will be announced soon!
(Photo © Lorenzo Menini)
30 Aprile 2023
Enrico Rava + Ottolini
In occasione dell’ UNESCO International Jazz Day al Crossroad Festival con il nuovo progetto in ottetto di Enrico Rava e Mauro Ottolini.
30 Aprile – Teatro Russi, Ravenna
(photo ©Roberto Cifarelli)
"BlueMoka" Tour 2023
ENJOY album release tour announced in France, Germany, Italy.
Emi Vernizzi: sax, electronics
Alberto Gurrisi: Hammond, Keys
Michele Bianchi: guitar
Michele Morari: drums, electronics
(photo ©Roberto Cifarelli)
"Sound Landscapes" by JOP Orchestra
After almost three years of work, the first album of the Jazz On Parma Orchestra has been published by Trifonica Record. I am happy to have been involved again by a dear and esteemed friend and colleague, Beppe Di Benedetto, with whom I have been collaborating for twenty years. The collective includes new and old talents from the Parma area. An album of original music arranged with meticulousness and research.
March 2023
Hayloft Studio Session
Happy to share this new video of
Pericopes+1 performing “November Tears” a composition shooted live for the first time and recorded by wonderful “Hayloft studio” team in the ancestral town Vignola (IT)
…
FULL VIDEO HERE
"Enjoy" featured on ALL ABOUT JAZZ
“𝘈𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺”
Thanks Neil Duggan of All About Jazz for this generous review.
Full review on
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/enjoy-blue-moka-rnc-music
More at www.bluemoka.net
TOPJAZZ 2022 nomination
Very grateful to have been nominated by italian Musica Jazz magazine in the TopJazz 2022 chart as Pericopes one of the “Best Band of the Year”.
No words, just heartfelt THANKS to all those who continue to support this decennial project.
Sax solo Performance announced
Felice di esser stato selezionato tra i tre solisti che parteciperanno alla performance multimediale a L’Aquila durante la prossima edizione del festival “𝙄𝙡 𝙅𝙖𝙯𝙯 𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙢𝙖” che si svolgerà il 2-3 Settembre.
Un grazie a MIDJ, AFIJ (Associazione Fotografi Italiani di Jazz) per l’invito nel presentare il progetto Budokan in sax solo il cui tema della performance verterà attorno al concetto de “Il Ricordo”.
February 24th
New Album OUT
“Enjoy” is out on all digital platforms by RNC Records. Soul / R ‘n B / jazz featured on the new BlueMoka release. Tour will be announced soon.
Thank to Red&Blue and Vox Recording More at www.bluemoka.net
PEACE TOUR 2022
Seventh new shows announced in Germany and Italy including Festival Jazz&Wine of Peace, Faenza, Deggendorf and Landshut, Parma, Milano and superb Auditorium Orpheus of Torino.
Emi Vernizzi – Alex Sgobbio – Ruben Bellavia
(photo © Liana Congedo)
NEW Single released
Last Stereonoon feat. Emi Vernizzi’s single “Everyone Says” has reached over 21k streams on #spotify
Thank to everyone!
Check this out
Bar Blues Tour 2022/09
Spettacolo di prosa (liberamente tratto da racconti di Giovanni Testori) in scena a Milano, Firenze e Montecosaro. Diretto e interpretato da Federica Bognetti, sax/elettronica – Emiliano Vernizzi. Light designer – Claudine Castay
(Elsinor Produzioni)
Fano Jazz Festival
2022/07
Le musiche del nuovo album “Enjoy” (RNC Records) di Blue Moka in anteprima al Fano Jazz by the Sea. Seguirà un secondo appuntamento a L’Aquila per Il Jazz italiano nelle terre del sisma“
Emi Vernizzi – sax, electonics. Alberto Gurrisi – Hammond. Michele Bianchi – guitar. Michele Morari – drums
PEACE 2022/05
So delighted to share these two brand new studio videoclips perfoming my compositions “Disco Gagarin” and “Ucronia” from the album UP (Losen Records, 2019)
Emi Vernizzi • sax & electronics. Alex Sgobbio • fender & electronics. Ruben Bellavia • drums
Recorded at: Groove Factory (Bologna, Italy) and Nebula Studios (Milano, Italy).
New Release
2022/03
“Il Mangiadischi” (Azzurra Music)
Felicissimo di esser stato ospite sull’ottovolante di Mario Ottolini, feat. Fabrizio Bosso e Vanessa Tagliabue. Il 31 Maggio spettacolo annunciato al Teatro Asioli di Correggio (RE).
New Album Release 2022/01
Multibox “Eleven Tokens” (Emme Records)
Marzo/Aprile nei club del nord Italia per presentare questo nuovo progetto di Andrea Cappi (elettronica, tastiere) assieme a Stefano Galassi (bass) e Riccardo Cocetti (drums).
Double tours announced: SUMMER and FALL TOUR ’21
Pericopes+1 ready to ride Italy/Germany/France. All infos on www.pericopes.it
Emi Vernizzi – Alex Sgobbio – Ruben Bellavia
New Release
2020/10/01
“Selfie Ergo Sum” (MarraCash Records) by Altare Thotemico
Very proud to have been part of this prog-rock “totemic” production.
Check this out on
New “UP” review by English magazine Jazz Journal.
Pericopes+1 ready to ride Italy/Germany/France. All infos on www.pericopes.it
Emi Vernizzi – Alex Sgobbio – Ruben Bellavia
