ROBERTO CHERILLO, piano, voice
Manchild is the Piano Solo – voice project from Roberto Cherillo, definitely one of the best jazz male voices in Italy.
A pure and sheer voice brushing the keys, played with a peerless strength and virtuosity, which creates boundless worlds, Manchild is an intimate and gentle show, extremely empathic.
The set list is assembled partly from “Soffice” (Picanto record), the album he recorded in 2011 with famous trumpeter Luca Aquino, which was warmly received as one of the best projects of the year (Enchanting, it is like a refreshing oasis, a place to turn our daily stressed asymmetries to sheer lyricism – Guido Festinese) and partly from the album he has been working on since the beginning of the year and that will be finally recorded at the end of 2013. Moreover, Manchild sees Cherillo performing classical masterpieces – from jazz standard Nature Boy to 17th-century Baroque Opera, with a touching interpretation of Purcell’s “Dido’s Lament.” Roberto Cherillo is one of the best voices of Italian jazz and a extraordinary pianist and composer.
His music is an endless experimentation, constantly developing and looking for new ideas. The choice of the voice as the instrument best representing him has led Roberto Cherillo to come across to the most different and unusual styles and studies. From Anglo Saxon songwriting traditions to the Eastern influences, like the overtone singing.
His first album was published in 2009, “L’isola della pomice” (Picanto/Egea) with the Trio Omparty, and it was warmly welcomed in Italy (Award “Suoni di Confine” at MEI in Faenza).
One of his most interesting projects is Soffice (Picanto record, 2011), the album he has recently recorded with famous trumpeter Luca Aquino. A tribute to Chet Baker, Soffice is “enchanting, it is like a refreshing oasis, a place to turn our daily stressed asymmetries to sheer lyricism” (Guido Festinese) Jazzit Awards competition 2012 placed it in the TOP 10 of best jazz albums of the year, and Cherillo was placed third best male voice after Gegè Telesforo and Mario Biondi.
Cherillo has also composed several soundtracks for theatre plays. He is currently touring with Italianesi, a show of the Italian theatre company Scena Verticale, playing on stage.
No doubt Cherillo’s is one of the most original male jazz voices I have come across for a long time (Gerlando Gatto, A proposito di Jazz)
http://www.robertocherillo.com
