Slow Life presents The Mezza/Ginsburg Ensemble at the Olympia Bakery

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Mezze and Ginsburg's "Convergence"

with Shaun Johannes on bass and Kevin Gibson on drums

This concert presents Italian pianist Vittorio Mezza, an accomplished jazz performer with strong classical roots and saxophonist Mark Ginsburg, who was exposed to ancient cantorial prayer modes in his youth alongside the rhythms and sounds of South Africa.

Their musical tastes, share a sense of beauty and the importance of family. Thanks to these ideals, this collection of slow-burning mood pieces and pulsating ensemble passages has turned out sounding remarkably unified.

For the recording of their album Convergence, Mezza and Ginsburg were joined by a rhythm section comprising Luca Bulgarelli on bass, Marcello di Leonardo on drums and Fabian Hevia on percussion. The band recorded live at Tube Studio just outside of Rome, known for its warm, sensual sound and state of the art technology. After the foundation had been laid, the music then travelled to Sydney, where ensemble Bel a capella and singer Justine Bradley added the choral and vocal sections and the album would be mixed and mastered.

"Distance is not for the fearful, it is for the bold.", author Meghan Daum once wrote. And it certainly took a lot of faith and courage to pursue with the project. It goes without saying, then, that Convergence is much more than just a studio album. It is an ongoing exploration of what is possible in a collaboration and how to grow not just as musicians but human beings as well. This dialogue could potentially go on forever: Like an inspired conversation, the convergence of ideas never stops, becoming deeper and more intimate, forever expanding in scope and diversity.

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