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BEGINNINGS AND MUSIC STYLE
Band founded to the beginnings of the 90’ th,
with a tightly jazz denotation. Kysha25 start their career
collaborating with jazz players of the international scene
exhibiting in a lot of jazz-Italian clubs.
With the time the leaders of the group:
Alfonso Tramontana (composer and author singer pianist) and
Gino Tramontana (author and composer percussionist, drummer,
singer) decide to experiment their music, with the intent
to create a kind more personal and more experimental, when
coexist the classical jazz, the fusion, Latin music, Rap,
|afro| and Mediterranean music.
2000 FIRST ALBUM CROSSING OVER AND FIRST
CUBAN TOUR
"Crossing Over"( Panastudio Prod
editions.),is the first work of Kysha 25! For this work they
receive the compliments of Danny Byrnes, personal manager
of Chick Corea, and the appreciation of the same artist.
They realize a tour in Cuba exhibiting in the most
important jazz clubs of the Caribbean island such us La
zorra y el cuervo ( the house of the Cuban jazz ).
2001 WINNERS IN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
OF PALERMO-SICILIAN TOUR
They win the festival of Palermo.This
festival is one of the more important events in the Italian
music scene (the jury was composed by the managers of the
most important music label in Italy). Gino, in particular in
the summer 2001 plays as percussionist in the musical "
Salvatore Giuliano ", exhibiting in the more important
Italian theatres, among the what the ancient Greek theatre
Teatro greco in Taormina in the TAOARTE contest, and to the
theatre Teatro di Verdura in Palermo.
2001-2002 BARCELONA SPAIN TOUR
From the November 2001 to the January 2002,
they undertake a large tour | in Spain, exhibiting in
theatres and local as Antilla barcelona, London cafe (
historical place of Barcelona ), the club jazz " El foro " |ecc|…
They take part in broadcast transmissions on the radio
stations (Radio gladis palmera and radio |picadillo|.
2002-2003 SECOND ALBUM CULEBRAS AND SECOND
TOUR BETWWEN ITALY AND CUBA:
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SANTIAGO DE CUBA-FESTIVAL DE LA TROVA(visit tour
section)
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HABANA-FESTIVAL JAZZ PLAZA(visit tour
section)
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HABANA-FESTIVAL HIP-HOP 2003(visit tour
section)
Returned in Italy, in collaboration with the
Cuban group Son from Buena fe, they realize 2 videos,
entitled Toca mi hermano and Terra ( composed and arranged
by the kysha25 ). Kysha25 win the international prize of
poetry NOSSIDE, in the category, poetry in sets to music,
and come invited by Eliades Ochoa of the Buena Vista
Social club, to take part in Santiago de Cuba at the
Festival de la trova. There they record for the prestigious
and historical record Cuban label "EGREM", to realize a
passage, that later on will come contained in the c.d.
compilation record of the festival (EGREM editions).
Returned in Habana they begin to collaborate with the m°
Changuito,( winner of 2 |grammy| and considered one of the
most important percussionists to the world)., With Cahnguito
they realize a series of concerts, and exhibiting even in
prestigious government centers as the UNEAC ( national
writing union of Cuba ). In 2002 kysha25 realize their
second album "CULEBRAS" that sees the collaboration of
artists of international fame as Baba Sissoko (
percussionist of Sting and Santana ), Changuito,
the-songwriter Giorgio Conte, D.J. Wlady of the |Spaghetti
funk| , the Cuban rap band Free Hole Negro ( nomination to
the |grammy| 2002 ), the Cuban |rapper| Telmary Diaz, and
much other. Following the |culebras| project comes invited
to participate in DISCONCERT in the suggestive scenery of
the theatre Teatro dello Spasimo di Palermo. They come
invited by Chucho Valdčz to perform to the festival of the
jazz( Plaza jazz festival ) in Habana, where kysha25
continue to collaborate with the m° Changuito, Free Hole
negro, Telmary Diaz and the m°TAta Guine ( winner of 2 |grammy|
) percussionist of the old Cuban scene. in the month of
August 2003 to perform to the seventh edition of the HOP HIP
HAVANA festival to the Cuba |havana|, that sees between the
participants even the American group Roots and Erika Badł t.
TV
AND RADIO NETWORK EVENTS WITH KYSHA25
They make interviews in Radio Progreso, and
by Rosillo , that represents one of the more high
personality of the Caribbean press. During the festival of
the jazz of the |havana|,start to work with Marco SAcchetti
, Italian representative for the television Latin
broadcasting station Cubavision, freelancer for the
Satelitare CULT channel TV and for the press Il MAnifesto
manifest,.The originality of the kysha25 project,is
mentioned in Cult Tv in Musica por elDESEMBARGO ,Jazz a lo
cubano and Hip hop a lo cubano.
In Italy they perform on RaisatRagazzi for
the JIG program TV. The Spanish web www.antillasalsa.com
Http://www.antillasalsa.com/ in the classification " the
best of the 2002 ", add- the c.d. Culebras of the Kysha25
between the 12 best c.d.of the year. in the same
classification were Manu Chao and Orishas. They realize two
interviews and two concerts for the broadcast broadcasting
station RADIO1 in the program " the night of the mysteries
".
Others participation in television in cuba
and latin america CUERDA, PISO6, A MUOVERSE and Justo al
medio .
2004-2005 THIRD ALBUM FARANDULA AND NEW
PROJECTS
LISTEN GRATIS TO ALL THE SONGS OF FARANDULA
ENTERING IN AUDIO SECTION
Currently Kysha25 realized their third
c.d., FARANDULA. This work , see the presence of guests as
the Los VAN VAN , Roldan leader singer of the Orishas |rap|
group, Changuto and Tata Guine, Bobby Carcasses, Horacio |El|negro
|Hernandez|, Beatriz |Marquez|,, and much other. The |band|
is composed by young Cuban musicians of great talent:
Roberto Martinez; Yasek Manzano (student of Wynston
Marshalys);Lino Lorez Mandy . in this cd |kysha| 25
create a musical trip that start from the jazz to the |tradicional|
rumba, to the |rap|, passing through the |afro|
music-Mediterranean and the more modern |timba|.
They presented their work Farandula In
GIROFESTIVAL 2005,one of the most important events in the
national Italian scene, the famous artist Melanie C was
invited to in this festival
WATCH GRATIS THE VIDEO OF GIROFESTIVAL WITH
KYSHA 25 iN RAI (RADIO TELEVISIONE ITALIANA) ENTERING IN
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