Gege Telesforo - Big Mama Legacy (2024) Hi Res

The man, the legend that brought us one of our all time favorite albums - Fun Slow Ride - is back in the game. As a curator of quality music and people, Gegè Telesforo has consistently brought together some of the finest players in Jazz and R & B, and now he’s back at it with some of the top young guns in Italy and a brand new album dubbed Big Mama Legacy.

With this new album, I wanted to finally celebrate my passion for the blues, to express my gratitude by producing an album with original compositions, perhaps more blues in spirit rather than in substance. "Big Mama" is Mother Africa with all its rhythms, its voices, its sound spices and all its beautiful diversities. It is the Blues with its joyful and heartbreaking sound at the same time, as well as the universal language of Jazz.’

Big Mama Legacy swings, it howls, it cries and laughs - all with a very comfortable groove. This is the blues through a seasoned, sophisticated lens, with players that can handle every twist and turn. The core band is Gegè with Giovanni Cutello, Matteo Cutello, Vittorio Solimene, Christian Mascetta, Luca Bulgarelli, and Michele Santoleri, with special guests Greta Panettieri, and Domenico Sanna. Big Mama Legacy is due out on March 1!