***CANCELLED*** IMOO #192: Lina Allemano Four July 17 2019 @ Black Squirrel Books ***CANCELLED***

Regretfully, the Lina Allemano 4 have had to cancel their show at Black Squirrel due to unforeseen circumstances. Fortunately, they will be rescheduling for a future date ASAP

Lina Allemano, trumpet/compositions
Brodie West, alto saxophone
Andrew Downing, double bass
Nick Fraser, drums

Toronto-based LINA ALLEMANO FOUR is known internationally for their inventiveness, playfulness, and synergy as they deftly blur the line between composition and improvisation. The band has been touring extensively since 2005 all across Europe, USA and Canada, and they’ve released 5 internationally-acclaimed albums to date. Their music has been described as abstract melodicism, combining lush colours with dense free-flowing rhythmic textures. “Trumpeter Lina Allemano and her band have created an eclectic sound that makes its own synthesis of tradition and avant-garde, of structure and freedom, of clever composition and emotional depth, of abstraction and warmth… beautiful and moving and fun.” [Stef Gijssels, The Free Jazz Blog].

Splitting her time between Toronto and Berlin for the past several years, Canadian trumpeter, improviser, and composer LINA ALLEMANO has an active international career performing cutting-edge jazz, improvised, and contemporary music. Having been recognized as one of the leading innovative trumpeters on the scene today, she is busy collaborating all across the globe with a long and ever-expanding list of important international artists, as well as leading her own projects Lina Allemano Four, Titanium Riot, Ohrenschmaus, and Bloop. Allemano was called “one of the most exciting new voices of the last few years” by Point of Departure, and was featured as one of the top innovative trumpeters for the future in DownBeat Magazine.