European tour · Quartet proposal
Modern Jazz · Post-Bop · Electro-Acoustic
Europe
7 to 14 March 2027
7 to 14 March 2027
Boornazian
/ Fadini
Quartet
Aleks Fadini, piano and electronics, and Yamaha artist Josiah Boornazian, alto saxophone, bring more than a decade of New York collaboration and recordings for Fresh Sound New Talent to a quartet project with drummer Jesse Simpson. Original post-bop, live electronics and open improvisation.
Josiah Boornazian performed on John Daversa's American Dreamers, winner of the 2019 Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
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Live
Boornazian / Fadini on stageHistorical performance of the co-leaders' music. The proposed quartet with Jesse Simpson is a different lineup.
Listen first
Recordings & connections.
Hear the co-leaders on Simply Begin Again and Conversazioni, then an earlier Fadini trio session with Jesse Simpson. These recordings document the musicians and their shared history; the proposed quartet is a new configuration.
03Co-leaders on record
Simply Begin Again
Boornazian / Fadini · Fresh Sound New Talent, 2020
Open album
04Fadini + Simpson
Peace EP
Earlier piano trio · Fadini, Dan Martinez, Jesse Simpson
Explore the trio session
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Tour Dates
Performances: 7 to 14 March 20277 to 14 MarchEuropeAdditional concert proposalsDates by arrangement
9 March 2027Bern, SwitzerlandONO · 20:00Public concert
March 9 is booked in Bern. Other dates and personnel are confirmed per engagement; travel begins March 6.
§ 02: The Group
Original music.
Shared history.
Fig. 01: Fadini (piano) & Boornazian (alto), live
New York
Fadini and Boornazian first developed their collaboration in New York. Their recordings together include A Dark and Stormy Day and the jointly led Simply Begin Again on Fresh Sound New Talent, followed by the duo album Conversazioni on Elegant Noise Records.
Their music moves between written themes and open improvisation, with acoustic interplay and live electronic processing. This quartet proposal brings that repertoire together with an acoustic bassist and Jesse Simpson, with whom Fadini recorded the trio session Peace EP. Future Butterfly, recorded for Westmoon Records, is awaiting release.
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The Leaders
Fresh Sound New Talent recording artists
01 · Piano & Electronics
Aleks Fadini
Pianist · Composer · Texas A&M University
Italian-born pianist and composer whose work with Josiah Boornazian appears on Fresh Sound New Talent and Elegant Noise Records. His practice spans acoustic jazz, composition and live electronics. After more than a decade on the New York scene, he is now Assistant Professor of Music at Texas A&M University.
02 · Alto Saxophone
Josiah Boornazian
Yamaha Artist · University of Utah
Josiah Boornazian performed on John Daversa's American Dreamers, winner of the 2019 Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. Saxophonist, composer and Yamaha Performing Artist, co-leader of Simply Begin Again with Fadini. His work combines post-bop improvisation with electronic sound, including his solo project tymebrayker. He is Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Utah.
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The Quartet
Proposed lineup · Availability by engagementi / altoJosiah BoornazianAlto SaxophoneUniv. of Utah · US
ii / pnoAleks FadiniPiano & ElectronicsTexas A&M · US
iii / drmJesse SimpsonDrumsCzech Republic
iv / bassAcoustic bassistAcoustic BassTo be confirmed
Jesse's dates and the bassist are being arranged for each engagement.
Drums · New York / Czech Republic
Jesse Simpson
Jesse Simpson has played with Joe Lovano, John Abercrombie and Marc Copland. A Manhattan School of Music graduate, he moved to the Czech Republic in 2022 and has appeared repeatedly at Jazz Dock, including with Libor Šmoldas and Tomáš Baroš. His earlier recording with Fadini, Peace EP, captures their piano trio with bassist Dan Martinez.
Jesse: music and biography
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Selected Press
On A Dark and Stormy Day
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“Extremely well-executed, yet playful and whimsical”
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Discography · Media
Records, video, and artist sitesSelected Releases
01Future ButterflyRecorded · Forthcoming releaseWestmoon Records · Release date to be announced
02A Dark and Stormy DayFresh Sound New Talent
03Simply Begin AgainFresh Sound New Talent
04Conversazioni duoElegant Noise Records
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Booking
Festivals · Clubs · ResidenciesLet's book
a show.
Coordinator
Aleks Fadini
Phone
Telegram / Signal
+1 347 400 1756