THE NEW VILLAGE

This ten-musician project created by Enzo Favata was born from
the furrow of a pathway dear to the Sardinian saxophonist. “Tradition in
transition” is the main theme, the same that has been followed for years,
leading to success at an international level.

The new repertory involves special interaction between the ancient
and the modern, with the introduction of electric instruments, samplers,
sample takers, sustained and distorting rhythms – a fiercely modern
music that draws from the repertory of the polyphonic music of the song
of the tenores. The result is a show that is full of energy where jazz, rock,
freestyle and traditional song and rhythmic dub intertwine.

The new show has met with great public and critical success at
the Berlin Jazz Festival 2005. Tenores singing is one of the symbols of traditional
Sardinian music. Amongst the various choirs that keep this noble
and ancient tradition alive, the Tenores di Bitti occupy a key role, that has
been consolidated throughout a career lasting over twenty years, which
has brought them fame well beyond the shores of the island, winning over
audiences all around the world, as well as the admiration of, and in some
cases collaboration with, such great musicians as Lester Bowie, Ornette
Coleman, Frank Zappa and Peter Gabriel