Volto! (styled as VOLTO!) are an American jazz rock fusion jam band group from Los Angeles, California. They are a quartet, featuring Kirk Covington, Lance Morrison, John Ziegler, and Danny Carey, who live and work in the Los Angeles area.[1][2]
Volto!'s sound ranges greatly, making it hard to classify. Guitarist John Ziegler cites many influences such as Billy Cobham, Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis. The band draws heavily from the progressive rock crowd and has even been embraced by the jazz community. Their setlist typically includes both original band compositions and covers of classic rock and jazz fusion songs by artists such as Jimi Hendrix, ZZ Top, The Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Billy Cobham, and Tony Williams Lifetime. On August 19, 2007 they performed at prestigious Los Angeles jazz club La Ve Lee, as the band's sound is steeped in jazz fusion.[3]
Volto! members are as follows; Drummer Danny Carey is the drummer for multiple Grammy award-winning progressive metal band Tool. Bassist Lance Morrison has recorded on studio albums for Alanis Morissette, Don Henley, and Jim Brickman. He has also been featured in many movie soundtracks.[4] John Ziegler is most known for his Monday Night Jamz residency at The Baked Potato Jazz Club in Studio City, CA, plus his membership in the successful Hollywood underground rock band Pigmy Love Circus, of which Danny Carey is also a member. Kirk Covington is best known for his work with progressive jazz fusion band Tribal Tech and Scott Henderson.
References [link]
- ^ "VOLTO!". VOLTO!. https://www.voltoband.com/. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ "Untitled Page". VOLTO!. https://www.myspace.com/volto. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ Heller, Rachel. "Volto!'s High Voltage Lights Up La Ve Lee". LA Splash. https://www.lasplash.com/publish/Music_107/Volto_s_High_Voltage_Lights_Up_La_Ve_Lee.php. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
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Carnival of Venice
The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia) is an annual festival, held in Venice, Italy. The Carnival ends with the Christian celebration of Lent, forty days before Easter on Shrove Tuesday (Martedi' Grasso or Mardi Gras), the day before Ash Wednesday. The festival is world-famed for its elaborate masks.
History
It's said that the Carnival of Venice was started from a victory of the "Serenissima Repubblica" against the Patriarch of Aquileia, Ulrico di Treven in the year 1162. In the honour of this victory, the people started to dance and make reunions in San Marco Square. Apparently, this festival started on that period and became official in the Renaissance. In the seventeenth century, the baroque carnival was a way to save the prestigious image of Venice in the world. It was very famous during the eighteenth century. It encouraged licence and pleasure, but it was also used to protect Venetians from present and future anguish. However, under the rule of the King of Austria, the festival was outlawed entirely in 1797 and the use of masks became strictly forbidden. It reappeared gradually in the nineteenth century, but only for short periods and above all for private feasts, where it became an occasion for artistic creations.
