ANGELO MAGNI is a New
York based serial entrepreneur. Originally from Milan, Italy, Boston's Berklee
College of Music graduate (class '00) he recorded Ruah after 20 years of
musical silence but of eccentric business activity. The only shows he played
during these years were international Jeff Buckley tributes. Ruah is a
meditative, jazzy insight into Angelo's spirituality. He recorded 6 original
songs and 4 covers at the Bunker in Brooklyn, singing and playing piano and
guitar, with well known jazz musician Shahzad Ismaily on bass/drums (Ceramic
Dog, Lou Reed, Jolie Holland, Damien Rice and many more) and Marcello Allulli
on saxophone.
This music is better listened to late at night, with a glass
of wine. Think about listening to someone praying. Ethereal harmonies flow up
and down and effortlessly bring crescendos with a smooth warm voice that seems
to be whispering in your ears. Angelo sings of a relationship of gratitude and
God-partnered walk through daily events and people met. Ruah is "the
Breath of Life," or "Holy Spirit" in the Christian and Jewish
tradition. "Throughout the album I sing about how this spirit brings life,
creates situations and ultimately teaches us how to be in touch and united with
God," he explains.
Well this relationship with the divine has certainly brought
him places. A pilot, he flew all over Europe sponsored by Bose. He built
Italy's first indoor skatepark (Trinity Skatepark), six coworking spaces (IF:
Idea Factory), managed a resort for pilots (Ca' Del Conte), produced a gadget
to quit smoking, ran a modeling agency in LA, and is a volunteer on the Board
of Directors of Mary's Meals, an international charitable movement that feeds
children in need. His latest venture is a chain of Italian restaurants called
"I Love Panzerotti" which opened its first shop on the 8th of April
in the Greenwich Village, New York. Basically a fried calzone, each panzerotto
sold feeds a child in need.
The album is available on all streaming and downloading
platforms and the official title track video is also released today on YouTube
at this address: https://youtu.be/uDkbNkRXw6Y
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