Giulia Barba

“Barba is a promising musician with unique, highly original compositional skills”
(All About Jazz, Eyal Hareuveni, Israel)

“She displays a jazz veteran's maturity in both her compositions and playing”
(All About Jazz, Mark Corroto, USA)

“With reforms like The Angry St.Bernard there is no need for a revolution”
(J.J. Tamboer, Het Parool, Netherlands)

“A rich and marvelously fresh debut”
(M. Andriessen, Trouw, Netherlands)

“They were impressive”
(E. Pozza, Canberra Jazz, Australia)

Giulia Barba’s debut album The Angry St.Bernard is the result of 4 years at Conservatorium Van Amsterdam, where the young Italian artist obtained a Bachelor Degree majoring in Jazz Baritone Saxophone and Bass Clarinet. The album features Indonesian pianist Sri Hanuraga (Java Jazz Festival) and Turkish singer Sanem Kalfa (winner Montreux Jazz Festival). The rest of the band: trumpetist Gidon Nunes Vaz (NL), saxophonist Christian Ferlaino (IT), bassist Luca Dalpozzo (IT) and drummer Joan Terol Amigó (E).
A month after the release, the album has been rewarded with 5 stars by Dutch newspaper Het Parool, with the review written by Jan Jasper Tamboer. American journalist Mark Corroto for All About Jazz wrote “She delivers a sculpted narrative on "Ballad" that could be mistaken for the legendary bari player Pepper Adams.”