Live Projects

Kora Beat is one of the most distinctive world-jazz projects in Italy. Founded in Turin by Senegalese kora player and singer Cheikh Fall, the band explores the meeting point between West African traditions, jazz, funk and contemporary African rhythms such as mbalax and coupé-décalé.

Gianni Denitto contributes saxophone and effects, creating a dialogue between the melodic lines of the kora and the timbral possibilities of the horn.

Active since 2013, Kora Beat has performed in Italy, Senegal and India, appearing at venues and festivals such as Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Firenze Percussion Festival, Douta Seck Cultural Centre in Dakar and Bihar Diwas in Patna.

One World is a collaboration between Italian saxophonist Gianni Denitto and Grammy-awarded Indian percussion master Bickram Ghosh.

Presented at the Indian Museum in Kolkata in December 2024, the project brings together two musical worlds through a set of original compositions shaped by dialogue, rhythmic research and intercultural exchange.

The music reflects the idea that geographical and cultural distance can be bridged through sound, bringing Denitto's saxophone language into conversation with Indian rhythmic traditions and contemporary global music.

FIRE is a collective project bringing together electronic music, dub, jazz, global beats and visual art around the idea of fire as a force of both creation and destruction.

The project brought together dub legend Adrian Sherwood, who crafted the live mix of the performance, with a group of Italian musicians working across jazz, electronics and contemporary global sounds.

Gianni Denitto contributes saxophone and effects within a line-up that includes trumpet, vibraphone, multi-instrumental production and live electronics, creating a dense and hybrid sound world shaped by improvisation, rhythm and sonic experimentation.

Built around the rich, soulful sound of Alberto Gurrisi's Hammond organ, this quartet brings together four musicians with different backgrounds and a shared connection to the language of jazz.

The sound draws on the hard bop tradition and the classic jazz of the 1950s and 1960s, while remaining open to the stylistic developments that followed. The repertoire includes original compositions and reimagined standards, arranged specifically for this line-up.

Active since 2011, the quartet has performed in jazz clubs and festivals throughout Italy. After the debut album 888, released in 2015, the group returned in 2025 with Social Distance, a studio album made entirely of original material.

Since 2014, Gianni Denitto has collaborated on recordings and live performances with Neil Perch and Zion Train, one of the pioneering projects of UK dub music.

Founded by Neil Perch, Zion Train connects sound system culture, live electronics, bass music and political consciousness, with an international career spanning more than three decades.

In live performances with Zion Train, Denitto has shared the stage with Dub Dadda, Paolo Baldini, Raiz from Almamegretta and Dave Fullwood, bringing saxophone and effects into a powerful dub and electronic live context.