Born as a trio in Rome in the fall of 2011, Luz began as a collaboration between Giacomo Ancillotto (guitar), Igor Legari (bass) and Federico Leo (drums). The trio has regularly performed throughout Italy at festivals and venues such as Jazz al Popolo 2012, noLebol Music Fest, Peperoncino Jazz Festival 2012, Rumori nell’Isola, La Strada in Jazz
In December 2012 cellist Tomeka Reid, one of the most distinctive voices of today’s avantgarde scene in Chicago (Anthony Braxton, Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed), joins the band to record their first album called “Polemonta”. Luz’s debut album, has been released in March 2014 by the italian label AUAND and was reissued after just one month.

The mixture of cello, guitar, bass and drums creates a sound of great intensity and unpredictable direction, resulting in a hybrid and powerful music, indefinable and elusive as the soundtrack of an imaginary movie or the traditional music of an unknown land.

In less than two years, LUZ has already performed over 100 concerts in 7 different countries in Europe (Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany and Netherlands), both in clubs and festivals (Jazz al Popolo 2012, NOLEBOL Music Fest 2, Peperoncino Jazz Festival 2012-13-14, Rumori nell’Isola 2012, La Strada in Jazz, Jazzflirt 2013, SoundRes 2013, San Leo Fest 14, Terracina Jazz 14).
LUZ has been broadcasted by several radio stations in Italy and abroad. Their performance at JazzFlirt Festival 2013 has been entirely broadcasted by the prestigious Rai Radio 3 (Italian National Broadcasting Company).

Luz means “light”, of course.
Luz is the bright kernel that nobody can steal from us, the hardcore of our own existence, the long lasting force that pushes us forward.

Giacomo Ancillotto: guitar
Igor Legari: double bass
Federico Leo: drums