DEVRA
Devra is the creative project of Italian drummer and producer Fabio De Angelis, blending contemporary jazz, deep-groove language, hip-hop aesthetics and an exploratory approach to rhythm and sound. Built around collaboration and a strong sonic identity, Devra combines acoustic performance, modern production and improvised interaction, shaping a sound that feels both intimate and forward-thinking. Following the well-received debut EP — supported by tastemakers across the UK jazz and left-field soul scene — Devra returns in 2025 with On the Way, released on Root Records. The project explores the idea of movement, both physical and emotional, through collaborations with international artists such as Paul Grant, Jackson Mathod and The Offline. Each track is inspired by a real place connected to the musicians involved, reinterpreted through groove-driven arrangements, warm harmonic textures and a cinematic sense of space. The new EP has gained strong international radio support, receiving airplay on leading platforms including BBC Radio 2 (Jamie Cullum), BBC Radio 3 (‘Round Midnight), BBC 6 Music (Huey Morgan), and extensive rotation on Jazz FM, Soho Radio, Rinse FM and Jazz Re:freshed. Devra’s music has also appeared on stations across the US, Australia, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Consisting of six original tracks — including the singles Mill Street Samba, On the Way, Vondelpark Bop and RSB Variations — the EP traces a journey through groove, storytelling and personal landscapes, expanding Devra’s identity while remaining rooted in rhythm, interplay and sound-driven expression.
THIRD WAVE
Third Wave is a snapshot of the musical universe of the versatile musician and composer from Vicenza Fabio De Angelis. His music shows an opening towards the demands of contemporaneity but also a profound respect for jazz tradition, whose linguistic codes he has studied for a long time. On the one hand the writing and on the other the interpretation of the songs and standards. The common thread that binds these two expressive instances is the 50’s and 60’s jazz tradition, an obsession that crosses the “third phase” of the drummer’s stylistic exploration and to which he consecrates this first record. In this straight-ahead approach, however, there are several elements of freshness. The approach to sound, the metric modulations, the skilful use of dynamics frame the album within a contemporary post-bop where the clarity and balance of the rhythm section are flanked by the harmonic choices and improvisations of the soloists, closer to a controlled modernity.
ELLINGTON TRIO
The project consists of saxophonist Pietro Mirabassi, double bass player Francesco Bordignon and drummer Fabio De Angelis.
The pianoless trio proposes a repertoire based on the orchestral music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, revisiting their sonorities thanks to the solo character of each of the musicians.
The three met at the Conservatory of Vicenza and in 2019 they won the National Arts Award for the Jazz category, winning the prize dedicated on that occasion to the musician Pino Daniele.
Since then, the trio has played at several national events, receiving excellent reviews, and is planning a debut recording.