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Pan-European contemporary jazz quartet Being Human are a band built across borders.
Bringing together acclaimed Lithuanian guitarist Mindaugas Stumbras, Mercury Prize-
nominated Scottish pianist Fergus McCreadie, and a celebrated Tuscan rhythm section
complete with Michelangelo Scandroglio (LVDF) and Mattia Galeotti, the group are
united by a musical language that reaches beyond geography – folding the folk traditions
of their respective homes into lyrical contemporary jazz, vivid melodic storytelling and
free-flowing improvisation.
Nine years in the making, their story is rooted first and foremost in friendship. Scandroglio,
Galeotti and Stumbras first crossed paths at the Siena Jazz Summer Workshop in Italy,
before Stumbras invited fellow Royal Conservatoire of Scotland student McCreadie into
the fold. A formative Italian tour followed, setting in motion an unlikely musical relationship
between four musicians living across four different countries. Through the logistical
challenges of distance and the disruption of the pandemic, that connection has endured,
developing across years of touring into a distinctive collective voice.
Bringing together acclaimed Lithuanian guitarist Mindaugas Stumbras, Mercury Prize-
nominated Scottish pianist Fergus McCreadie, and a celebrated Tuscan rhythm section
complete with Michelangelo Scandroglio (LVDF) and Mattia Galeotti, the group are
united by a musical language that reaches beyond geography – folding the folk traditions
of their respective homes into lyrical contemporary jazz, vivid melodic storytelling and
free-flowing improvisation.
Nine years in the making, their story is rooted first and foremost in friendship. Scandroglio,
Galeotti and Stumbras first crossed paths at the Siena Jazz Summer Workshop in Italy,
before Stumbras invited fellow Royal Conservatoire of Scotland student McCreadie into
the fold. A formative Italian tour followed, setting in motion an unlikely musical relationship
between four musicians living across four different countries. Through the logistical
challenges of distance and the disruption of the pandemic, that connection has endured,
developing across years of touring into a distinctive collective voice.
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