Jazz Articles about Beppe Crovella

Beppe Crovella: What’s Rattlin’ On The Moon? A Personal Vision Of The Music Of Mike Ratledge.

by Nic Jones
April 26, 2010

The sub-title makes all the difference here. Mike Ratledge was a key member of all the most worthwhile line-ups of Soft Machine, but alone amongst the quartet that consisted of himself, Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper and Robert Wyatt, he didn't go on to develop a solo career once he left the band. This and the passing of time, have had the effect of setting a seal on his music, but Italian composer/keyboardist/producer, Beppe Crovella has not only broken it, he's ...

Beppe Crovella: What's Rattlin' on the Moon?

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 19, 2010

Come nei sogni le situazioni si fondono una nell'altra senza alcun confine, così questo meraviglioso omaggio di Beppe Crovella all'impareggiabile Mike Ratledge, mischia elegantemente dieci brani del tastierista dei Soft Machine e li lega assieme in una lunghissima suite, senza soluzione di continuità. E come in un sogno, i temi liquidi e psichedelici di Ratledge danzano davanti a noi, come pupazzi giganteschi che contengono esseri umani al proprio interno. Sono marionette animate dipinte con colori vividi e scintillanti, ma sempre ...

Beppe Crovella: What's Rattlin' On The Moon? A Personal Vision of the Music of Mike Ratledge

by John Kelman
November 15, 2009

For a group that's been gone nearly thirty years, Soft Machine sure has been seeing a lot of action. With remastered albums, including core classics Third (Sony, 1970) through Seven (Sony, 1973), and archival live recordings including Reel Recordings' recently earthed Live at Henie Onstad Arts Center 1971 (2009), it seems as if this legendary British group--which evolved from post-Dadaist psychedelia through free jazz to riff-centric jazz/rock--has never been more popular.

Tribute albums have begun to ...

Beppe Crovella: Pianovagando

by John Kelman
April 2, 2009

Setting aside his Hammond Organ, Mellotron and Moog synthesizer for a short while, Beppe Crovella--best known as the keyboardist for Italian progressive/fusion group Arti E Mestieri, last heard on First Live in Japan (MoonJune, 2007)--goes solo on Pianovagando. While he's performed brief piano solos during live performances with AEM, this is the first time he's focused on solo acoustic piano for an entire album, and while comparisons to other pianists who have gone this route would be expected, Crovella differentiates ...