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Julio Resende: Sons of Revolution
by Pedro Keul
When he was a child, Júlio Resende ruined many of his father's vinyl records, as children at play may unintentionally do. But in due course he became one of the most accomplished pianists of his generation. The proof is his album Filhos da Revolução (Sons of Revolution), on which Resende went back to his father's roots to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Portugese revolution--what became known as the Carnation Revolution--which overthrew country's right wing, authoritarian, colonialist dictatorship.
read moreBernardo Sassetti Trio: Culturgest 2007
by Mark Corroto
Many listeners were introduced to the pianist Bernardo Sassetti by the record label Clean Feed, which built its early reputation on his recordings. The releases Nocturno (2004), Indigo (2004), Ascent (2005), Unreal: Sidewalk Cartoon (2006), and Motion (2010) are true evergreens. His untimely accidental death in 2012 (like that of Esbjörn Svensson in 2008) was a shock to Sassetti's many supporters. A decade on, a 2007 concert performance by Sassetti and his longtime trio of bassist Carlos Barretto ...
read moreBernardo Sassetti Trio2: Ascent
by AAJ Italy Staff
Davvero niente male questo Trio2 (ovvero un doppio trio) del pianista portoghese Bernardo Sassetti. Un pianista che ha il suo baricentro estetico saldamente ancorato in Europa. L'Europa di Federico Mompou, dei canti popolari iberici (sia spagnoli che portoghesi), ma anche l'Europa del jazz nordico di marca ECM. Senza le algide distanze di un musicista come Bobo Stensson, ma con la stessa lucidità, la stessa consequenzialità, la stessa semplicità melodica nella risoluzione di armonie ardite e/o di ritmiche instabili. In perfetta ...
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