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Enrico Rava: Ragazzi Selvaggi

by Ernesto De Pascale
February 1, 1999

Veteran trumpeter Enrico Rava dedicates Ragazzi Selvaggi to the mythic Beat Generation, the literature it inspired, the lifestyle it introduced and the movement it became. The sounds that Rava uses to evoke the Beat life are actually inspired by Bernard Hermann's orchestral work (which dominated the most popular films during the Beat era), as opposed to the late great composer's jazzier and edgier work.But the combination of this with the improvised sound of Rava's jazz quartet, augmented by ...

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Giovanni Tomaso: Third Step

by Ernesto De Pascale
November 1, 1998

Third Step , the latest release by composer and esteemed acoustic bassist Giovanni Tommaso, celebrates the bassist's 40th anniversary in the jazz world. A wide range of rhythmic patterns - from Waltz, Tarantella and Calypso to Minuetto, Tango and Twist - form Third Step ’s main inspiration. Tommaso and his partners, the best of Italian Jazz musicians, offer a sixty-minute emotional set based on eleven original compositions by Giovanni.Most notably, “Tangoing," by Grammy-nominated composer Louis Bacalov (of “The ...