Jazz Articles about Afonso Abreu

Massimo Sammi: First Day

by Mark F. Turner
December 15, 2009

Massimo Sammi's debut draws inspiration from the 2001 motion picture A Beautiful Mind, based on the life of mathematician John Nash. The album's theme is implemented, as the guitarist describes in his liner notes, by Sammi's “musical storyboarding of the film," based on Nash's experiences and theories. While the music's background, which includes free jazz improvisation, is intellectually stimulating, it's thankfully not as complex as Nash's equations in differential geometry. The supporting cast of talented musicians--veterans George Garzone ...