Jazz Articles about Antonio Flinta

About Antonio Flinta

Album Review

Antonio Flinta: Anger, Commitment and Love

Read "Anger, Commitment and Love" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
May 4, 2024

Chilean-born pianist Antonio Flinta, based now in Italy, catches the ear with his solo piano presentations. His alone-at-the-keyboard albums include Secret Of A Kiri Tree (2022) and 2023's marvelous Peripheral Songs's--both self-produced discs that make a great argument for self-production; they can sit on a serious listening shelf with Keith Jarrett, Kenny Werner or Marc Copland. He expands his vision for a quartet outing on a fourth album with his longstanding trio featuring bassist Roberto Bucci and drummer Claudio Gioannini, ...

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Antonio Flinta: Peripheral Songs

Read "Peripheral Songs" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
September 14, 2023

In July 2021 Chilean-born, Italian-based pianist & composer Antonio Flinta went into a recording studio near Florence to record his first solo piano album. Spontaneity and freshness of expression were the goals. In two hours he had twenty pieces--improvisations, covers and originals. The initial result of this effort was Secrets of a Kiri Tree (Self Produced, 2022), one of the year's finest solo efforts (review here). But there was more music that did not make the cut. Whatever ...

Album Review

Antonio Flinta: Secrets of a Kiri Tree

Read "Secrets of a Kiri Tree" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 30, 2022

After the release of several trio and quartet albums, Antonio Flinta, a Chilean-born pianist now based in Italy, tries on the solo piano format for size. He wears it well. Secrets Of A Kiri Tree features Flinta alone at the keyboard, exploring three of his engagingly melodic originals along with four covers, including Thelonious Monk's “'Round Midnight." “Cancion De Amor" comes from the songbook of flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia. It is a song of love, tinted indigo, ...

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Antonio Flinta Trio & Quartet: Tamed

Read "Tamed" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 23, 2010

Dopo due lavori in trio (Tree and Figure del 2004 e Portraits & Songs, del 2008) il pianista cileno Antonio Flinta aggiunge alla formazione il sassofonista tenore Piercarlo Salvia e presenta la sua musica per quartetto. Si tratta di un jazz moderno con varie influenze. Nella prima traccia, dedicata a un personaggio del Mahabharata, un'introduzione di sapore indiano avvia una lunga improvvisazione del piano e poi del sax, su temi brevi e reiterati, ipnotici, che ricordano certa ricerca del jazz ...

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Antonio Flinta Trio: Portraits & Songs

Read "Portraits & Songs" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 7, 2009

A cinque anni dal precedente Tree and Figure, il trio del pianista cileno Antonio Flinta si ripresenta con questo lavoro, sensibilmente più maturo. La cifra stilistica è ancora quella di un jazz moderno prevalentemente giocato su ritmi veloci, ricco di swing e di ritmo fluente, basato su strutture sostanzialmente tradizionali. Ma, sarà l'ispirazione extramusicale di gran parte dei brani - uno legato alla poetessa Emily Dickinson, uno all'Amazzonia - sarà che, pur tradizionali, le strutture sono spesso assai sofisticate, sarà ...