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Enrico Rava: The Words and the Days
by Ian Patterson
Quite apart from reminding us what a fine composer and arranger Enrico Rava is, The Words and the Days underlines just what a complete trumpeter he is. His sound is personal, yet imbued with the spirit of a century of jazz trumpeters before him. Throughout the twelve tracks his tone is warm and lyrical, colored by European classicism and the Italian love of melody. His playing is sparse at times, free and piercing at others, but always emotive. ...
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by Budd Kopman
If you look into the eyes of Enrico Rava as pictured on the cover of Easy Living (ECM, 2004), you will see a man totally at ease with himself and his musical career. Rava's seemingly effortless trumpet tone in all ranges pervades the music on that album with the warmth of the setting sun in the same cover photo, without neglecting the necessary intensity of all good jazz. The Words and the Days brings back the same ...
Continue ReadingEnrico Rava Quintet: The Words and the Days
by John Kelman
For some, jazz is an either/or: either it's deeply and clearly rooted in the American tradition, or it isn't jazz. What's not necessarily apparent with musicians seemingly distanced from that tradition is that it's an artistic choice that shouldn't be viewed as a lack of familiarity with the music's roots. Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava has spent a lifetime proving that jazz is an inclusive, rather than exclusive art form. There's plenty of room in the music for a broader view, ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Ci sono musicisti che hanno ormai il sapore dei classici. Enrico Rava è uno di questi. Quando metti nel lettore un suo CD, sai già cosa ti puoi aspettare. Ma questo, lungi dal creare nell'ascoltatore il fenomeno del déjà-vu, lo porta immediatamente in una “zona di conforto”. Lo porta dentro una delicata melodia, con un suono che mette i brividi, con note lunghe di una bellezza commovente. Viene in mente il Davis migliore e quella capacità, che solo i grandi ...
Continue ReadingEnrico Rava in Baltimore
by Erik R. Quick
Enrico Rava and Dado Maroni An Die Musik Baltimore, MD April 1, 2006
Enrico Rava and Dado Maroni, fresh from a series of sold out concerts at the Italian jazz festival at Birland in New York, recently played to an intimate crowd at Baltimore's “An Die Musik . The venue appears to be on the radar of ECM, as many of the label's artists make the trip to the concert hall/parlor and record store ...
Continue ReadingEnrico Rava: Easy Living; Tati; La Dolce Vita; Full of Life
by Donald Elfman
In a career that has spanned over 40 years, Enrico Rava has expressed himself purely, finally emerging as one of the most original voices in contemporary music. He's always had beautiful things to say, but now, in the way he works with other musicians, those statements become poetry of the most exquisite colors.
Enrico Rava Easy Living ECM 2004
Easy Living finds Rava fronting his regular Italian quintet with Gianluca Petrella on trombone, Stefano ...
Continue ReadingEnrico Rava: Tati
by AAJ Italy Staff
Con la ripresa del suo sodalizio con la ECM Enrico Rava sembra aver recuperato lo smalto dei bei tempi. Lo testimoniano una felice vena compositiva, un solismo ispirato e come sempre sostenuto da argute invenzioni melodiche, una nitidezza di suono assolutamente conforme alla estetica della prestigiosa casa discografica tedesca. In questo senso, Easy Living, inciso in quintetto, aveva contrassegnato questo ritorno con esiti piu' che confortanti. Realizzato in un insolito trio con Stefano Bollani al piano e Paul Motian alla ...
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