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Enrico Rava Quintet: Tribe
by John Kelman
Plenty has happened since Enrico Rava last recorded with his working quintet. All but the piano chair remained stable between Easy Living (ECM, 2004) and The Words And The Days (ECM, 2007), but trombonist Gianluca Petrella is the sole remnant on Tribe. “Change is good," they say, and if the rest of Rava's quintet consists of largely fresh (and young) faces, the lack of name power shouldn't be mistaken for lack of firepower. In a post-show interview ...
Continue ReadingEuropean Jazz Expo in Cagliari, Sardinia
by Olga Zhuravleva
European Jazz ExpoCagliari, Sardinia November 20-22, 2009
The hot summer slowdown is finished for Sardinia. Quietness and sophisticated melancholy embraced the island and made it a perfect place for jazz.
From November 20th to 22 the Sardinian capital Cagliari hosted the annual jazz festival, known for the last five years as the European Jazz Expo. The event has an impressive history with guests like Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock and B.B. ...
Continue ReadingECM at 40: Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 3-6, October 22-25, 2009
by John Kelman
Days 1-2 | Day 3-6 | Days 7-10 | Days 11-12 ECM at 40. It's hard to believe that a record label responsible for stretching the boundaries of modern music has survived the various crises that have threatened and, in some cases, decimated so many others. With Enjoy Jazz's “The Blue Sound: 40 Years of ECM" festival-within-a-festival, it's as good a time as any to take stock of where the label has been, where it is, and where's ...
Continue ReadingThe Inside Out Band: Enrico Rava Quintet at Birdland
by Eric Benson
Enrico Rava QuintetBirdlandNew York, NYMarch 25, 2009 Before last Wednesday night, I'd never found the work of Italian pianist Stefano Bollani particularly compelling. Sure, he had that pristine touch, Evans-eque in its haunting elegance, but on albums such as his own Solo Piano and Enrico Rava's Tati, his playing sounded like it fluttered above the music instead of digging into it. Why, I used to think, does he need to be so precious?
Continue ReadingEnrico Rava: The Pilgrim And The Stars New York Days
by Martin Longley
Enrico RavaThe Pilgrim And The StarsECM2008 Enrico RavaNew York DaysECM2008 The Pilgrim And The Stars (1975) is part of ECM's renewed reissue program. Here, the Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava was teamed with what was a typical lineup from the label. The session doesn't sound particularly rooted in its decade, aside from maybe the amplifier ...
Continue ReadingEnrico Rava: New York Days
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'incipit di New York Days ci mette direttamente in contatto con la storia di Enrico Rava. Una sottile, tenace linea collega questo lavoro ad un altro splendido disco del trombettista, dal titolo Ah, registrato nel 1979 con Franco D'Andrea, Giovanni Tommaso e Bruce Ditmas, pubblicato con una memorabile copertina di Michelangelo Pistoletto, prodotto dal compianto Thomas Stöwsand e non ancora riproposto su CD dall'etichetta ECM. L'inizio di New York Days è affidato allo stesso brano, “Lulù," e “Outsider" era il ...
Continue ReadingEnrico Rava: New York Days
by John Kelman
In assessing Enrico Rava's lengthy career, while it is clear that he is still reaching for the unattainable, in recent years the Italian trumpeter's context has been considerably more centrist. Easy Living (ECM, 2004) and The Words and the Days (ECM, 2007) were undeniably mainstream, albeit with an unmistakable European and, at times, Mediterranean bent. New York Days teams Rava and pianist Stefano Bollani--last heard in duet on the marvelous The Third Man (ECM, 2008)--together with perennially underrated tenor saxophonist ...
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