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Enzo Favata: Voyage en Sardaigne

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 1999

Inspired by Alberto Ferrero della Marmora’s one hundred year old book “Voyage en Sardaigne”, saxophonist/composer Enzo Favata is accompanied by the usual members of his group and some of Sardinia’s best musicians while weaving a fabric of folksy pieces that successfully integrate elements of European jazz stylization’s. The approach is startlingly genuine as the listener gets a peek into this historic and industrious Mediterranean Island through these exhilarating and wondrously refreshing compositions.

“Contami unu Contu” commences with a beautiful melody ...