Jazz Articles about Fabio Morgera

Fabio Morgera: The Voice Within

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 28, 2006

Buone le intenzioni che muovono questo lavoro di Fabio Morgera, ovvero unire la sua anima mediterranea, la sua passione per la musica nera e una nutrita schiera di protagonisti newyorchesi di quest’ultima, facendo convergere tutto all’interno di un progetto ispirato dalla sua “voce interiore”. E, se quest’incontro avesse ricevuto un misurato equilibrio, come avviene ad esempio in “Alleria” - che, essendo di Pino Daniele, l’anima mediterranea la possiede sicuramente -, probabilmente i risultati sarebbero stati di notevole interesse. Purtroppo, però, ...

Fabio Morgera: Colors

by C. Michael Bailey
June 1, 2002

Faaaaaaabio has a chromatic fantasy...

Fabio Morgera released his Red Records' debut, Slick , in 1999. That recording boasted a fully formed brass style for the trumpeter/flugelhornist. On that recording, Morgera directed a little-big band and he has continued that trend on his new Red Records' release, Colors. Colors is very much a concept album filled with tasty post bop and contemporary pieces, all composed, arranged, and performed at the highest level. Morgera's tone and attack have broadened and his ...

Fabio Morgera: Slick

by C. Michael Bailey
June 1, 1999

Fab-ba-ba-ba-bio!. Slick is a brand-spanking new release from Sergio Veschi's Red Records. It is a disc in keeping with both his goals of capturing only the top-drawer of jazz and documenting Italian jazz musicians. Fabio Morgera is a talented trumpeter/flugelhornist who has assembled an exceptional medium sized group of his fellow countrymen. Morgera and his group play a smart accessible brand of Hard/Post Bop that is full of life and invention whether an up-beat barn- burning blues ...