Jazz Articles about Gianni Gagliardi

About Gianni Gagliardi

Album Review

Next Experiment: Next Experiment

Read "Next Experiment" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
July 6, 2024

Without musical ideas a band's shelf-life as a vital entity is usually limited--that is a given. Commitment is perhaps a more underrated quality. Pianist Leopoldo Osio and bassist Peter Erdei have bags of that, steering the Dublin band formerly known as CEO Experiment through the choppy waters of a key member leaving, followed by the long hiatus provoked by COVID-19. The trio, formed in 2013 with Peruvian drummer Cote Calmet, garnered widespread praise for its live performances and 2015's promising ...

Album Review

Gianni Gagliardi: Nomadic Nature

Read "Nomadic Nature" reviewed by Luigi Sforza

by Luigi Sforza
October 17, 2014

Sin dalle prime note di contrabbasso, che mantiene un pedale e introducono “Paris," l'appassionato di Ornette Coleman esulta. Scorrono altre tracce -"L'ironie d'une Jolie Prisse De Téte," dove alberga una definizione sonora di tipo iberico, moderna e spavaldamente veloce, “Macanudo Man," una specie di funk sospeso tra la possibilità di farsi fusion e l'impossibilità di appiatirsi nei manierismi di genere--e si giunge finalmente a “Silynette," altro brano che ritorna a far esultare l'appassionato di sopra. Se nel primo ...

Album Review

Gianni Gagliardi: Nomadic Nature

Read "Nomadic Nature" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 22, 2014

Barcelona-born, Brooklyn-based tenor saxophonist Gianni Gagliardi has long been a wanderer. He left his homeland in his teens, relocating to the Netherlands to further his jazz knowledge at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Later moves found him soaking up information at SUNY Purchase in New York, Le Conservatoire National Superior de Paris, Boston's Berklee School of Music, and Berklee's Valencia, Spain-based branch. Those experiences, along with international touring, make it clear that Gagliardi knows a thing or two about the nomadic ...