Jazz Articles about Marco Rottoli

About Marco Rottoli

Album Review

Nothing earth shattering, surely, but a very fine listen nonetheless. New Year's Eve, young Italian bassist and composer Marco Rottoli's debut, serves two truly noteworthy goals: First, as a promising warmup to more adventurous things from the trio itself in the future and, secondly, as a good opening ensemble readying you for the evening's anticipated headliner. New Year's Eve is a cool trio outing in the best sense of the time honored concept. It rolls, pops, flairs, ...

Album Review

Biagio Coppa: Slam Dunk Project

Read "Slam Dunk Project" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
January 31, 2020

Playing the guessing game while listening to Slam Dunk Project by Biagio Coppa's trio will lead you to America and the New World. Which, of course, is the Old World when we are talking about jazz. Zooming in a bit closer, and we hit the East Coast before stopping in the Midwest. Coppa's compositions and the trio's performance fit nicely in in the rigorous and investigative worlds of 21st century Chicago and New York jazz. Chi-town is a great guess ...