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Roberto Bonati + ParmaFrontiere Orchestra: La fòla de l’oca/Overtime

Read "La fòla de l’oca/Overtime" reviewed by Duncan Heining


Bassist/composer Roberto Bonati is one of the most imaginative and creative composers working in 2023. His past recordings evidence a fondness for literary and philosophical concerns, grand conceits that his compositional skills are more than able to match. A Silvery Silence: fragments from Moby Dick (MM Records 2006) pondered obsession versus conscience, while The Blanket of the Dark, a Study for Lady Macbeth ( MM Records, 2001) explored Shakespeare's -and Verdi's -tragic themes from the lady's perspective. Le Rêve du ...

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Michael Gassmann 4tet: News from Home

Read "News from Home" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Il nome del trombettista Michael Gassmann è noto al pubblico italiano per l'assidua collaborazione con Stefano Battaglia. Il suo News from Home è un disco di alta qualità e di stampo europeo che merita le migliori lodi per come sia riuscito ad evitare i soliti schemi che da un pò di anni sono ormai diventati il marchio di fabbrica del jazz del vecchio continente. Nel brano d'apertura, “Mare", il leader segue una melodia da canzonetta, ma viene costantemente depistato dalla ...


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