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Roberto Bonati ParmaFrontiere Orchestra: Si erano vestiti dalla festa
by Duncan Heining
"Si erano vestiti dalla festa"--They had dressed up for the party. In August 1922, citizens of Parma barricaded the city against a planned assault by Mussolini's blackshirts. They resisted valiantly and repelled the fascists. No fascist passed that day. A few months later, in October, King Victor Emmanuel III appointed Mussolini prime minister. The heroes of Parma were not forgotten and their bravery is embedded in Parma's popular history. Roberto Bonati and his orchestra chose to celebrate their ...
Continue ReadingRoberto Bonati + ParmaFrontiere Orchestra: La fòla de l’oca/Overtime
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 ...
Continue ReadingMichael Gassmann 4tet: News from Home
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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