Jazz Articles about Pierpaolo Ranieri

Mauro Sigura: Dunia

by Chris May
December 20, 2023

The Turin-born, Sardinia-based oud and bouzouki player and composer Mauro Sigura gave us one of the most singular albums of 2020 with Terravetro (S'ard Music). Leading an acoustic group, Sigura blended Sardinian and Levantine folk musics with North European jazz. The lineup was oud/bouzouki, piano, bass, drums and, on half the tracks, trumpet. (A review can be read here.) Sigura could have continued ploughing that particular furrow productively, but on Dunia he has rung some substantial changes. ...