Jazz Articles about Pietro Condorelli

Francesco Scaramuzzino: Changes of Direction

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 2, 2012

Changes of Direction ruota attorno a Francesco Scaramuzzino - pianista e leader di questo lavoro - e al chitarrista Pietro Condorelli. Le melodie che i due sviluppano segnano in maniera profonda i brani proposti, dodici originali che evidenziano la doppia natura stilistica di Scaramuzzino. Se da una parte emerge la sua anima gentile e garbata, tipica di un certo rigore classico, dall'altra sono la fantasia e l'elemento sorpresa a farla da padrone. Come nella frizzante title-track, brano dove ognuno degli ...

Pietro Condorelli: Quasimodo

by C. Michael Bailey
July 1, 2001

Italian jazz guitar form Sergio Veschi and his stable of local talent.

Some music sounds absolutely effortless. Quasimodo is a collection of such music. The opener “No Blues" sounds as if the musicians picked up their instruments and began playing in mid-thought—all of them having the same thought at the same time. Pietro Condorelli's guitar style is slick and fluid and his empathic communication with his bandmates, most particularly pianist Francesco Nastro is uncanny. Condorelli is ornate and decorated in ...