Jazz Articles about Renato Chicco

About Renato Chicco

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Vocalist Lori Williams has the kind of voice that good singers are made of. With a sound that was honed over years of study and early days in the church, Williams sings with a depth of feeling that reflects both her technical command and her spiritual grounding. When she sings, there is no question about what she is singing and what she is trying to convey. Her words are clear; her message is crisp; her tone is warm; and her ...

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Jerry Bergonzi: Nearly Blue

Read "Nearly Blue" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 5, 2020

Even though Jerry Bergonzi has nothing left to prove, after almost half a century near the top of almost every list of the jazz world's leading tenor saxophonists, he is hardly ready to sit back and rest on those laurels. On his latest album, Nearly Blue (a sequel to the well-received Spotlight on Standards), Bergonzi is supported, as before, only by organist Renato Chicco and drummer Andrea Michelutti, meaning his supple tenor is in action much of the time, which ...

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Nevio Zaninotto Art Project: Farewell Dance

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 13, 2008

Esperto sassofonista dal solido impianto e ottimo compositore, Nevio Zaninotto è qui alla guida di un quintetto nel quale spiccano la chitarra di Roberto Cecchetto e, a turno, le batterie di U.T. Gandhi e Paolo Mappa. I brani in programma, tutti a firma di Zaninotto, esaltano la sua duttilità strumentale, mettendo accanto il neo-bop di “Bop Boulevard”, il modern Jazz di “Mad Box” e il più popolaresco (a dispetto del titolo) “Reggaebossawaltz”, fino alla trascrizione del corale BWV 250 di ...

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Jerry Bergonzi: Tenor of the Times

Read "Tenor of the Times" reviewed by Paul Ryan

by Paul Ryan
September 18, 2006

This effort from tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi offers little in the way of new ideas or creativity. He seems mired in the world of John Coltrane, in many instances replicating the master's phrasing and sound. The instrumentation of the album is also the same as Coltrane's classic quartet (tenor, piano, bass, and drums). To compare the two groups would be silly, however, given that the latter unit cut its albums over four decades ago.“You're My Everything," the only ...