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Rosario Bonaccorso Quartet: A New Home

Read "A New Home" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 16, 2019

There is a trend in jazz today to abandon beauty for technical ability. Odd meter and eccentric changes replace sympathetic music making, favoring skills over art. Thank the heavens there are those who have never abandoned beauty. One such musician is bassist Rosario Bonaccorso. His quartet recording A New Home is an exercise in elegance and style, featuring eleven original compositions by the bassist and leader. Pianist Enrico Zanisi returns from Bonaccorso's previous outing A Beautiful Story (Via Veneto Jazz, ...

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Rosario Bonaccorso: A Beautiful Story

Read "A Beautiful Story" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 30, 2017

What does Theodore Roosevelt have do do with jazz? The saying “speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far," is attributed to the American President (1901-1909). What isn't well known is that he borrowed the proverb from West Africa. Which brings us full circle to African Americans, and, of course, jazz. That same platitude could be applied to Italian bassist Rosario Bonaccorso's recording A Beautiful Story for Via Veneto Jazz and Jando Music, since the music is ...

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Enrico Rava: The Words and the Days

Read "The Words and the Days" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
March 17, 2007

Quite apart from reminding us what a fine composer and arranger Enrico Rava is, The Words and the Days underlines just what a complete trumpeter he is. His sound is personal, yet imbued with the spirit of a century of jazz trumpeters before him. Throughout the twelve tracks his tone is warm and lyrical, colored by European classicism and the Italian love of melody. His playing is sparse at times, free and piercing at others, but always emotive. ...

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Enrico Rava: The Words and the Days

Read "The Words and the Days" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
February 19, 2007

If you look into the eyes of Enrico Rava as pictured on the cover of Easy Living (ECM, 2004), you will see a man totally at ease with himself and his musical career. Rava's seemingly effortless trumpet tone in all ranges pervades the music on that album with the warmth of the setting sun in the same cover photo, without neglecting the necessary intensity of all good jazz. The Words and the Days brings back the same ...

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Enrico Rava Quintet: The Words and the Days

Read "The Words and the Days" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
January 31, 2007

For some, jazz is an either/or: either it's deeply and clearly rooted in the American tradition, or it isn't jazz. What's not necessarily apparent with musicians seemingly distanced from that tradition is that it's an artistic choice that shouldn't be viewed as a lack of familiarity with the music's roots. Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava has spent a lifetime proving that jazz is an inclusive, rather than exclusive art form. There's plenty of room in the music for a broader view, ...

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Enrico Rava Quintet: The Words and the Days

Read "The Words and the Days" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 15, 2007

Ci sono musicisti che hanno ormai il sapore dei classici. Enrico Rava è uno di questi. Quando metti nel lettore un suo CD, sai già cosa ti puoi aspettare. Ma questo, lungi dal creare nell'ascoltatore il fenomeno del déjà-vu, lo porta immediatamente in una “zona di conforto”. Lo porta dentro una delicata melodia, con un suono che mette i brividi, con note lunghe di una bellezza commovente. Viene in mente il Davis migliore e quella capacità, che solo i grandi ...

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Enrico Rava: Easy Living

Read "Easy Living" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 17, 2004

After nearly 20 years away from the label, Italian trumpet legend Enrico Rava makes a triumphant return to ECM with Easy Living , an album that proves that a relaxed, unforced approach can have its own kind of quiet intensity. Comparisons can be made to Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko who, also in his 60s, has similarly developed a penchant for a mellower, more soulful approach. Both artists have surrounded themselves with young musicians from their own countries. ...