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Raffaele Fiengo: Recall

by Neil Duggan
February 17, 2026

Recall, from Italian alto saxophonist Raffaele Fiengo and his quartet, marks his debut as leader. Fiengo has steadily built his career, winning competitions for emerging talent in 2018 and Italian National Arts Awards in 2021. After numerous festival appearances, the group gained wider attention opening for American pianist Ethan Iverson. This marked the beginning of an intense period of work as the ensemble consolidated their sound and refined the leader's original compositions. Fiengo's quartet, consisting of pianist Thomas ...