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Vittorio Gennari: Blues

Read "Blues" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Italian alto saxophonist Vittorio Gennari manages to keep together his band from his 2010 Melodies for another run on Blues, a recording he nominally shares with vibraphonist Daniele Di Gregorio. The two survey the sacred twelve bars much in the same way as Jackie McLean on his 1961 Bluesnik (Blue Note) or Jimmy Smith on Six Views of the Blues (1958, Blue Note). In these cases, the principles were putting their personal mark on the blues, uniquely and definitely. Gennari ...

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Vittorio Gennari: Melodies

Read "Melodies" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey

Altoist Vittorio Gennari is scarcely a household word among jazz fans in his native Italy, let alone the wider world. Arriving on the scene late in life, after a long career playing in dance bands, Gennari was in his seventies when he cut his first record as a leader, The Sound (Red, 2006). Now, aged 76, he's followed it up with Melodies; a small gem of an album and the distillation of a lifetime's adoration of jazz that began when ...

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Vittorio Gennari: Melodies

Read "Melodies" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Oltre ad essere un produttore, Sergio Veschi è anche uno scopritore di talenti, che sulla sua Red Records hanno lasciato tracce importanti. Se prima, quando il mercato era più facile da seguire, erano nomi americani o sudamericani, ad esempio Jim Snidero, Robert Stewart o Hector Costita Bisignani, che per un motivo o per l`ltro in patria non ricevevano la dovuta attenzione nonostante il riconosciuto valore artistico, ora si tratta di nomi del jazz nazionale. Fra questi, c`è un musicista non ...

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Vittorio Gennari: The Sound

Read "The Sound" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Le difficoltà del mercato discografico sono sempre più evidenti. Anche una etichetta con un catalogo di tutto rilievo come la Red Records ha da un po' dovuto ridurre il numero di nuove produzioni. Ma il produttore Sergio Veschi sopperisce con la propria passione e continua a proporre musicisti sui quali ha voglia di puntare. Tra questi Vittorio Gennari che arriva ora, a settantaquattro anni di età al suo debutto discografico. Da giovane ha suonato in Svezia, in band che facevano ...

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