Home » Articoli » Album Review » Gian Tornatore: Fall

Gian Tornatore: Fall

By

View read count
Gian Tornatore: Fall
Influenzato tramite George Garzone dall'estetica coltraniana, il giovane sassofonista Gian Tornatore suona, compone, ed arrangia con buona competenza del modello affrontato. Esecuzioni impeccabili, vibrante approccio ad un jazz di grande tensione collettiva, incisivo accompagnamento dei compagni di viaggio.

Terzo CD da leader per Tornatore, che non riesce tuttavia a far decollare del tutto questo progetto di sintesi, sebbene infiorato da pregevoli assoli. È una musica sin troppo radicata nella tradizione moderna del jazz e non basta l'aggiunta della chitarra a rivitalizzare la pratica coltraniana, ossequiata nelle composizioni originali del leader, che guarda anche alla migliore vena compositiva di Pat Metheny. Piace il sound collettivo del suo quintetto, che benché impeccabile, trasmette l'immarcescibile carica artistica di Coltrane. Un linguaggio appena rinvigorito dalle linee melodiche e ritmiche dell'odierno jazz metropolitano.

Track Listing

La Vita; Fall; La Copa del Mondo; Nobody But You; Hearing Triangles; Missing You; Scream; La Vita (never to be forgotten).

Personnel

Gian Tornatore
saxophone

Gian Tornatore: tenor and soprano saxophones; Nate Radley: guitar; Jon Anderson: piano; Thomson Kneeland: bass; Jordan Perlson: drums.

Album information

Title: Fall | Year Released: 2009 | Record Label: Sound Spiral

Tags

Comments


PREVIOUS / NEXT




Support All About Jazz

Get the Jazz Near You newsletter All About Jazz has been a pillar of jazz since 1995, championing it as an art form and, more importantly, supporting the musicians who make it. Our enduring commitment has made "AAJ" one of the most culturally important websites of its kind, read by hundreds of thousands of fans, musicians and industry figures every month.

Go Ad Free!

To maintain our platform while developing new means to foster jazz discovery and connectivity, we need your help. You can become a sustaining member for as little as $20 and in return, we'll immediately hide those pesky ads plus provide access to future articles for a full year. This winning combination vastly improves your AAJ experience and allow us to vigorously build on the pioneering work we first started in 1995. So enjoy an ad-free AAJ experience and help us remain a positive beacon for jazz by making a donation today.

More

Eternal Moments
Yoko Yates
From "The Hellhole"
Marshall Crenshaw
Tramonto
John Taylor

Popular

Old Home/New Home
The Brian Martin Big Band
My Ideal
Sam Dillon
Ecliptic
Shifa شفاء - Rachel Musson, Pat Thomas, Mark Sanders
Lado B Brazilian Project 2
Catina DeLuna & Otmaro Ruíz

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.