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Antonio Ciacca Quintet: Lagos Blues

By AAJ Italy Staff
April 14, 2010
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Nel realizzare il sesto lavoro da leader Antonio Ciacca ha coronato un sogno: incidere un album con la partecipazione del suo mentore Steve Grossman. E Lagos Blues vede protagonista proprio il musicista americano, capace di dar corpo - con alcuni interventi di rara efficacia - a una scaletta che si risolve in sette brani, scelti tra originali e standard.

Due i passi a firma del saxofonista: il classico "Take the D Train" e la delicata ballad "Nicoletta," scritta qualche anno fa per Nicoletta Manzini. Il resto del programma presenta, tra le altre, una title-track ispirata e fantasiosa firmata da Ciacca, il quale si distingue nell'intero lavoro per il suo tocco cristallino, dosato e sempre al servizio della band: un quartetto composto da interpreti molto partecipi e uniti da interplay millimetrico.

L'album riflette una grande eleganza in ogni minimo movimento, e avanza senza deragliare da un binario espressivo considerevole e formalmente ineccepibile, fino alle conclusive "Body and Soul," suonata con una buona dose di improvvisazione sulle linee originali, e "Reflections in D/In a Sentimental Mood," un omaggio al maestro Duke Ellington. Applausi.

Track Listing

Lagos Blues; Take the D Train; Nicoletta; Whims of Chambers; Nico's Song; Body & Soul; Reflections in D/In a Sentimental Mood.

Personnel

Antonio Ciacca

piano

Antonio Ciacca: piano; Kengo Nakamura: bass; Ulysses Owens: drums; Stacy Dillard: tenor sax; Steve Grossman: tenor sax.

Album information

Title: Lagos Blues | Year Released: 2010 | Record Label: Motema Music

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