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Pierluigi Balducci Small Ensemble: Leggero

AAJ Italy Staff By AAJ Italy Staff

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Leggero, ma giustamente equilibrato, questo lavoro del bassista Pierluigi Balducci, registrato dal vivo a Bari nel marzo del 2006.

Originale e a prima vista discutibile la formazione (denominata Small Ensemble), che vede a fianco del basso elettrico del leader la chitarra di Antonio Tosques e la fisarmonica di Luciano Biondini, impegnati su un repertorio assai vario e impegnativo (accanto a originali, brani di Ellington, Frisell, Jim Hall).

Quasi a sorpresa, invece, tutto funziona benissimo, da un lato grazie ad un'autentica "pratica della leggerezza", che permette ai tre di non imboccare velleitarie strade intellettualistiche, ma viceversa di dialogare con immediatezza e semplicità, dall'altro in virtù della presenza di un Luciano Biondini in ottima forma ed autore di numerosi passaggi espressivi di eccellente fattura - ad esempio nell’intensa conclusione di “Del Cavaliere Errante su Campi Dorati”.

Particolarmente ben riuscite “(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings”, con spazi di libertà per ciascun membro del trio, l’originale rilettura dell’ellingtoniana “The Mooche” e la tradizionale, danzante “Leggero”, che suggella un lavoro ben fatto e non privo di fascino.


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Track Listing

1. Strange Meeting (B. Frisell) - 8:24; 2. Careful (J. Hall) - 7:02; 3. The Mooche (D. Ellington) - 6:41; 4. The Vision (A. Tosques) - 10:42; 5. (All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings (Rome, Jamblan, Herpin) - 9:48; 6. Del Cavaliere Errante su Campi Dorati (P. Balducci) - 8:22; 7. Leggero (P. Balducci) - 7:27

Personnel

Pierluigi Balducci
bass, electric

Pierluigi Balducci (basso elettrico), Antonio Tosques (chitarra), Luciano Biondini (fisarmonica)

Album information

Title: Leggero | Year Released: 2007


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