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Sebastiano Meloni: Moods and Sketches – 12 Improvisations for Piano

Alberto Bazzurro By Alberto Bazzurro

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Dopo una serie di album condivisi con altri musicisti (fra i quali Paul Dunmall, Tony Oxley e Roberto Dani), il pianista cagliaritano Sebastiano Meloni salta decisamente il fosso confezionando un lavoro totalmente solitario, dodici improvvisazioni in cui ha modo di espandersi la sua predilezione per un periodare che, viene da dire, prima ancora che dai grandi monologhi pianistici di sponda jazzistica, trae linfa e ispirazione dalla più accreditata letteratura contemporanea (eurocolta, se preferite).

Tutto ciò appare evidente procedendo nell'ascolto, nel corso del quale accanto a momenti magari anche un po' scolastici, attraversati da un'eleganza un tantino asettica, si segnalano episodi più densi e ispirati, tipo "Mood Swings," ritmicamente pulsante, "Stream," mosso e nervoso, "Mutations," a sua volta vitale (sono onestamente questi i brani che preferiamo, indugiando gli altri in aree talora fin troppo esangui, estenuate), e "Waves," a tratti persino tumultuoso.

Un lavoro, sia quel che sia, di estremo rigore e assoluta onestà intellettuale.

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Ecumenico ma (abbastanza) esclusivo, non sopporta la musica – e l’arte in generale – di routine, rassicurante e dozzinale, preferendo, se proprio deve, il brutto all’inutile. Un ideale spaccato dei suoi amori musicali (che non si limitano al jazz; e più o


Track Listing

Awekening; Transparencies; From a Distance; Mood Swings; Dark and Gloomy; Stream; Point Particle; Mutations; Inside/Outside; Filament; Waves; Absence.

Personnel

Sebastiano Meloni: pianoforte.

Album information

Title: Moods and Sketches – 12 Improvisations for Piano | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: Big Round Records


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