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Roberto Bonati + ParmaFrontiere Orchestra: La fòla de l’oca/Overtime
by Duncan Heining
Bassist/composer Roberto Bonati is one of the most imaginative and creative composers working in 2023. His past recordings evidence a fondness for literary and philosophical concerns, grand conceits that his compositional skills are more than able to match. A Silvery Silence: fragments from Moby Dick (MM Records 2006) pondered obsession versus conscience, while The Blanket of the Dark, a Study for Lady Macbeth ( MM Records, 2001) explored Shakespeare's -and Verdi's -tragic themes from the lady's perspective. Le Rêve du ...
read moreAndrea Grossi Blend 3 + Beatrice Arrigoni: Songs And Poems
by Neri Pollastri
Album che sconvolge le linee di demarcazione tra generi e stili, Songs and Poems vede all'opera il trio Blend 3 del contrabbassista e compositore Andrea Grossi (clicca qui per leggere la recensione del precedente CD Lubok), al quale si aggiunge la voce di Beatrice Arrigoni, negli ultimi tempi molto attiva in progetti trasversali e innovativi. Il programma prevede undici brani, tutti musicalmente composti da Grossi e con testi tratti da Emily Dickinson (i primi tre), Edward Estlin Cummings (dal sesto ...
read moreAndrea Grossi Blend 3 + Beatrice Arrigoni: Songs And Poems
by Mark Corroto
Sometimes a great athlete's performance is described as poetry in motion." If we apply that phrase to this Andrea Grossi Blend 3 release, we might say it is poetry in emotion. The bassist composed a musical score to accompany three poems by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), another four from E.E. Cummings (1894-1962), and one by himself. The remaining three tracks are wordless poetry. Grossi's Blend 3 includes alto saxophonist Manuel Caliumi and electric guitarist Michele Bonifati. The trio has ...
read moreTrio Pipeline: Kakuan Suite
by Mark Corroto
The concept is simple enough; sandwiched in between two group improvisations is the Kakuan Suite, a series of seven anagram parts (a couple repeated) that make up the ten tracks heard here. Giancarlo Nino Locatelli (Bb and alto clarinet) composed the pieces, based on the movement of his fingers on his instruments' keys, in effect creating dances. His Trio Pipeline ensemble, part of a stable of Pipeline bands" (Pipeline 3, Pipeline 5, and Pipeline 8), includes bassist Andrea Grossi and ...
read moreMichele Grossi Blend 3: Lubok
by Neri Pollastri
Formazione molto interessante, capitanata dal contrabbassista Andrea Grossi ma di fatto paritetica, Blend 3 è un trio completato dal sax contralto di Manuel Caliumi e dalla chitarra di Michele Bonifati, che dà vita a una musica in equilibrio tra scrittura e improvvisazione a partire da spunti compositivi estremamente sofisticati. Il lavoro si avvia con una bella improvvisazione e prosegue con un brano di gusto contemporaneo costruito su semplici intervalli. Iwato"--dedicata a Giancarlo “Nino" Locatelli--è costruita sull'omonimo modo della ...
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