Pietro Condorelli

Pietro Condorelli: Quasimodo

by C. Michael Bailey
July 1, 2001

Italian jazz guitar form Sergio Veschi and his stable of local talent.

Some music sounds absolutely effortless. Quasimodo is a collection of such music. The opener “No Blues" sounds as if the musicians picked up their instruments and began playing in mid-thought—all of them having the same thought at the same time. Pietro Condorelli's guitar style is slick and fluid and his empathic communication with his bandmates, most particularly pianist Francesco Nastro is uncanny. Condorelli is ornate and decorated in ...