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Rope: In the Moment (The Music of Charlie Haden)

by Vincenzo Roggero
Questo è un grande disco. Di un grande trio. Punto. Si dirà : Beh, con la musica di Charlie Haden..." Certo, con la musica di Charlie Haden... le cadute di stile, gli scivoloni, gli omaggi stereotipati sono sempre in agguato. Bisogna aver amato profondamente il contrabbassista di Shenandoah, essere entrato in sintonia con il suo sconfinato mondo musicale, averne percepito le molteplici sfaccettature, gli snodi evolutivi, averne assorbito l'essenza creativa per poter rivendicare un lavoro legato a doppio ...
Continue ReadingROPE: Fabrizio Puglisi / Stefano Senni / Zeno De Rossi: Saints And Sinners

by Mark Corroto
All jazz trios are charged with the command to make it new," and very few accomplish that directive. Some impersonate the giants of jazz, while others play a parody--massacring styles in the name of modernizing the sound. Neither is the case for the trio known as ROPE. Pianist Fabrizio Puglisi, bassist Stefano Senni, and drummer Zeno De Rossi regenerate the music of Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, W.C. Handy, John Lewis, and Bill Frisell with a vitality and passion for trio ...
Continue ReadingFear and Confidence-the Jazz Tight Rope

Source:
Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog
By Steve Provizer If you're an improviser who completely lacks confidence, you'll never get out of the practice room, but if you have no fear, you won't find The Edge. Most of us struggle to find a balance between the two. Some people have no fear in a studio, but freeze up in front of audiences. More commonly, people fear the trappings of the recording studio (much more true before technology allowed infinite edits). In both cases, the caution that ...
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