Salvatore Tranchini

Salvatore Tranchini Quintet: Faces

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2004

I received a blessing in the mail the other day: three new Red Records releases. The Milan-based independent jazz label has been releasing brands of both American and Italian Jazz for the past quarter of a century. To a disc, all releases have been of the finest and highest quality. Drummer Salvatore Tranchini's new quintet release Faces is no exception.

From the very get-go, you knows who is the leader of the session. Trumpeter Farbizio Bosso?s hard ...