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Carlos Actis Dato & Enzo Rocco (Splasc: Paella & Norimaki

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Carlos Actis Dato & Enzo Rocco (Splasc: Paella & Norimaki
Leave it to the Italians for supplying us with their cooking recipes, (norimaki & meat and seafood paella) within the CD liners, as guitarist Enzo Rocco and multi-woodwind specialist Carlo Actis Dato are at it again with this new release, appropriately titled, Paella & Norimaki. Here, two of Italy’s most notable exponents of the new jazz way of thinking, perform a series of duets as the twosome integrates Mediterranean style lyricism with heated improv and a myriad of abstract themes along with the artist’s sporadic injections of humor and whimsy.

Not unlike a pair of rambunctious school chums exploring life’s offerings, the duo demonstrates willful, good-natured fun on works such as “Keffah”, where Dato’s often-audacious bass clarinet lines and Rocco’s blazing chord progressions coalesce for a motif that also draws similarities to Italian wedding music. Essentially, the musicians provide the listener with a series of rhythmically based works amid alternating dialogue and superb soloing. Throughout, the duo uncorks a multitude of polychromatic yet well organized sequences as they wittily cross genres whether pursuing Mexican-style serenades, flamenco, or two-step waltzes. However, the musicians’ rapidly executed unison choruses and fervent improvisational speak, equates to a modern jazz outing of the highest order.

With the piece titled, “Mondo Giusto”, the musicians introduce a spaghetti western-like theme along with brief incantations and intuitive interplay atop shrewd deconstruction of the primary melody while Dato hammers his baritone sax into submission. Overall, Paella & Norimaki is an appetizing feast for the aural senses! Recommended.

Enzo Rocco website

Carlo Actis Dato website

Cadence distribution

Track Listing

Mammamia, Keffah, Nakamura Song, Bambu, Habablanca, Faccia di pollo, Mandolinho, Vilnius, Ode to Henry Chinaski, Zarate, Enoteca, Ambarabba, Mondo giusto, Lu, Rumba Bamba

Personnel

Carlo Actis Dato; baritone & tenor saxes, bass clarinet: Enzo Rocco; guitar

Album information

Title: Paella & Norimaki | Year Released: 2001

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