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Massimo Colombo, Peter Erskine, Chuck Berghofer: Electric Parker

Read "Electric Parker" reviewed by Jim Worsley


While mostly under the radar, Massimo Colombo is surely one of Europe's finest talents. The Italian pianist and arranger has many works to his credit, including his exceptional tributes to Bud Powell and Weather Report, Powell To The People (Jazzland DZ, 2018) and Acoustic Weather (Self-produced, 2019). Colombo now reimagines the genius of Charlie Parker with drummer Peter Erskine and double bassist Chuck Berghofer. Having recorded together previously, the trio's chemistry flows easily. It is indeed electric as ...

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Massimo Colombo: Personalities

Read "Personalities" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Oltre che autorevole insegnante di conservatorio, Massimo Colombo è uno dei pianisti e compositori più eclettici e raffinati del panorama nazionale. Un artista dai molteplici interessi che riguardano la world music, il concertismo classico, la musica da camera e altro. In un quarto di secolo d'attività professionale ha inciso quasi ottanta album, in proprio e con i massimi jazzmen nazionali (Rava, Tracanna, Zanchi, Ottaviano, Fresu ecc...) e internazionali. Tra questi ultimi ricordiamo il trio del 2005 con Jeff Berlin e ...

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Massimo Colombo, Maurizio Quintavalle, Enzo Zirilli: Acoustic Weather (The Music of Weather Report)

Read "Acoustic Weather (The Music of Weather Report)" reviewed by Claudio Bonomi


Dopo l'ottima prova dell'anno scorso in cui il trio aveva omaggiato Bud Powell in Powell to the People, Massimo Colombo e soci riscendono in campo, puntando questa volta al repertorio dei Weather Report. In tutto otto brani tratti da quattro importanti album della band americana pubblicati tra il 1976 ed il 1985: Black Market ("Black Market," “Elegant People"), Heavy Weather ("A Remark You Made," “Teen Town," “Palladium"), Mr. Gone ("Punk Jazz," “Pinocchio") e Sportin' Life ("Face on the ...

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Massimo Colombo: Acoustic Weather (The Music of Weather Report)

Read "Acoustic Weather (The Music of Weather Report)" reviewed by Jim Worsley


Depending on your point of view, Weather Report either defined or redefined fusion during the 1970s. Their vivid approach and instrumental dynamics were mind blowing back then and still set the bar. Somehow pianist Joe Zawinul and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, always buoyed by a top-notch rhythm section, defied the odds by creating spirited fusion without the sound of an electric guitar that was so prevalent in other fusion bands. Veteran jazz pianist Massimo Colombo took on the task ...

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Massimo Colombo: Italy's Erudite Jazz Pianista

Read "Massimo Colombo: Italy's Erudite Jazz Pianista" reviewed by Jim Worsley


Nestled in Northern Italy, the city of Milano is steeped in artistic tradition. Revolutionary in the historical sense in literature, music, art, science, and other scholarly endeavors, Milano is still today a hotbed of innovation and a source knowledge and creation. Enter one Massimo Colombo to the forefront of the conversation. A gifted jazz pianist, Colombo was born in Milano in 1961. In addition to his inventive and wide-ranging jazz narrative on the keys, Colombo is a true ...

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Massimo Colombo, Maurizio Quintavalle, Enzo Zirilli: Powell To The People

Read "Powell To The People" reviewed by Luca Casarotti


Non c'è tipo d'ensemble, dal duo all'orchestra, con cui il pianista Massimo Colombo non abbia voluto cimentarsi, nelle vesti sia di compositore che d'esecutore. Per uno studio sulla musica di Bud Powell, il trio canonico con basso e batteria è la scelta più ovvia, ma anche quella che più espone al rischio di essere schiacciati dal peso della tradizione. Rischio che questo Powell to the People evita sapientemente. Al fianco di Colombo ci sono il bassista Maurizio Quintavalle e il ...


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