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Paolo Botti Quintet

Paolo Botti Quintet: Moto Contrario

by Glenn Astarita
May 7, 2003

Violaist Paolo Botti celebrates diversity through music via his compositions and arrangements. No doubt, Botti succeeds at redefining previously explored mainstream or better yet, traditional concepts on Moto Contrario. Botti and his band cover a gamut of genres, including blues, swing, and avant-garde styles, neatly wrapped into one progressive jazz package. Where contrasting themes coalesce, divide, ...

Leggende Metropolitane

By Paolo Botti Quintet

Label: Caligola Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: 1) Isola Pedonale 2) Odd Works 3) Lenor 4) A Mostar 5) Ora Di Punta 6) Mezze Stagioni 7) Nuove Poverta 8) Tolleranza Zero

Paolo Botti Quintet: Leggende Metropolitane

by Glenn Astarita
December 1, 2000

Modern jazz viola performer Paolo Botti brings more good news from Italy with this thoroughly intriguing set titled, Leggende Metropolitane. Here, the Paolo Botti Quintet explores free-bop based themes in concert with pensive interludes and the leader’s multifarious and somewhat penetrating mode of execution on pieces such as “Isola Pedonale” and others. However, “Ora Di Punta” ...