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Enrico Pieranunzi: Special Encounter
by John Kelman
It's a rare thing when three musicians can really come together, not with the kind of camaraderie and simpatico that evolves from weeks, months, or even years of touring together, but within the context of relatively infrequent meetings in the recording studio. But Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi appears to share a clear musical bond with bassist ...
Kenny Wheeler: What Now?
by John Kelman
When trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and pianist John Taylor toured Canadian festivals in the summer of '03, the clear high point was their performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival, where they were joined by bassist Dave Holland and saxophonist Chris Potter. Wheeler and Taylor go back many years, working together in a variety of contexts since the ...
Salvatore Bonafede: Journey To Donnafugata
by Celeste Sunderland
Enrico Rava weaves his passionate trumpet through “Viaggo A Donnafugata, the opening track of pianist Salvatore Bonafede's new album. Kicking Journey To Donnafugata off with a nostalgic tone, he creates a prayerful introduction to an album which pays homage to the beloved island of Sicily, the setting for Luchino Visconti's 1963 film Il Gattopardo (The Leopard). ...
Enrico Pieranunzi/Paul Motian: Doorways
by Robert R. Calder
A duly celebrated Italian pianist with other recent issues to his name, Enrico Pieranunzi stakes a claim for attention at once in the opening track of Doorways with just Paul Motian's drums in support. As a composer he's fine, but on the whole he doesn't do his own work justice here. “Double Existence I" is well-structured ...
Bonafede / Rava / Abercrombie / Street / Penn: Journey to Donnafugata
by John Kelman
The Italian CAM Jazz label seems to be on a mission to present the music of renowned film scorer Nino Rota in a more improvisational context. First, pianist Enrico Pieranunzi's FelliniJazz was dominated by many of his more memorable themes. Now pianist Salvatore Bonafede delivers Journey to Donnafugata, homage to Rota's score for the Visconti film ...
Enrico Pieranunzi/Paul Motian: Doorways
by John Kelman
The amount of musical liberty in an ensemble seems inversely proportionate to the number of players involved. The smaller the group, the more exposed the players. While the piano inarguably possesses the broadest range, so that its pairing with virtually any other instrument provides for the richest possible palette, there's something about a piano/drums duo that ...
Enrico Pieranunzi: FelliniJazz
by John Kelman
Despite a clear understanding of the jazz tradition that pervades everything he touches, Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi cannot escape his own ethnic roots. On albums as diverse as his pensive duet album with bassist Marc Johnson, Trasnoche (EGEA, 2003), and the chamber jazz of Les Amants (EGEA, 2004), Pieranunzi's impressionistic improvisational style marries comfortably with a ...
Enrico Pieranunzi/Paul Motian: Doorways
by Ty Cumbie
Not long ago I heard the excellent pianist Russ Lossing's fine recording As It Grows with Paul Motian on drums. Now comes another excellent, very different pianist, Enrico Pieranunzi, also with Motian and a new record that recalls the glory of Jarrett's time on ECM. Doorways covers wide territory, both charted and uncharted. Pieranunzi ...
Fellini Jazz
Label: CAM Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: I Vitelloni; Il Bidone, Il Bidone; La Citt
