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Gianluigi Trovesi

Gianluigi Trovesi has accomplished that most difficult of feats, not only for a jazzman, or a musician even, but for any artist. He managed to create a musical world that is instantly recognizable and completely original at the same time. Drawing upon an unlikely and personal combination of sources, and having undergone a growth process in which the usual steps in the development of a musical career were reversed, Trovesi bloomed relatively late as an artist. Yet today his voice as a composer and improviser ranks among those who created the notion of a "European Jazz" inspired by the American tradition, but not an imitation of it

Keith Tippett: 100 Best Foots Forward

By DUNCAN HEINING

From the Albert Hall at twenty-two with a fifty-piece band to picking potatoes to make ends meet a decade later, Keith Tippett's life in music could sum up many a jazz career. After a grim '80s, things now look better for the composer, pianist and bandleader. “What I'm about to say is ridiculous but it was ...

Maria Pia De Vito: Bergamo Jazz and Beyond

By LIBERO FARNè

Non tutte le cantanti, attraverso l'espressione interpretativa, riescono a mettere in piena evidenza il mondo socio-culturale che sta all'origine delle singole canzoni da loro proposte. Proprio questa sembra essere la preoccupazione irrinunciabile di Maria Pia De Vito, che col suo lavoro ha sempre teso a esaltare l'interconnessione, strettissima, indispensabile, fra il livello colto e quello popolare, ...

Roberto Bonati: Vesper and Silence

By JOHN KELMAN

Roberto Bonati may not be a name familiar to many jazz fans in North America, but at home in Italy and, increasingly, across Europe he has become a far more familiar face. Beyond inimitable talents as a double bassist, composer and conductor, Bonati has created a name both for himself and the northern Italian city of ...

La misteriosa musica della Regina Loana

By GIANLUIGI TROVESI

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Interludio; Nebjana I; Basin Street Blues; Nebjana II; As Time Goes By; Pippo non lo sa; Fischia il vento; Moonlight Serenade: In cerca di te; Bel Ami; Eco; EIAR: Ma l‘amore no / Silenzioso slow / Tu musica divina / Bambina innamorata / Mille lire al mese; Gragnola; Nebjana III; Inno dei sommergibili; Umberto; Volando; La piccinina; Moonlight Serenade (var.).

Enrico Rava: Five Decades of Jazz - The Co-leader and Sideman Part 1

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

After focusing on Enrico Rava's discography as leader, this week we explore his more than five decades of work as co-leader and sideman. The statuture of an artist can be measured not only through the albums s/he has recorded but also by the caliber of the musicians he has played with. There are not ...

Enrico Rava: Around the Jazz World in 80 Years - The Leader Part - 2

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

Second part of the Enrico Rava special focusing on his projects as leader (click here to access the first part) showcasing his range of interests from the tradition of the American Songbook, to Bitches Brew like soundscapes and Opera. This playlist features his work with the likes of Roswell Rudd, Franco D'Andrea, John ...

Genius Loci, Festival di Santa Croce a Firenze

By NERI POLLASTRI

Genius Loci Firenze Complesso Monumentale di Santa Croce 26-28.9.2019 Terza edizione della manifestazione multidisciplinare fiorentina che mira alla riscoperta e alla valorizzazione del complesso architettonico di Santa Croce, del quale stavolta erano utilizzati due chiostri e il cenacolo. Come gli altri anni il programma affiancava interventi artistici e contributi parlati (la ...

A World of Piano Trios

By MARK SULLIVAN

The piano trio format is alive and well, judging by this disparate collection of piano trio albums (mostly: a couple of them feature a guest vocalist on a track or two). They come from Israel (recorded in Berlin), Slovenia (recorded in New York City), Greece (recorded in Hungary), Boston, and Asheville, North Carolina. Traditionally the pianist ...

Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller, Vincent Peirani and New Releases

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

Another week replete with beautiful new releases, and re-releases, from the etheral to the political, both catchy and heart-brakingly gorgeous, from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Happy listening! Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Vincent Peirani “What Power Art Thou" Living Being II: Night ...