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Stefano Battaglia Trio: In The Morning

Read "In The Morning" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
August 10, 2015

Over the past five years Stefano Battaglia could have easily taken bassist Salvatore Maiore and drummer Roberto Dani into the ubiquitous realm of classically trained piano trios, where improvisation, chamber and dark lyricism meet but rarely ignite. But along with his classical training and an established ear for free jazz, hard bop and mainstream, Battaglia has ...

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Roberto Ottaviano: Arcthetics - Soffio Primitivo

Read "Arcthetics - Soffio Primitivo" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
August 4, 2014

Inizia con un lacerante grido del soprano, questo splendido lavoro di Roberto Ottaviano: un grido che simboleggia il “soffio primitivo" del titolo e appare tanto lacyano, quanto radicato in quel meridione d'Italia, al legame con il quale il sassofonista e compositore pugliese dichiara di voler per la prima volta nella sua carriera dedicare un omaggio.

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Stefano Battaglia Trio: Songways

by John Kelman
March 10, 2013

Since his relationship with ECM began in 2003, Stefano Battaglia has been consistent in his use of different constellations for each recording, from 2006's double-disc Raccolto, where the Italian pianist worked with two different trios, and 2007's Re: Pasolini, another two-CD set where one employed a more broadly defined sextet and the other a string-centric quintet, ...

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Enjoy Jazz Festival: Heidelberg / Mannheim / Ludwigshafen, Germany, October 30-November 7, 2012

by John Kelman
November 26, 2012

2012 Enjoy Jazz FestivalHeidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, GermanyOctober 30-November 7, 2012After a week in northern Sweden covering the 2012 Umeå Jazz Festival--where the were days shortening and the temperature dropping--moving south to Heidelberg, Germany was a welcome respite from the oncoming onslaught of winter that's also approaching back home in Canada. For this year's coverage of ...

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Stefano Battaglia Trio: The River of Anyder

Read "The River of Anyder" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
November 24, 2011

After three ECM recordings that finally brought greater international attention to the eclectic breadth of Stefano Battaglia's nearly two-decade career, the Italian pianist turns to a format steeped in jazz orthodoxy for The River of Anyder . But those familiar with his career, if only his ECM dates--the freer terrain explored with two trios on Raccolto ...