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Jessica Jones Quartet: Word

AAJ Italy Staff By AAJ Italy Staff

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Disco strano questo Word, licenziato dal Jessica Jones Quartet. Per più di un motivo. A partire dalla classica suddivisione in Side A e Side B tipica dei vecchi vinile, che coincide, si scoprirà, con due differenti, quasi opposte direzioni musicali. La facciata A, composta da cinque brani originali e due noti standard, scorre via liscia come l’olio e si fa fatica a trovare un qualche serio motivo d’interesse. Perché la prestazione è quella di un canonico quartetto mainstream che interagisce, si fa per dire, con un’interpretazione vocale senza guizzi.

E la cosa sorprende davvero considerando che la Jones e il suo quartetto sono da anni coinvolti nei fermenti della musica improvvisata e sperimentale e nel gruppo compaiono i nomi di Lou Grassi, Kenny Wollesen e Ken Filiano, musicisti notoriamente allergici ai luoghi comuni musicali. Le cose vanno un po’ meglio con la facciata B, dove il poetry di Arisa White e Abe Maneri conferisce una buona ragion d’essere al titolo del CD, ed interagisce in maniera interessante con il resto dei musicisti.

Ma non basta la raffinata improvvisazione collettiva dell’ultimo brano per allontanare da Word l’impressione di un disco incerto e sconclusionato.


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