Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:28
Size: 152,5 MB
Art: Front
(4:32) 1. È Vero
(4:26) 2. Basta Una Volta
(4:49) 3. Il Nostro Concerto
(6:13) 4. Marie Claire
(4:08) 5. Meglio Di Così
(6:34) 6. Nuvola Per Due
(4:42) 7. Io E Il Mare
(4:28) 8. Odio
(6:35) 9. Il Mio Mondo
(7:41) 10. Non Mi Dire Chi Sei
(2:31) 11. Rame
(5:04) 12. Arrivederci
(2:54) 13. La Musica È Finita
(1:46) 14. L'indifferenza
Tribute, four years after his death, to one of the most important and at the same time most neglected authors of Italian song Umberto Bindi this Bindin Jazz is at the same time a catwalk for Cristiana Polegri, a young singer and saxophonist who moves between pop music and jazz. All in all a classic album - and moreover Bindi's choice to a certain extent required it the work includes 13 songs by the singer-songwriter, some of which are little known and one even unreleased ("Rame"), plus a tribute from Polegri herself .
Nonetheless, the work is enlivened by the use of as many as ten different arrangers, who have worked together with Polegri, alternating from piece to piece, so as to create a certain diversification in the ways of reinterpreting Bindi's pieces. Polegri is now engaged on the voice, now on the sax (mainly the contralto, but occasionally also tenor and soprano), now she alternates voice and instrument in the same piece. In short, a brilliant versatility. Her voice is perhaps not frankly jazzy, but for this type of operation she is perhaps even more suitable, as especially as it is used - very "60s": delicate, precise, with a simple but effective interpretation.
Among the pieces, perhaps the very classic “Il nostro concerto” stands out, where the traditionally melodic introduction of the voice is followed first by an almost Baroque insert (homage to Bindi's passion for classical music) and then by a short but well-chosen contralto solo, again in the Polegri. Jazzistically successful "Nuvola per due" and "Arrivederci", enriched by the participation of the Corvini-Iodice Roma Ensemble (but here the vocal interpretation of Polegri is perhaps too "modern"); alluring "Io e il mare", due to the "acting" presence of Franco Califano; the conclusion is touching, a tribute within a tribute, left to Bindi himself, alone on the piano. (Translated using Google Translate)
By AAJ Italy Staff https://www.allaboutjazz.com/bindinjazz-pietro-lussu-via-veneto-jazz-review-by-aaji-staff
Personnel Cristiana Polegri (vocals, saxophones), Pietro Lussu (piano), Aldo Bassi (trumpet, flugelhorn), Mario Corvini (trombone), Pietro Ciancaglini (double bass), Lorenzo Tucci (drums), Riccardo Biseo (piano in 2, 3, 11 ), Gerardo Barroccini (double bass in 4, 6), Pierpaolo Bisogno (vibraphone, percussion in 4, 6, 8, 9, 10), Sandro Deidda (saxophones in 12), String orchestra conducted by Marcello Sirignano (in 5) , Stefano Di Battista (soprano sax in 5), Franco Califano (voice in 7), Corvini-Iodice Roma Ensemble (in 12), Umberto Bindi (piano in 14)
Nonetheless, the work is enlivened by the use of as many as ten different arrangers, who have worked together with Polegri, alternating from piece to piece, so as to create a certain diversification in the ways of reinterpreting Bindi's pieces. Polegri is now engaged on the voice, now on the sax (mainly the contralto, but occasionally also tenor and soprano), now she alternates voice and instrument in the same piece. In short, a brilliant versatility. Her voice is perhaps not frankly jazzy, but for this type of operation she is perhaps even more suitable, as especially as it is used - very "60s": delicate, precise, with a simple but effective interpretation.
Among the pieces, perhaps the very classic “Il nostro concerto” stands out, where the traditionally melodic introduction of the voice is followed first by an almost Baroque insert (homage to Bindi's passion for classical music) and then by a short but well-chosen contralto solo, again in the Polegri. Jazzistically successful "Nuvola per due" and "Arrivederci", enriched by the participation of the Corvini-Iodice Roma Ensemble (but here the vocal interpretation of Polegri is perhaps too "modern"); alluring "Io e il mare", due to the "acting" presence of Franco Califano; the conclusion is touching, a tribute within a tribute, left to Bindi himself, alone on the piano. (Translated using Google Translate)
By AAJ Italy Staff https://www.allaboutjazz.com/bindinjazz-pietro-lussu-via-veneto-jazz-review-by-aaji-staff
Personnel Cristiana Polegri (vocals, saxophones), Pietro Lussu (piano), Aldo Bassi (trumpet, flugelhorn), Mario Corvini (trombone), Pietro Ciancaglini (double bass), Lorenzo Tucci (drums), Riccardo Biseo (piano in 2, 3, 11 ), Gerardo Barroccini (double bass in 4, 6), Pierpaolo Bisogno (vibraphone, percussion in 4, 6, 8, 9, 10), Sandro Deidda (saxophones in 12), String orchestra conducted by Marcello Sirignano (in 5) , Stefano Di Battista (soprano sax in 5), Franco Califano (voice in 7), Corvini-Iodice Roma Ensemble (in 12), Umberto Bindi (piano in 14)
Bindi'n Jazz
