Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:15
Size: 107,1 MB
Art: Front
(5:32) 1. I Remember You
(4:41) 2. Lua Branca
(5:20) 3. He Was Great
(7:06) 4. Trinacria
(4:27) 5. Lines For RG
(4:35) 6. Soul Eyes
(2:50) 7. Traversi's Blues
(5:53) 8. Aniram
(1:59) 9. My One And Only Love
(2:48) 10. Gippo's Groove
Andrea Beneventano is a pianist who has collaborations of absolute importance behind him: Sal Nistico, Steve Grossman , Jon Faddis, Red Rodney, Gary Bartz, Donald Harrison, Rick Margitza, Steve Turre, Massimo Urbani, Paolo Fresu, Flavio Boltro, Eddy Palermo, Franco Cerri, Benny Golson, Buster Williams, Ed Thigpen, Arthur Blythe, Nathan Davis, Chico Freeman ... and the list goes on.
One evening I was at Gregory's in Rome known for its jam sessions. There the atmosphere is always very engaging as it recalls that of American clubs and the musicians who alternate recall certain moments by often playing tributes to great artists. That evening Andrea Beneventano was on the pianoand I was struck by his absolute readiness to play continuously on any piece that was started, from Bud Powell to Monk, to Parker, to Ellington to any other composer and all, "obviously", without the aid of any "paper" support. .. Rimasi struck by its ability improvisative always well structured, a soft phrasing, with a great sense of timing , block chords inserted at the right time, targeted opening immediately grasped by the rhythmic base.
In this CD I have pleasantly found many of the characteristics felt that evening. In addition there are valuable non-trivial compositions, extremely pleasant ranging from latin, to bop, to blues to waltz. by Mal Waldron. The pianism of Beneventano owes a lot to the great pianists among whom, perhaps, Bud Powell stands out, but the richness of his phrasing ranges beyond stylistic elements providing the whole CD with an absolutely enjoyable listening level with truly remarkable ideas such as Aniram , beautiful composition, Lua Branca with a Brazilian flavor, Traversi's Blues with a beautiful solo of Iodice on drums, the impeccable performance of I Remeber You or the engaging Lines for RG (unpredictable and intelligent change of tempo of the ending). O ttimo the support Ciancaglini and Iodice , certainly among the best in the Italian jazz scene, which also carves out the space for some very brilliant solos.~Marco LosavioTranslate By Google http://www.jazzitalia.net/recensioni/trinacria.asp#.Ya0WN1BJaUk
One evening I was at Gregory's in Rome known for its jam sessions. There the atmosphere is always very engaging as it recalls that of American clubs and the musicians who alternate recall certain moments by often playing tributes to great artists. That evening Andrea Beneventano was on the pianoand I was struck by his absolute readiness to play continuously on any piece that was started, from Bud Powell to Monk, to Parker, to Ellington to any other composer and all, "obviously", without the aid of any "paper" support. .. Rimasi struck by its ability improvisative always well structured, a soft phrasing, with a great sense of timing , block chords inserted at the right time, targeted opening immediately grasped by the rhythmic base.
In this CD I have pleasantly found many of the characteristics felt that evening. In addition there are valuable non-trivial compositions, extremely pleasant ranging from latin, to bop, to blues to waltz. by Mal Waldron. The pianism of Beneventano owes a lot to the great pianists among whom, perhaps, Bud Powell stands out, but the richness of his phrasing ranges beyond stylistic elements providing the whole CD with an absolutely enjoyable listening level with truly remarkable ideas such as Aniram , beautiful composition, Lua Branca with a Brazilian flavor, Traversi's Blues with a beautiful solo of Iodice on drums, the impeccable performance of I Remeber You or the engaging Lines for RG (unpredictable and intelligent change of tempo of the ending). O ttimo the support Ciancaglini and Iodice , certainly among the best in the Italian jazz scene, which also carves out the space for some very brilliant solos.~Marco LosavioTranslate By Google http://www.jazzitalia.net/recensioni/trinacria.asp#.Ya0WN1BJaUk
Trinacria
