Philip Catherine - September Sky

Styles: Guitar Jazz 
Year: 1988
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:12
Size: 150,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:27)  1. September Sky
(7:16)  2. Body And Soul
(5:14)  3. Randy Moon
(8:26)  4. Girl Talk
(6:50)  5. Stella By Starlight
(6:51)  6. Adriano
(5:49)  7. My Serenade
(5:28)  8. Changemant D' Avis
(6:58)  9. My Foolish Heart
(7:49) 10. All Blues

An immensely gifted Belgian guitarist, Philip Catherine is a highly regarded performer known for his harmonically nuanced, deeply lyrical playing and crisply rounded fretboard touch. Born in London in 1942 to an English mother and Belgian father, Catherine moved to Brussels with his family at a young age. As a teenager, he became interested in the guitar, influenced at the time by French singer/songwriter and poet George Brassens. By age 14 he was taking lessons, and learning the basic elements of jazz improvisation when he discovered Django Reinhardt. He quickly absorbed the jazz legend's distinctive style, and eventually picked up other influences, including Belgian guitarist René Thomas. He also immersed himself in albums by such luminaries as Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, and others.  Catherine began playing gigs while in his teens, working in a trio with American Hammond B-3 specialist Lou Bennett and drummer Oliver Jackson. There were also stints with Belgian saxophonist Jack Sels and Philadelphia-born/Brussels-based drummer Edgar Bateman. In 1970, violinist Jean-Luc Ponty asked him to join his band and, inspired by contemporaries like John McLaughlin and Larry Coryell, Catherine stayed with Ponty for a year, dedicating himself to the progressive fusion sound. Also during this period, he attended formal music classes at Berklee College of Music in Boston. After returning to Belgium, Catherine found himself in high demand and developed a bevy of connections, including playing with Klaus Weiss, Les McCann, Karin Krog, Dexter Gordon, and others. As a solo artist, he made his debut with 1971's Stream, a funky, inventive mix of acoustic and electric jazz. He followed up in 1975 with Guitars and September Man, both also highly inventive, fusion-influenced albums.

 Sessions with Herb Geller, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and Charles Mingus followed, as did a duo tour with guitarist Coryell. Also during the '70s, he paired with close associate saxophonist Charlie Mariano for a handful of sessions, and rounded out the decade with his own Nairam, which also featured Mariano, along with trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg and others. During the '80s, Catherine's profile continued to rise as he released several more well-regarded efforts, including Babel, End of August, and Trio with guitarist Christian Escoude and violinist Didier Lockwood. There also were dates with Aldo Romano, Stéphane Grappelli, and Kenny Drew. Also in the '80s, he gained attention for his work with legendary West Coast trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker, touring and appearing on such albums as 1983's Mr. B and 1985's Strollin'. Although his 1986 album, Transparence, layered keyboards into his atmospheric sound, his work with Baker pointed toward a more acoustic-leaning aesthetic. It was a sound he further embraced on 1990's I Remember You. Dedicated to Baker (who died in 1989), the album also featured trumpeter/flügelhornist Tom Harrell. Throughout the '90s, Catherine released a steady stream of albums for smaller jazz labels like Enja, Criss Cross, and Dreyfus, including albums like Moods, Vol. 1, Spanish Nights, and 1999's Guitar Groove.  In 2001, he returned with Blue Prince, which found him balancing his love of acoustic jazz and electric fusion. Joining him were trumpeter Bert Joris, bassist Hein van de Geyn, and drummer Hans Van Oosterhout. Joris was also on board for 2002's Summer Night. The orchestral album Meeting Colours followed three years later. The more intimate Guitars Two appeared in 2008. He then joined bassist van de Geyn, pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, and drummer Joe La Barbera for the 2010 live album Concert in Capbreton. A year later, he delivered the trio date Plays Cole Porter, followed by 2013's warmly sophisticated Côté Jardin. The duo album New Folks with bassist Martin Wind followed a year later. He then joined the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie for 2015's The String Project: Live in Brussels.
Matt Collar https://www.allmusic.com/artist/philip-catherine-mn0000287463/biography

Personnel: Guitar – Philip Catherine; Bass – Hein Van de Geyn; Drums – Aldo Romano

September Sky

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Maria Pia De Vito, Danilo Rea, Joni Mitchell, Aldo Romano, Enzo Pietropaoli - So Right

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:35
Size: 153,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:29)  1. Amelia
(5:08)  2. Big Yellow Taxi
(5:11)  3. Little Blue Birds
(5:22)  4. So Right
(5:16)  5. God Must Be A Boogie Man
(6:17)  6. River
(4:41)  7. Harlem In Havana
(3:05)  8. Since Your Love Died
(5:44)  9. Woodstock
(4:54) 10. Miskin
(8:19) 11. A Case Of You
(2:58) 12. The Sweetest Medicine
(4:05) 13. The One-eyed Man

Following her successful full house U.S. debut at the Blue Note, this release includes two additional astounding scat tracks (#2 & 13) by Maria Pia De Vito, and an elegantly re-styled booklet filled with photos by Alessandro D'Urso. "When De Vito cut loose with startling intervallic leaps, complex internal overtones and keening, swooping, racing runs, it was a rush. She blew wild and free across Mitchell's already counter-intuitive bar lines. But also on every song, before her solo flights, De Vito did full justice to Mitchell's lyrics. Working in a language other than her own, like an accomplished actress, she brought Mitchell's words to life with altered, personalized meanings." (Thomas Conrad)

So Right: lyrics, melodies, great musicians. An album of songs performed and partly written by four of the most prominent figures in international jazz. From the re-reading of songs by Joni Mitchell, new original songs are sought and written: an excellent union between the language of songwriting and the universal world of jazz, skilfully performed by great artists. An intense and elegant interpretation by one of the leading Italian jazz vocalists, the unequaled Maria Pia De Vito.  http://www.camjazz.com/releases/8024709779526-so-right-cd.html

So Right

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Aldo Romano - Reborn

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:40
Size: 112,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:48) 1. Annobon
(2:32) 2. Sud-ouest jump
(3:55) 3. Petionville
(3:39) 4. Twenty Small Cigars
(3:58) 5. Il piacere
(5:12) 6. Dreams and Waters
(4:51) 7. Dear Old Stockholm
(9:38) 8. Positano
(2:53) 9. Spring Tide
(8:10) 10. Darn That Dream

Although born in Italy, Aldo Romano moved to France with his family at a young age. He was already playing guitar and drums professionally in Paris in the '50s when he heard Donald Byrd's group with drummer Arthur Taylor. Since then, he has dedicated himself to the drums and contemporary jazz. In Paris jazz clubs like le Chat Qui Pêche and the Caméléon, Romano has accompanied visiting Americans like Jackie McLean, Bud Powell, Lucky Thompson, J.J. Johnson, and Woody Shaw while also exploring free music with Don Cherry and Gato Barbieri, Frank Wright and Bobby Few, Michel Portal, François Tusques, Jean-Louis Chautemps, and Steve Lacy. Romano's boundless curiosity for any living music brought him in contact with electric jazz in the '70s, playing at the Riverbop with longtime associate/bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark, in addition to François Jeanneau, Henri Texier, Charlie Mariano, and Philip Catherine. In 1978, he released his first album as a leader with Claude Barthélémy (Il Piacere, OWL), followed by 1980's Night Diary with Didier Lockwood and Jasper Van't Hof, and 1983's Alma Latina with Philip Catherine. In 1980, Romano brought pianist Michel Petrucciani to the world's attention, introducing him to the producer of Owl Records. His Italian roots were lovingly remembered with the foundation of his Italian Quartet with Paolo Fresu, Franco D'Andrea, and Furio Di Castri. The quartet recorded To Be Ornette to Be and Water Dreams (Owl) and Non Dimenticar, a collection of Italian songs (Verve). Palatino named for the Rome-Paris night train also includes Fresu, with Glen Ferris on trombone. Intervista (Verve, 2001) with bassist Palle Danielsson, saxophonist Stefano di Battista, and Brazilian guitarist Nelson Veras is a magnificently played overview of his musical career, with Ornette Coleman-ish tunes, Latin-American compositions, and operatic arias; a bonus CD contains a charming interview.~ Francesco Martinelli https://www.allmusic.com/artist/aldo-romano-mn0000684164/biography

Personnel: Aldo Romano (ds); Geraldine Laurent (as); Glenn Ferris (tb); Henri Texier (b); Enrico Rava (tp; Baptiste Trotignon (p); Darryl Hall (b); Michel Benita (b); Yoann Loustalot (tp); Mauro Negri (cl); Jasper van’t Hof (p)

Reborn

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Aldo Romano - Alma Latina

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:35
Size: 91,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:36)  1. Roanugo
(4:54)  2. Santa Maria Novella
(5:05)  3. C'Era Una Volta
(3:38)  4. Tastière
(1:49)  5. Cadenza
(1:09)  6. Una Volta Dany
(4:44)  7. Amalgame
(5:09)  8. Alma Latina
(5:10)  9. 6 Million Dollars Song
(4:14) 10. La Dernière Chanson

A record seems to mark a milestone in the career of drummer Aldo Romano. This is the one he recorded in duet, in Italy, with the bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark, that is to say Il Piacere , musical illustration of the world of Pavese and the Latin of the musician more obvious than ever. It was in 1979, that is to say a year at the same time as the one where he integrated the French label Owl managed by Jean-Jacques Pussiau. Therefore, his records will take, at least for a few years, a less specifically jazz turn (he will return) as on Night Diary or Alma Latina . His friends are at his side (Jenny-Clark, Bartholomew, Portal, Lockwood, Jasper Van't Hoff), while here, it is his old guitarist partner Philippe Catherine and young musicians he discovered who second him , including Benoît Wideman and Jean-Pierre Fouquey. 

There, there are no traces of free jazz practiced during the years of learning with Gato Barbieri and Don Cherry. The binary rhythms have been integrated. And, above all, the composer reveals himself progressively. ~ Hervé Comte http://www.letriton.com/artistes/albums/album-alma-latina-763

Personnel: Aldo Romano battery, Philip Catherine electric guitar; Gilles Perrin percussion; Sylvain Marc electric bass, choirs; Estelle Goubert acoustic and electric piano; Jean-Pierre Fouquey acoustic and electric piano; Dany Kane harmonica; Maurizio Giammarco tenor saxophone; Benoît Widemann synthesizer, electric piano

Alma Latina

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Aldo Romano Quartet - Canzoni

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:24
Size: 126,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:38)  1. T'ho voluto bene
(5:23)  2. Roma nun fa la stupida stasera
(4:48)  3. Munasterio a Santa Chiara
(6:57)  4. Sapore di sale
(5:55)  5. Torna a Surriento
(6:14)  6. O sole mio
(5:21)  7. Anima e core
(5:26)  8. Reginella
(4:54)  9. Come Prima
(4:43) 10. Senza Fine

On this disc, drummer Aldo Romano leads an Italian supergroup to revisit some of the Italian folk repertoire. It is also the companion CD to Non Dimenticar, which is based on the same concept. Some songs such as "O Sole Mio" and "Come Prima" will be overly familiar to the noninitiated, but listeners also get the opportunity to discover some obscurities from the Italian countryside. The music displays a good share of romanticism and the mood is rather subdued. Only toward the end does the band switch to a higher gear, as on the uplifting closer "Senza Fine." The musicians surrounding Romano are no strangers to the success of this enterprise. Trumpeter Paolo Fresu's playing obviously recalls Miles Davis' muted trumpet, but he is not merely mimicking the master and he brings out the intrinsic quality of the tunes. Pianist Franco D'Andrea and bassist Furio Di Castri's taste and elegance are perfectly suited to the project. After listening to this set, many will be surprised to realize that it was conducted under the leadership of a drummer. Although Romano does leave all the solo spaces to his cohorts, his presence is definitely felt, as he provides the necessary direction. An enjoyable set that proves that Italian songs just like show tunes can become jazz standards in their own right. 

~ Alain Drouot https://www.allmusic.com/album/canzoni-mw0000057987

Personnel:  Drums – Aldo Romano; Bass – Furio Di Castri; Piano – Franco D'Andrea; Trumpet – Paolo Fresu

Canzoni

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Steve Lacy - Steve Lacy Plays Monk

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1969
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:16
Size: 83,2 MB
Art: Front

(7:11)  1. Thelonious
(4:22)  2. Ruby My Dear
(5:56)  3. Light Blue
(2:13)  4. Epistrophy
(6:46)  5. Epistrophy (Part 2)
(3:56)  6. Mysterioso
(5:49)  7. Friday the Thirteenth

This reissue of a 1969 French date makes its very first appearance on CD and its debut as a U.S. release some 25 years after its original issue on the BYG label as Epistrophy. Plays Monk is also the first record Lacy made after taking up residence in Paris. His band for the outing features the legendary Italian drummer Aldo Romano, the pianist Michel Graillier, and bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark. There are five unusually complex Monk tunes here "Thelonious," "Ruby My Dear," "Light Blue," "Mysterioso," and "Friday the Thirteenth" and two versions of "Epistrophy." This is easily Lacy's "straightest" album from the period, and he stays melodically and harmonically close to Monk's original compositions in the heads before taking off somewhere else in the solos. But Lacy keeps to the notion of repetition, syncopation, and melodic invention that Monk did, and the band is nearly symbiotic in its communication around and with him. The music here is a delight and a revelation all at the same time. The sound is warm and full and the transfer is solid. ~ Thom Jurek https://www.allmusic.com/album/plays-monk-mw0000325440

Personnel:   Soprano Saxophone – Steve Lacy;  Bass – Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark; Drums – Aldo Romano;  Piano – Michel Graillier

Steve Lacy Plays Monk

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Aldo Romano, Remi Vignolo, Baptiste Trotignon - Flower Power

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:04
Size: 128.4 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[4:06] 1. Love Me, Please Love Me
[4:28] 2. Say It Ain't So
[6:03] 3. Valse De Melody/Je T'aime Moi Non Plus
[6:55] 4. Sea Song/Crying Song
[3:57] 5. Black Dog
[3:39] 6. Don't Let Me Be Lonely
[4:44] 7. Mr Tambourine Man
[5:46] 8. Bridge Over Troubled Water
[4:15] 9. C'est Extra
[4:45] 10. Your Song
[7:20] 11. The End

Bass – Rémi Vignolo; Drums – Aldo Romano; Piano – Baptiste Trotignon. Recorded at Studio Meudon, France, April 26, 2006.

Although born in Italy, Aldo Romano moved to France with his family at a young age. He was already playing guitar and drums professionally in Paris in the '50s when he heard Donald Byrd's group with drummer Arthur Taylor. Since then, he has dedicated himself to the drums and contemporary jazz. In Paris jazz clubs like le Chat Qui Pêche and the Caméléon, Romano has accompanied visiting Americans like Jackie McLean, Bud Powell, Lucky Thompson, J.J. Johnson, and Woody Shaw while also exploring free music with Don Cherry and Gato Barbieri, Frank Wright and Bobby Few, Michel Portal, François Tusques, Jean-Louis Chautemps, and Steve Lacy.

Rémi Vignolo is he drummer, or bassist? Composer?! We did not know ... How could we have known elsewhere? Nougaro, Lagrene, Terrasson, Galliano, Romano, Werner, Bergonzi, Aznavour, Luke, Di Battista, Legrand, Trotignon, Grossman, El Malek, Pierranunzi, Z (Bojan's) ... It's as if the guy had melted into the landscape, as if he had taken advantage of the light of all these great "Names" to better hide his own. A more exhaustive list of his collaborations or the details of the eighty albums already recorded for others behind his double bass or his drums would not illuminate further the motivations, the choices, the doubts ... The course can be confusing, remains the certainty of being faced with an unusual personality, a rare bird on which decency and fashions have, obviously, little grip. (Translated from French.)

Baptiste Trotignon (born in 1974) began playing the piano at the age of six. He discovered and taught himself jazz and improvisation as a teenager. In 1994 he played both the piano and a role in Alain Corneau's film "Le Nouveau Monde", and one year later he decided to move to Paris. Over the years that followed he developed a number of eclectic encounters, while also continuing to play music that was resolutely open-minded and imaginative. This included performing alongside top-quality improvisers like Tom Harrell and Brad Mehldau and classical pianists such as Nicholas Angelich and Alexandre Tharaud, and he was also artistic director for tribute evenings to Edith Piaf and Claude Nougaro at Montreux, composed film music for Claude Goretta's "Sartre", and did some Hammond B3 organ tours with Stefano Di Battista's "Trouble Shootin'". Baptiste's first "American" album, "Share", was recorded in New York and came out in early 2009. He made it with Eric Harland and invited Tom Harrell (a living and inimitable jazz legend) and Mark Turner along. The album was a hit and was followed by a highly charged live album recorded in London ("Suite…" 2010). In the next few months he wrote a version featuring a string and wind orchestra that was performed for the first time at the Jazz in Marciac Festival.

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Aldo Romano - Inner Smile

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:25
Size: 110.9 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:08] 1. Positano
[5:12] 2. More
[4:09] 3. Kind Of Autumn
[3:31] 4. Anny's Lullaby
[3:37] 5. Il Piacere
[5:32] 6. Old Devil Moon
[4:00] 7. Inner Smile
[8:50] 8. My Funny Valentine
[2:06] 9. Where Is Aldo
[2:55] 10. E Si Sogna
[4:19] 11. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

Although born in Italy, Aldo Romano moved to France with his family at a young age. He was already playing guitar and drums professionally in Paris in the '50s when he heard Donald Byrd's group with drummer Arthur Taylor. Since then, he has dedicated himself to the drums and contemporary jazz. In Paris jazz clubs like le Chat Qui Pêche and the Caméléon, Romano has accompanied visiting Americans like Jackie McLean, Bud Powell, Lucky Thompson, J.J. Johnson, and Woody Shaw while also exploring free music with Don Cherry and Gato Barbieri, Frank Wright and Bobby Few, Michel Portal, François Tusques, Jean-Louis Chautemps, and Steve Lacy. Romano's boundless curiosity for any living music brought him in contact with electric jazz in the '70s, playing at the Riverbop with longtime associate/bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark, in addition to François Jeanneau, Henri Texier, Charlie Mariano, and Philip Catherine. In 1978, he released his first album as a leader with Claude Barthélémy (Il Piacere, OWL), followed by 1980's Night Diary with Didier Lockwood and Jasper Van't Hof, and 1983's Alma Latina with Philip Catherine. In 1980, Romano brought pianist Michel Petrucciani to the world's attention, introducing him to the producer of Owl Records. His Italian roots were lovingly remembered with the foundation of his Italian Quartet with Paolo Fresu, Franco D'Andrea, and Furio Di Castri. The quartet recorded To Be Ornette to Be and Water Dreams (Owl) and Non Dimenticar, a collection of Italian songs (Verve). Palatino -- named for the Rome-Paris night train -- also includes Fresu, with Glen Ferris on trombone. Intervista (Verve, 2001) -- with bassist Palle Danielsson, saxophonist Stefano di Battista, and Brazilian guitarist Nelson Veras -- is a magnificently played overview of his musical career, with Ornette Coleman-ish tunes, Latin-American compositions, and operatic arias; a bonus CD contains a charming interview. ~ Francesco Martinelli

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Susi Hyldgaard - Magic Words

Styles:  Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:03
Size: 94,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:42)  1. Slow Hot Wind
(2:33)  2. Teach Me Tonight
(4:16)  3. Love For Sale
(4:32)  4. In The Wee Small Hours
(4:05)  5. Kemo Kimo
(2:52)  6. Je Vivrais Sans Toi
(4:55)  7. Moondance
(3:02)  8. Les Parapluies Des Cherbourg
(3:16)  9. In the Summertime
(2:51) 10. When I Fall In Love
(3:55) 11. Baby It's Cold Outside

There's a definite magic feel to Susi's vocals on this set a style that's jazzy, but also quite contemporary spacey vocals on older standards, blended with a 21st Century sense of rhythm and timing! At times, the record gets almost atmospheric just a bit of light backing as the lyrics spin out slowly in space and at other points, the rhythms pick up somewhat, with slight electric touches that almost make the album feel like some of the better vocal work on the Jazzland label in recent years. Titles include "Kemo Kimo", "Je Vivrais Sans Toi", "Slow Hot Wind", "Teach Me Tonight", "Love For Sale", "In The Summertime","Moondance","When I Fall In Love",and "Les Parapluies Des Cherbourg".  http://www.jazzrecords.com/enja/9181.htm

Personnel: Susi Hyldgaard (vocals, accordion, piano, keyboards, electronics); Aldo Romano (vocals); Niels Gerhardt, Erling Kroner (trombone); Kasper Winding (keyboards); Carsten Sonderskov (drums).

Magic Words

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Steve Kuhn - Childhood Is Forever

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:18
Size: 85,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:04)  1. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
(6:52)  2. Spring Can Really Hang You The Most
(5:06)  3. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
(3:45)  4. The Meaning Of The Blues
(5:52)  5. All That's Left
(5:10)  6. I Waited For You
(4:26)  7. Eiderdown

Steve Kuhn has had an interesting career. A talented jazz pianist, he has worked in many types of settings through the years. He began classical piano lessons when he was five, studied with Madame Chaloff, and accompanied her son, baritonist Serge Chaloff, on some gigs when the pianist was 14. He freelanced in Boston as a teenager, graduated from Harvard, and moved to New York where he worked with Kenny Dorham's group (1959-1960). Kuhn was the original pianist in John Coltrane's Quartet, playing for two months before McCoy Tyner succeeded him. He was with the bands of Stan Getz (1961-1963) and Art Farmer (1964-1966), lived in Europe (1967-1970), and then returned to the U.S. in 1971. Kuhn doubled on electric piano in the 1970s, recorded for ECM, and co-led a group with Sheila Jordan in the latter part of the decade. After a period playing commercial music, he formed an acoustic trio in the mid-'80s, which has been his main vehicle ever since. Steve Kuhn has recorded as a leader for Impulse (1966), Contact, MPS, BYG, Muse, ECM, Blackhawk, New World, Owl, Concord, and Postcards. ~ Bio  https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/steve-kuhn/id994171#fullText

Personnel:  Steve Kuhn – Piano;  Steve Swallow – Bass;  Aldo Romano - Drums

Childhood Is Forever

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Aldo Romano - Just Jazz

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:12
Size: 103,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:37)  1. Cite Soleil
(4:37)  2. Prego
(2:55)  3. Spring Tide
(4:13)  4. Handle With Care
(3:50)  5. Blues For Roy
(2:31)  6. Chick Webb
(3:52)  7. Libero
(4:24)  8. Black and Blue
(4:33)  9. Dany K
(2:23) 10. Township
(4:31) 11. Lontananza
(2:38) 12. Maple Leaf Rag

Aldo Romano has long proven himself an innovative leader and the 2007 sessions that make up Just Jazz are no exception. Romano is not one to take a lot of solos himself, preferring to showcase his bandmates while adding color behind them. His pianoless quartet consists of clarinetist Mauro Negri, who played on Romano's earlier Dreyfus CD État de Fait, old friend Henri Texier on bass, and the much younger Géraldine Laurent, a gifted French saxophonist whose star is rising. Most of the release focuses on Romano's captivating originals, highlighted by the emotional "Cité-Soleil" (French for "Sun City"), named for the wretched shanty town in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. "Township" is an infectious African-flavored chant, with Laurent's vocal-like alto recalling Eric Dolphy, and Negri's electronically altered clarinet adding seasoning. 

"Chick Webb," named for the famous swing drummer, has a fun twist in that the bassist is the featured soloist. Romano's love for Ornette Coleman's work is well known, so it shouldn't be surprising to hear the dissonance within the drummer's "Libero!!" ("Free!!")." His powerful interpretation of Fats Waller's maudlin "Black and Blue" and lighthearted take of Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" round out this diverse, rewarding CD. ~ Ken Dryden  http://www.allmusic.com/album/just-jazz-mw0000793534

Personnel: Aldo Romano (drums) ; Mauro Negri (clarinet); Géraldine Laurent (saxophone); Henri Texier (double bass).

Just Jazz

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Aldo Romano - New Blood Plays the Connection

Styles: Avant Garde
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:49
Size: 89,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:55)  1. Who Killed Cock Robin
(4:36)  2. Wigglin'
(3:58)  3. Music Forever
(4:13)  4. Time to Smile
(3:04)  5. Theme for Sister Salvation
(3:00)  6. Jim Dunn's Dilemma
(3:04)  7. O.D. (Overdose)
(5:42)  8. Murmur
(2:42)  9. Conception
(4:31) 10. Ballade for Jackie

Although born in Italy, Aldo Romano moved to France with his family at a young age. He was already playing guitar and drums professionally in Paris in the '50s when he heard Donald Byrd's group with drummer Arthur Taylor. Since then, he has dedicated himself to the drums and contemporary jazz. In Paris jazz clubs like le Chat Qui Pêche and the Caméléon, Romano has accompanied visiting Americans like Jackie McLean, Bud Powell, Lucky Thompson, J.J. Johnson, and Woody Shaw while also exploring free music with Don Cherry and Gato Barbieri, Frank Wright and Bobby Few, Michel Portal, François Tusques, Jean-Louis Chautemps, and Steve Lacy. Romano's boundless curiosity for any living music brought him in contact with electric jazz in the '70s, playing at the Riverbop with longtime associate/bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark, in addition to François Jeanneau, Henri Texier, Charlie Mariano, and Philip Catherine. In 1978, he released his first album as a leader with Claude Barthélémy (Il Piacere, OWL), followed by 1980's Night Diary with Didier Lockwood and Jasper Van't Hof, and 1983's Alma Latina with Philip Catherine. In 1980, Romano brought pianist Michel Petrucciani to the world's attention, introducing him to the producer of Owl Records. 

His Italian roots were lovingly remembered with the foundation of his Italian Quartet with Paolo Fresu, Franco D'Andrea, and Furio Di Castri. The quartet recorded To Be Ornette to Be and Water Dreams (Owl) and Non Dimenticar, a collection of Italian songs (Verve). Palatino  named for the Rome-Paris night train  also includes Fresu, with Glen Ferris on trombone. Intervista (Verve, 2001)  with bassist Palle Danielsson, saxophonist Stefano di Battista, and Brazilian guitarist Nelson Veras  is a magnificently played overview of his musical career, with Ornette Coleman-ish tunes, Latin-American compositions, and operatic arias; a bonus CD contains a charming interview. https://itunes.apple.com/nz/artist/aldo-romano/id3572852#fullText

Personnel:  Aldo Romano – drums; Baptiste Herbin - alto sax; Alessandro Lanzoni- piano; Michel Benita - bass

New Blood Plays the Connection

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