Andrea Beneventano - The Driver

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:30
Size: 109,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:02)  1. Cool River
(4:29)  2. Midget Steps
(5:27)  3. The Driver
(5:08)  4. When Sunny Gets Blue
(5:19)  5. Passing Seasons
(6:35)  6. If I Should Lose You
(3:56)  7. I Got Your Rhythm
(3:53)  8. Donna quee
(6:38)  9. My Gospel

The Driver is the new work as a leader of the pianist Andrea Beneventano  after Trinacria in 2003, which on this occasion completes his trio with the excellent Francesco Puglisi on double bass and Nicola Angelucci on drums.

Therefore, a classical formation that knows how to offer in the nine proposed tracks all signed by the leader except for a couple of standards a jazz vision that does not differ much from the guidelines of the mainstream (in the broadest sense of the term), even if in the way of proposing himself as a Sicilian pianist, various reasons of interest can be traced, which make listening to the entire work pleasant and worthy of attention. Starting from the way in which it expresses a complete and versatility melodic vision to an extreme formal beauty in "Passing Seasons," to the more introspective and shadowy passage of the opener "Cool River," to the fragmented visions of "The Driver," a nervous passage and snappy, in which Puglisi and Angelucci produce themselves in a remarkable accompanying work.

Beneventano intertwines different stylistic roots that range from the "I Got Your Rhythm" bop to the "My Gospel" contemplations, so that his work also characterized by an excellent interplay knows no moments of yielding neither from the formal point of view nor under the expressive profile. Translate By Google
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Personnel: Andrea Beneventano: pianoforte; Francesco Puglisi: contrabbasso; Nicola Angelucci: batteria.

The Driver

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Andrea Beneventano Trio - Trinacria

Styles: Piano Jazz
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

Trinacria

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Antonella Vitale & Andrea Beneventano Trio - Songs in My Heart

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:17
Size: 148,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:55)  1. Cherokee
(4:24)  2. When Your Lover Has Gone
(4:17)  3. Blue in Green
(6:02)  4. Eu e o Vento
(1:19)  5. Canoeiro
(7:04)  6. Take the a Train
(3:04)  7. Arrivederci
(6:46)  8. The Shadow of Your Smile
(3:03)  9. But Beautiful
(2:36) 10. Preludio
(5:02) 11. What Is This Thing Called Love
(5:15) 12. With a Song in My Heart
(6:31) 13. You Go to My Head
(2:51) 14. Moon River

The first we’ve ever heard from singer Antonella Vitale a deep-voiced singer with a really great small combo sort of vibe and an ability to sing equally well in English and Italian! Most of the music here is in English as the tunes are older jazz standards but there’s a few Italian numbers that are especially nice, and which feature writing by Vitale herself, which is a very nice surprise! Backing is mostly by a trio, but a really lively one with sublime work on acoustic bass from Francesco Puglisi, who really gives the music a soulful finish and players include Andrea Beneventano on piano and Alessandro Marzi on drums plus guest accordion from Antonella Salis on a few tracks. Titles include “Blue In Green”, “Take The A Train”, “Canoeiro”, “Eu E O Vento”, “But Beautiful”, “Preludio”, and “The Shadow Of Your Smile”. ~ Dusty Groove  http://www.dustygroove.com/item/711745

Personnel: Antonella Vitale – Vocal; Andrea Beneventano – Piano; Antonello Salis – accordion; Giancarlo Maurino - soprano sax; Alessandro Marzi – Drums

Songs in My Heart

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