Cecilia Sanchietti - La Terza Via

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:35
Size: 112,2 MB
Art: Front

(5:24)  1. Which Way
(5:26)  2. Circus
(6:07)  3. Not (In) My Name
(3:44)  4. Shouting to a Brick Wall
(6:16)  5. Sweet & Bitter
(3:56)  6. Run Baby Run
(4:42)  7. Emerging Lands
(5:13)  8. Hang Gliding
(5:42)  9. The Third Way
(2:00) 10. Innocence

Italian drummer Cecilia Sanchietti is an elegant musician and thoughtful composer. Both attributes are amply demonstrated on her second release as a leader La Terza Via, loosely translated as "The Third Side of the Coin." Of the ten captivating pieces that comprise the album seven are Sanchietti's originals and the other three seamlessly fit within the overall conceptual unity of the disc. The leader's antiwar "Not (in) my name" is dramatic and multifaceted. It opens with poignant and bitter martial drumbeats. Belgian saxophonist Nicholas Kummert lets loose dense, floating lines over the resonant rhythm flourishes. Kummert, who is also an accomplished vocalist, makes his tenor sax sing in forlorn and yearning phrases. Pianist Pierpaolo Principato contributes a contemplative improvisation while bassist Marco Siniscalco solos with lyricism and eloquence. The tune transforms to a peaceful, lullaby like, nocturne and delightfully concludes on the cautionary note of Sanchietti's unaccompanied rolling thrums. In contrast composer and bandleader Maria Schneider's "Hang Gliding" is exuberant and expansive. Principato's angular vamps contribute subtle tension to the ambience. Sanchietti and Siniscalco add lithe and agile lines that together create a suave, instrumental dance. Kummert blows with warmth, passion and erudite spontaneity. The quartet members complement one another for a moving and cinematic performance. Equally intriguing is the trio's interpretation of the title track. It starts off with Siniscalco's reverberations echoing against silent pauses followed by the ensemble stating the theme with overlapping refrains. Principato lets loose shimmering crystalline melodic cascades. Sanchietti takes center stage with breathtakingly energetic and muscular polyrhythms showcasing her prowess as a percussionist. 

Still early in her career Sanchietti has proven herself a unique and versatile artist. Her compositions are engaging, her drumming gracefully nimble and her rapport with her band fluid. The result is a charismatic work that, even without breaking new ground, is soulful and satisfying. ~ Hrayr Attarian https://www.allaboutjazz.com/la-terza-via-cecilia-sanchietti-bluejazz-review-by-hrayr-attarian.php

Personnel: Cecilia Sanchietti: drums, composer; Pieraolo Principato: piano; Marco Siniscalco: electric/acoustic bass; Nicolas Kummert: tenor sax.

La Terza Via

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Cecilia Sanchietti - Circle Time

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:55
Size: 117,5 MB
Art: Front

(1:01)  1. Intro the Groove
(5:11)  2. Dance for G
(6:23)  3. Et-No
(5:20)  4. Witchi Tai To
(6:05)  5. Fotogramma
(4:13)  6. Circle Time
(7:19)  7. Cecilia e i misteri dell'armonia
(6:27)  8. Dance of the Elephants
(2:52)  9. Rosa
(5:59) 10. Stolen Sleep

Humanity in odd time signature, as well as saying music and society. When this combination is apart, it reveals the universal unease of our planet perpetually hanging in the balance. This is a superb artistic intuition, because it has a project underneath and, even more important, it is expression of a genuine sensitivity and humanity: the freedom in jazz improvisation creates a center of attention for social connections and welcomes different identities. It makes use of a storytelling device, by hinting to a tribal jazz, which is actually virtuous, transgressive and therefore civilized strongly contemporary, it goes beyond its origins, when music was expression of pain and oppression. The theme is circular as the time of the history, and the time is here developed by the rhythm, which allows all musicians to perform solos in a circular way, showing the perfect match with the name of this artistic project, which mixes colors, moments and atmospheres in an harmonic and universal language, such as music is (and always should be). “Circle Time” is permeated of an anthropological jazz, that dreams of a new and culturally diverse humanism which, through the music, is here ideally integrated. http://www.ijm.it/albums/display/493

Personnel:  Cecilia Sanchietti: drums; Davide Grottelli: saxophones; Gaia Possenti: piano; Stefano Napoli: double bass; Special guest: David Boato: trumpet and flugelhon

Circle Time

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