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Bruno Erminero:
Afro Blue
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Azzurra TBP JAB075 |
| recorded |
February 2004 in Terni/Italy
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| online distribution |
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| Bruno Erminero |
organ |
| Marco Collazzoni |
sax |
| Claudio Canzano |
drums, percussion |
| Fabrizio Bosso |
trumpet |
| Pietro Condorelli |
guitar |
| Ada Montellanico |
vocals |
01: Only Child
02: Afro Blue
03: Freddie The Freeloader
04: Prince Of Darkness
05: Peace
06: Footprints
07: Nardis
08: Witch Hunt
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To come to the conclusion first: This is first-class jazz.
Afro Blue is a great surprise. 6 Italian musicians, hardly known
on the European level, play tunes of famous composers such as
Bill Evans, Miles Davis or Wayne Shorter. And they do this
in a way of their own: thoughtful, sensory, soulful, but
with verve and a lot of rhythm.
Bruno's organ exercises restraint. He accompanies more than he
shines by solos. But he accompanies amazingly: Well-aimed
chords support the solo instruments just in the right moment
with just the right harmonies. Bruno sets to work very
sensitively. But there are also organ solos, here Bruno proves
an original style, which could carefully be called "post-bop".
This CD lives not so much on the groove, but more on Ada's lyric
singing, Marco's singing sax, Fabrizio's curious trumpet and
Claudio's excellent drums, not to forget Bruno's harmonic organ.
Afro Blue is a wonderful CD.
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