In this recording there is also the artistic stature, the hard work by her collaborators and an excellent choice of guests: Roberto Rossi and Guido Pistocchi, even though having just a short time in the recording studio, the feeling that emerges from the musicians is the result of an artistic project that has been performed in a very sincere way by people who truly love what they do on a daily basis.
It is music that has room to breathe. The listener finds themselves in front of a 'groove' that is never calm and collected but instead always lively: the piano in the knowing hands of Claudio Filippini is an 'alive' instrument that breathes in harmony with him and leaves space for those beautifulsurprises that arise once in a recording studio. I recently took a look at the website of Claudio where I noticed a phrase/motto of his that said 'it plays like never before' that expresses brilliantly a concept that I have approved and upheld for a long time...
To reinforce this theory is certainly the fact of the presence of the very valid and very professional musicians who with their talent and creativeness amalgamate wonderfully into an ensemble, holding everything together and offering that peculiarity that makes this a very precious object!
A record of colourful sparks in which the very clear voice, full of rich shades that Rava knows how to use to their best, is continuously accompanied by the musicians in a way that almost speaks to each other and unleashes some wonderful dialogues resulting in a very rich and very expressive outcome. And if the final result is trademarked by swing and the agility of the vocals (a great example of this can be heard in 'Send In The Clowns') there are also other more touching moments when hearing the vocal jazz of 'Speak Low' or 'When Sunny Get's Blue' that allows you to enjoy the interpretive talents of Stefania Rava in other contexts also.
Speaking of such I have to thanks, as always, Guido Pistocchi who organised in a perfect and prudent way this ensemble of musicians who have come out with something that in my mind is one of the best musical productions that I have done, I would also like to thank Dario Rosciglione and Marcello Di Leanardo for their linear and efficient contribution to the rhythmic part of this album up to the point where my presence in the studio was sometimes not needed at all...
The final result is truly a beautiful piece of work. An intriguing piece of listening, delicate and brilliantly executed and interpreted it runs at a great pace but doesn't slip away, it even hovers over some thin but deep sentiments, fusing them together in one song (the most ironic) that is dedicated to a world renowned football player: Andrea Pirlo, 'Sambandrea' is in fact the title of the song that I wanted realised by Guido Pistocchi and Stefania Rava for this album. The motivation was in fact the personality of this player that in my mind has much to do with the world of jazz in such that it is capable of surprising you, even in the most difficult of moments, with great intuition and improvisation |
