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"Porti di mare"

by Marco Castelli

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1.
Zanzibar 06:27
2.
3.
Scorribanda 05:20
4.
5.
Dakar 07:13
6.
Xela 05:39
7.
El ciego 05:09
8.

about

1) Zanzibar; 2) New Orleans medley: a) Creepy feeling (Jelly Roll Morton), b) Jockey full of bourbon (Tom Waits); 3) Scorribanda;
4) Alfonsina y el mar (Ariel Ramirez); 5) Dakar; 6) Xela; 7) El Ciego (Armando Manzanero); 8) Mercè dilette amiche – I Vespri Siciliani (Giuseppe Verdi).

All tunes, except where indicated, composed by Marco Castelli.

Recorded, mixed and mastered in 2014, at Urban Recording
Studio, Trieste, by Fulvio Zafret.

EN

After something like 15 albums as a leader, along with many important collaborations, Marco Castelli, born in 1960, has by now carved out a place of honor for himself in the varied Italian jazz scene, as well as remaining one of the reference jazzman in the Triveneto area. From his debut, «Passat» (1993), to this latter compelling work, first album for Caligola Records, there have actually been four lineups in which the versatile Venetian saxophonist gave voice to his different musical sides: the quartet with Paolo Birro, the electric band DMA, Bandorkestra.55, not a traditional big–band, and a sax–solo seasoned with a lot of electronics, used to accompany dance shows. After the conclusion of the first parable with the quartet, followed by the one with DMA – from which come both Hebling and Santimone – Castelli seems to have found in this new project the squaring of the circle, putting his multiple, very international experiences (he played in at least 40 different countries) in the service of a personal and lucid language, in which is hard to find precise references today. Africa and Latin America, above all, have left a profound mark on his poetics. In this regard are relevant both the titles of the original songs (Dakar, Zanzibar and Xela), and the two standards chosen, the notes and evocative melodies of the Argentinean Ariel Ramirez, Alfonsina y el Mar, and of the Mexican Armando Manzanero, El Ciego (already used by Haden in duo with Rubalcaba), both executed on tenor sax. The persistent Scorribanda comes from the last album of Bandorkestra.55, while the medley, dedicated to another main “port” of jazz, New Orleans, establishes a bridge between Jelly Roll Morton’s “spanish tinge” and the dark melodies of Tom Waits. The closing is an unexpected tribute to Giuseppe Verdi, national heritage and pride that Castelli had numerous occasions to reread in a jazz key; he manages to sweeten with soprano (present in five of the eight songs) one of Verdi’s famous arias from “I Vespri Siciliani“.

ITA

Con una quindicina di album a suo nome, affiancati da molte importanti collaborazioni, Marco Castelli, classe 1960, s’è ormai ritagliato un posto da protagonista nel variegato panorama del jazz italiano, oltre che rimanere uno dei jazzisti di riferimento dell’area triveneta. Dal debutto come leader con «Passat» (1993), per la Splasc(h), a quest’ultima avvincente fatica, primo disco per Caligola, sono state di fatto quattro le formazioni in cui il poliedrico sassofonista veneziano ha dato voce alle sue diverse anime musicali: il quartetto acustico con Paolo Birro, il gruppo elettrico DMA (Urban Jazz Funk), la Bandorkestra.55, non una vera e propria big–band, ed un “sax solo” condito da molta elettronica, utilizzato soprattutto per accompagnare spettacoli di danza. Conclusasi prima la parabola del quartetto, poi quella del DMA – da cui provengono sia Santimone che Hebling – Castelli sembra aver trovato con questo nuovo progetto la quadratura del cerchio, mettendo le sue molteplici esperienze, davvero internazionali (ha suonato in almeno 40 diversi paesi del mondo), al servizio di un linguaggio lucido e personale, in cui è difficile trovare oggi precisi riferimenti. Sono in particolare l’Africa e l’America Latina ad aver lasciato un segno profondo nella sua poetica espressiva. Risultano eloquenti al proposito sia i titoli dei brani originali (Dakar, Zanzibar e Xela), che i due standard prescelti, le note e suggestive melodie dell’argentino Ariel Ramirez, Alfonsina y el Mar, e del messicano Armando Manzanero, El Ciego (già usata da Charlie Haden in duo con Gonzalo Rubalcaba), eseguite entrambe al sax tenore. Dall’ultimo album della Bandorkestra.55 proviene invece l’incalzante Scorribanda, mentre la medley dedicata ad un altro “porto” importante per il jazz, New Orleans, stabilisce un ponte fra lo “spanish tinge” di Jelly Roll Morton e le scure melodie di Tom Waits. Per la chiusura del disco è stato scelto un omaggio a Giuseppe Verdi (il 2013 è stato l’anno del bicentenario), patrimonio ed orgoglio nazionale che Castelli ha avuto più volte modo di rileggere in chiave jazzistica, di cui riesce ad addolcire con il sax soprano (qui presente in cinque degli otto brani) la celebre aria Mercè dilette amiche, tratta da «I Vespri Siciliani».

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released July 31, 2014

Marco Castelli (tenor and soprano sax), Alfonso Santimone (piano),
Edu Hebling (double bass), Mauro Beggio (drums),
Andrea Ruggeri (percussion and drums).

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