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Tatatu

by Margherita Fava

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Face Off 01:51
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Tidal Waves 05:37
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Rhythm–A–Ning 05:01
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Bird of Passage 06:10
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Resilience 06:50
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All the Things You Are 05:35
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A Restless Mind 07:34
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Hard to Say 06:55
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Recorded and edited in November 2022 at Stone Soup Studios, Maumee, by Eric Sills; mixed and mastered at Bass Hit Studio, New York, by Dave Darlington
Margherita Fava, a talented young pianist, recorded an album that forges a deep emotional connection with the listener by expertly mingling the experience of a saxophonist like Gregory Tardy with the freshness of the bass–and–drum team of Javier Enrique and Michael J Reed, her fellow students. Born in Follina (Treviso) in 1995 into a family of classical musicians, she started piano lessons at 10 and took up electric bass as an adolescent. In 2013 she enrolled in a summer jazz program organized by New York’s New School in Italy and it introduced her to a completely new world, jazz, and especially Miles Miles whose solo in So What she learned by ear. “That experience was the most exciting thing that had happened to me up to then, the pianist confesses, and on that day I decided what I’d do the rest of my life”. Her desire to deepen her knowledge of the African–American roots of jazz brought her to Michigan State University on a scholarship and, once there, she came into the orbit of charismatic bassist Rodney Whitaker who then produced her debut album. After her degree she earned a master’s degree at the University of Tennessee, where she studied piano under Eric Reed and composition with Tardy. She currently teaches at Cleveland’s Lee University. «Tatatu» consists of six originals, a tribute to Monk and a personal interpretation of Jerome Kern’s classic All the Things You Are. The album is a sort of journey through different landscapes which share a common denominator, that is a pronounced taste for melody both when it has to do with the obstinate bassline in Resilience and the complex rhythmic pattern of A Restless Mind or the sinuous elegance of Tidal Waves. Margherita Fava has been inspired by various musicians, from Herbie Hancock to Red Garland, from Wayne Shorter to Roy Hargrove, just to mention a few, but such influences never overshadow her personality and the album’s signature style where every element always keeps a lyrical, singable trait.
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Margherita Fava, giovane pianista di talento, ha registrato un album che sa creare una profonda connessione emotiva con l'ascoltatore, miscelando sapientemente l'esperienza di un sassofonista come Gregory Tardy con la freschezza della coppia ritmica formata da Javier Enrique e Michael J Reed, suoi compagni di studi. Nata nel 1995 a Follina (Treviso) in una famiglia di musicisti classici, a dieci anni inizia a studiare pianoforte cui affianca, da adolescente, il basso elettrico, Nel 2013 partecipa quasi per caso ad un seminario estivo organizzato in Italia dalla New School di New York, che la avvicina ad un mondo per lei del tutto nuovo, quello del jazz, ed in particolare a Miles Davis, di cui impara, senza partitura, l’assolo di So What. “Quell'esperienza è stata la cosa più esaltante che mi fosse sin lì mai capitata” – confessa la pianista – “e quel giorno ho deciso che cosa avrei fatto per il resto della mia vita”. Il desiderio di approfondire la conoscenza delle radici afroamericane del jazz la portano, grazie ad una borsa di studio, alla Michigan State University, dove si fa notare dal carismatico bassista Rodney Whitaker, che ha poi prodotto questo suo primo disco da leader. Dopo la laurea segue un master alla University of Tennessee; qui studia pianoforte con Eric Reed e composizione con Tardy. Attualmente insegna alla Lee University di Cleveland. «Tatatu» comprende sei composizioni originali a cui si aggiungono un omaggio a Thelonious Monk e la rivisitazione della celebre All the Things You Are di Jerome Kern. L’album è una sorta viaggio attraverso paesaggi diversi fra loro, ma legati da un comune denominatore, ovvero uno spiccato gusto per la melodia, sia che si tratti dell’ostinata linea di basso di Resilience che della complessa figura ritmica di A Restless Mind o della sinuosa eleganza di Tidal Waves. Molti sono i modelli cui si ispira Margherita Fava, da Herbie Hancock a Red Garland, da Wayne Shorter a Roy Hargrove, solo per fare qualche nome, ma queste influenze non oscurano mai la sua personalità né la cifra distintiva di questo disco, al cui interno ogni elemento mantiene sempre una componente lirica e cantabile.

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released July 1, 2023

Greg Tardy (tenor sax, clarinet), Margherita Fava (piano),
Javier Enrique (double bass), Michael J Reed (drums).

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