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Our Spanish Love Song 05:29
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Recorded in November 2015 by Luca Pestarini, at M.Barbiero’s Home Studio, Ivrea; mixed and mastered in February 2016 by Stefano Amerio, at Artesuono Recording Studios, Cavalicco (Udine).



Quinto disco da protagonista, dopo quello in duo con Garrison Fewell,
di Maurizio Brunod per la nostra label, «Extrema ratio» documenta il recente incontro, discograficamente inedito, di tre ben noti musicisti–improvvisatori del panorama jazzistico italiano. Li accomuna, oltre che la frequentazione dell’area legata all’avanguardia (Barbiero e Brunod sono stati compagni in molti suggestivi viaggi musicali), una spiccata propensione per il rischio e le contaminazioni, ma anche una naturale e sincera avversione per le etichette, che mai come in questo caso apparirebbero fuorvianti, incapaci di rappresentare una musica
estremamente creativa ed onnivora. I tredici brani dell’album, di cui cinque cofirmati, frutto di una sorta di costruzione collettiva e decisi probabilmente al momento o soltanto poco prima della registrazione, formano una sequenza fluida e coerente, come episodi di un’unica lunga suite. Ma oltre alle riuscite composizioni originali (altre tre sono a firma singola, due di Gallo – vicine al clima di Guano Padano – ed una di Barbiero, breve intermezzo percussivo che dà il titolo all’album) meritano di venire segnalati un’intensa versione della Our Spanish love song di Charlie Haden – molto lontana da quella proposta dall’autore con Pat Metheny – ed il blues sognante di K, del sassofonista Chris Speed. Vi è anche una triplice versione della melodia tradizionale di Reine (psichedelica quella iniziale, più classica quella di mezzo, quasi “acid” e molto “free” la finale), ma sono soprattutto i brani firmati dal trio, più informali e liberi, a tratti visionari, ad evidenziare le differenti ma complementari fonti di ispirazione dei tre talentuosi jazzisti, protagonisti di un incontro decisamente riuscito e che ci auguriamo possa avere un seguito.

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This is the fifth album as a leader by Maurizio Brunod released on our label, after the one in duo with Garrison Fewell: «Extrema ratio» documents the recent and discographically new encounter between three well–known musicians and improvisers of the Italian jazz scene.
They share, as well as the frequentation of the avant–garde (Barbiero and Brunod were companions in many evocative musical journeys), a strong propensity for risk and contamination, but also a natural and sincere distaste for music genres, which mainly in this case would appear misleading and unable to represent an extremely creative and omnivorous music. All the thirteen tracks, including five co–signed, are the result of a sort of collective construction and probably chosen last minute, or just before the recording session, and form a smooth and consistent sequence, as episodes of a long suite. But, in addition to the successful original compositions (other three have a single signature, two by Gallo – close to the Guano Padano’s mood – and one by Barbiero, a short percussive interlude that gives the title track, other tracks deserve to be reported: an intense version of Our Spanish love song by Charlie Haden – a long way from that proposed by the composer with Pat Metheny – and the dreamy blues K, by saxophonist Chris Speed. There is also a triple version of the folk song Reine (the first psychedelic, the second more classical and the third nearly “acid” and very “free”), but the songs composed by the trio, more informal and free, almost visionary, are the ones which highlight the different but complementary sources of inspiration of the three talented jazzmen, protagonists of a very successful encounter, that we hope will be continued.

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released August 13, 2023

Maurizio Brunod (electric & acoustic guitars, live sampling, loop),
Danilo Gallo (double bass, electric bass, bass balalaika, live sampling), Massimo Barbiero (drums, marimba, udu drums, timpani, glockenspiel, wave drum).

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