Five Winds, by ALESSANDRO FABBRI

Five Winds

by ALESSANDRO FABBRI

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1.	Four Winds 04:37	buy track
2.	Her Footsteps 07:01	buy track
3.	Melodious Tonk 07:00	buy track
4.	Melodious Work 06:49	buy track
5.	No Baby 05:13	buy track
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9.	ReWind for Winds 01:50	buy track

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All arrangements by Alessandro Fabbri.
Recorded on 8th and 9th September 2018, mixed and mastered in October 2018, at Planet Sound Studio, Firenze, by Stefano Lugli.

«Five Winds» è il quarto disco da leader del batterista fiorentino
Alessandro Fabbri per Caligola, ben sette anni dopo «StrayHorn».
Come in quello e nel precedente «Pianocorde» anche qui siamo di
fronte ad un progetto originale ed a tema, che ha molto lavoro alle
spalle, con almeno due anni di gestazione. Nel disco del 2009 erano gli strumenti a corda ad esser protagonisti, in quello del 2012 gli ottoni (ma con l’eccellente sax di Maurizio Giammarco in primo piano) ed in «Five Winds» ancora i fiati – questa volta soprattutto la famiglia dei legni – ma con ancora uno splendido sassofonista a far la parte del leone, il veneziano Pietro Tonolo. La contemporanea presenza di flauto, corno francese e dell’Ewi arricchisce la già ampia tavolozza cromatica utilizzata da Fabbri, che contribuisce al repertorio con sei composizioni originali, appositamente pensate per un settetto davvero poco convenzionale. Le altre sono personali elaborazioni di brani di assoluti protagonisti del jazz contemporaneo come Dave Holland (Four Winds), il mai dimenticato Luca Flores (Silent Brother) già compagno d’avventure del batterista – ed infine Steve Lacy, subito riconoscibile nell’ipnotico incedere di No Baby. L’utilizzo dei fiati senza la presenza di uno strumento armonico ha permesso al leader di lavorare su una scrittura di tipo contrappuntistico, con inevitabili riferimenti al cool–jazz più raffinato e cerebrale, Gerry Mulligan su tutti (lo ricordano sia Her Footsteps che la finale ReWind for Winds). La grande capacità del leader di coniugare scrittura musicale, improvvisazione e senso del jazz contribuisce a rendere «Five Winds» lavoro originalissimo e di grande spessore artistico, ma allo stesso tempo estremamente godibile ed avvincente. Ce lo confermano anche brani più complessi e contemporanei come Cascaggini e Not So Far Brother, quest’ultima ricca di umori evansiani.

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released March 22, 2021

Pietro Tonolo (tenor and soprano sax), Sebastiano Bon (flute, alto and bass flute), Simone Santini (alto and sopranino sax, oboe, Ewi), Elia Venturini (french horn), Davide Maia (bassoon), Guido Zorn (double bass), Alessandro Fabbri (drums

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