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StrayHorns

by ALESSANDRO FABBRI

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johnedwinmason If you love Strayhorn, you're going to love this album. The arrangements suit his music, his style, his voice perfectly. Plus, the playing here is terrific.
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Pomegranate 04:34
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Haupe 06:41
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Lush Life 05:40
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Isfahan 04:27
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The Hues 02:47
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Day Dream 06:32
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1) A flower is a lovesone thing; 2) Pomegranate; 3) Haupe;
4) Johnny come lately (*); 5) Lush life; 6) Isfahan; 7) The hues;
8) Lotus blossom; 9) Day dream; 10) The star crossed lovers;
11) Take the “A” train.

«StrayHorns» é il terzo disco da leader di Alessandro Fabbri per la nostra etichetta, di poco successivo a «Pianocorde», ma è forse il più riuscito. Tutti i lavori del batterista fiorentino non nascono mai a caso; sono sempre frutto di un’idea e realizzano un progetto che ha molto lavoro alle spalle. Il nuovo disco, originale rilettura di undici splendidi brani di Billy Strayhorn realizzata da un settetto di sapore evansiano, privo di strumento armonico ma comprendente ben cinque fiati (fra cui tuba e corno francese), non tradisce questi assunti programmatici. Appare anzi, se mai fosse possibile, ancor più omogeneo e coerente di tutti i precedenti. Ci aiutano ad entrare nel clima di questo lavoro le esaurienti note di copertina di Luca Bragalini, grande studioso dell’universo ellingtoniano. ”…Strayhorn era semplicemente una persona pudibonda, introversa, per certi versi enigmatica. La sua musica si mosse sulle medesime coordinate…”, afferma con sagacia il critico–musicologo lombardo. Va poi dato merito a Fabbri d’esser riuscito a scovare, in mezzo a celeberrime composizioni come Lush Life, Day dream, The star crossed lovers, almeno due chicche, recentissime riscoperte del repertorio di Strayhorn come Pomegranate e The hues, un blues in cui le otto battute del tema sono riproposte con fogge sempre differenti. Spiccano, nella band, ma soltanto per la loro fama, poiché tutti i solisti coinvolti suonano al meglio delle loro possibilità, i nomi di Roberto Rossi, Ares Tavolazzi e Maurizio Giammarco che, oltre a sorprenderci al sax alto con un piglio decisamente hodgesiano, regala alla band due deliziosi arrangiamenti (tutti gli altri sono del leader), quelli di Johnny come lately (pagina di grande senso formale e narrativo) e Lotus blossom. Ma, come precisa Bragalini alla fine del saggio, “…forse lo zenith del disco è la finale Take the A train, rallentata a ballad e ridotta alla forma classica ABA… un cameo che dimostra quanto Fabbri abbia compreso la poetica del proprio ispiratore, la cui musica è un timido suggerimento pronunciato sottovoce, mai un tumultuoso proclama…”.

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«StrayHorns» is the third album (and the most successful out of them) of our label with Alessandro Fabbri as a leader, released shortly after «Pianocorde». All of the works of this drum player from Florence don’t begin by chance; the music always has a solid based idea with a great amount of efforts behind it. The new album, an original reinterpretation of eleven wonderful songs of Billy Strayhorn realized by a septet with a hint of flowery of Evans’ style, including no harmonic instrument, has four brass (that include a tuba and a French horn), that don’t betray the original plan. It actually seems, as if it could have been more possible, more homogeneous and smooth out of all the prior albums. The thorough notes of Luca Bragalini, a great expert of the Ellington’s universe, help us further understand this laborious album. “Strayhorn was simply an introvert and prudish person, in some cases enigmatic”, affirms the Lombard music critic. Merit is also given to Fabbri for having been able to dig into famous works, such as Lush Life, Daydream, The star crossed lovers, great undiscovered tunes, such as Pomegranate and The hues, an eight bars blues shaped differently each time. The names of Maurizio Giammarco, Roberto Rossi and Ares Tavolazzi stand out as all of them are excellent soloist performers. Giammarco surprises us with his alto sax but not only that, he gifts the band with two great arrangements of Johnny come lately (a chapter of a great formal and narrative meaning) and Lotus blossom. But, as Bragaglini specifies at the end of his liner notes, “It may be that the Zenith of the album is the final track Take the A train, a slowed down ballad reduced to the classic ABA form… a cameo that shows how Fabbri understood the poetic sense of his inspirer, whose music is a whispered, shy suggestion, never a turbulent proclamation…”.

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released July 2, 2017

Fabrizio Gaudino (trumpet, flugelhorn),
Roberto Rossi (trombone, euphonium),
Alberto Serpente (french horn), Dario Duso (tuba),
Maurizio Giammarco (tenor & alto sax),
Ares Tavolazzi (double bass), Alessandro Fabbri (drums).

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