oTiziano
Zanotti, double bass oAlessio
Alberghini, soprano and alto sax oGuests: oFabrizio
Puglisi, piano oClaudio
Trotta, drums
oNext
concerts:
Classical contemporary sound and experimental research could
be the two poles of this new project by bassist Tiziano Zanotti
and saxophonist Alessio Alberghini, who in this occasion have
involved a couple of guests musicians to make their explorations
more inspirational: the versatile and talented drummer Claudio
Trotta, and the pianist Fabrizio Puglisi, internationally
known for his improvisation skills as well as for the introduction
of extra-musical materials in his performances. Four musicians
with different backgrounds and experiences, who are willing
to get together in a creative process to expand their expressive
paths in the big universe of jazz music.
The
album tracks have no unique origin: sometimes the musicians
concentred on more structured pieces of their own, with specific
sections and chords, in some other cases they started out
with an idea or a mood that was then developed freely in the
recording studio, or they just focused on a very few repeated
fragments within a totally improvised session. The result
is a highly varied album, full of ideas, charms, colours.
So,
if the pieces played with the drums are particularly vigorous,
almost irreverent to the listener (with “Punk Meditation”
and “Evidenze” representing the most tense points
of the whole project), the tracks with the piano have a more
rarefied, meditative aura. The noisy effects of the prepared
piano (reminding of John Cage) are alternated to suspended,
impressionist atmospheres, with all Puglisi’s artistry
at its best. The “fil rouge” of the whole project
is probably represented by the pieces that are performed in
duo, which are more traditional in sound thanks to the use
of the bow, and yet tense, sharp, with interplays and role
reversals between sax and double bass.
oVideos
Psaico
Bop - Harry Tiziano
Zanotti, double bass
Alessio Alberghini, saxes
Fabrizio Puglisi, piano
Claudio Trotta, drums
Psaico
Bop - Punk Meditation Tiziano
Zanotti, double bass
Alessio Alberghini, saxes
Fabrizio Puglisi, piano
Claudio Trotta, drums
Psaico
Bop - Close Down close to Sabir Sabir
Mateen, tenor sax
Tiziano Zanotti, double bass
Alessio Alberghini, soprano sax
Claudio Trotta, drums
From
CD's liner notes
Refined, elusive and esoteric in certain passages, Psaico Bop is
characterized by its pronounced quest for a significant language
as well as accomplished and well-rounded aesthetical consistency.
The pulsating-rhythmic force of the double-bass binds all, with
Zanotti claiming the role of leader who is never complacent, but
rather constructs a type of natural platform for the simultaneously
auroral and crepuscular sound of Alberghini's sax that in certain
passages reaches summits of outstanding lyricism.
In
this winning interplay, the piano of Puglisi combines technique,
intuition and musical inspiration in a superlative manner to bring
substance and meaning to the whole. The drums of Trotta, syntonic
and exact, add the perfect direction to passages scattered with
unexpected deviation, sudden changes of rhythm and thunderbolts
that break into a “derailment of sound” in which the
melodic blueprint gives way to a modus favouring rarefied interpretation
rather than clear-cut lines.
But
what leaves a lasting impression is the intimate awareness, on the
part of the artists, of having found a generative code for a source
of inspiration and intuition that translates itself into an expressive
force via a highly effective musical language. If jazz is somewhat
of a diverse melting pot of musical idioms, we can undoubtedly say
that “Psaico Bop” can step up as one of the best Italian
jazz products created over the last few years. (Enrico Malucelli, Cento Jazz Club).
