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Extensive liner notes by Gil Goldstein and Gianmarco Diana (Cinematica)
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SIDE A
1. CARAVAN (Tizol, Ellington) 5:50
2. WISHES (F. Sotgiu) 3:05
3. BALLAD FOR AISHA (Tyner) 5:11
4. STRANATOLE (F. Sotgiu) 2:50
SIDE B
01. BLACK BATS AND POLES (Walrath) 4:14
02. 7TH STREET (F. Sotgiu) 4:48
03. WISE ONE (Coltrane) 3:24
SIDE C
01. AFRO BLUE (Santamaria) 3:37
02. DUKE ELLINGTON’S SOUND OF LOVE (Miingus) 4:48
03. TAKE FIVE (Desmond) 5:00
04. LOTUS BLOSSOM (Strayhorn) 1:06
SIDE D
01. PASSING (F. Sotgiu, L. Bonafede) 7:09
02. CALM (F. Sotgiu) 4:35
03. MY FOOLISH HEART (Washington, Young) 6:37
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"The bulk of the material is straight ahead jazz and is totally swinging and soulful, proving that jazz has no borders and is a worldwide language to which Francesco has added to that tradition with this project and all the great voices he has included here. "Bravo maestro!" is the comment of Gil Goldstein, American accordion player who won 5 Grammies and collaborated with giants such as Gil Evans, Wayne Shorter and Michel Petrucciani.
Francesco Sotgiu has forged a unique and very swinging project of songs. With a quintet consisting of Luigi Bonafede on piano, Emanuele Cisi and Riccardo Luppi on woodwinds, Salvatore Maiore on bass and Francesco on drums, plus special guest Paolo Fresu on trumpet to cap off this heartfelt collection. There is also a nice diversity of groups within this larger collection. A nice trio piece called “Calm”, featuring Paolo Birro sitting in with Marco Micheli and Francesco. And one called “Lotus Blossom”, where Francesco shows his considerable skills and soul on violin. [...]
This record was recorded in the middle of the pandemic times and most of the work for preparing this record took place via telephone: the selection of the songs on paper, the exchange of ideas on arrangements, staff and instruments, a sort of "phone rehearsal" of the structure of the songs, with the choice of a solo; everything else, everything that will happen in the recording sessions, is the result of a controlled improvisation, a jam session masterfully captured in the studio through the use of well-positioned ribbon microphones.
The album title "PASSING", literally "crossing", resorts to the musicians' teenage years, as they've gone through listening to these songs in those times, and find themselves today, as a mature meeting of old friends who create an informal game made of nostalgic fun, great personality, confrontation and deep spirituality.
In the classic CARAVAN by Ellington and Tizol, or AFRO BLUE by Mongo Santamaria, Coltrane toning, the latin accent of the rhythm section supports the interpretation of the theme and the interplay in the solos between the soprano and tenor saxophones by Cisi & Luppi, and the piano by Bonafede. A certain elegance in the execution distinguishes pieces such as DUKE ELLINGTON'S SOUND OF LOVE, yet another tribute by Mingus to the Duke, with a calibrated solo on the double bass of Maiore and the flute by Luppi, the immortal TAKE FIVE by Paul Desmond, with the highlighted soprano by Cisi, WISHES, 7TH STREET and the eponymous PASSING, all pieces composed by Sotgiu, characterized by the precise medium / fast drive of the drums and a certain "cinematic" taste of the main themes. In songs such as BLACK BATS AND POLES, composed by trumpeter Jack Walrath for the Mingus orchestra, and in STRANATOLE, an original piece in which Sotgiu writes a theme of Monk’s influence and enjoys overturning the traditional "anatole jazz” structure, the quintet opts for an effective hard bop language, with exciting moments of dazzling virtuosity in Bonafede's solo, while in Coltrane's WISE ONE and McCoy Tyner's BALLAD FOR AISHA we enter a modal, mystical and ceremonial jazz, of a cosmic depth, which seems to hover in the sweet volume of the great hall of the recording studio. These are truly magnificent interpretations. A special separate mention for two classics such as MY FOOLISH HEART by Victor Young, performed in trio by Sotgiu, Maiore and the unmistakable trumpet by Paolo Fresu, and the (unfortunately very short) LOTUS BLOSSOM by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington, which in the piano-violin duo of Birro and Sotgiu, in a minute gives a suspended momentary magic, sums up the roots of African-American jazz music, and also referencing an old fashioned Italian musical sensitivity, typical of Nino Rota's music for Federico Fellini’s films.
[Extract from liner notes curated by Gianmarco Diana of Cinematica]
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released February 16, 2024
All arrangements by Francesco Sotgiu
A2/A4/B2 and C2 composed by Francesco Sotgiu / Published by Right Tempo SNC
C1 composed by F. Sotgiu and L. Bonafede / Published by Right Tempo SNC
Francesco Sotgiu: drums; violin (C4)
Paolo Fresu: trumpet (D3)
Emanuele Cisi: sax soprano and tenore
Riccardo Luppi: sax soprano and tenore; flute
Luigi Bonafede: piano
Paolo Birro: piano (C4; D2)
Salvatore Maiore: double bass
Marco Micheli: double bass (D2)
Recorded at Soundstream Studio Cagliari on February 26 and 27, 2022
Engineering, Mixing and Mastering: Stefano Casti
Production and Executive Production by Rocco Pandiani for Right Tempo
Executive production by Rocco Pandiani and francesco Sotgiu
Art Direction by Giulio 'Jazzy Jules' Maini
Graphic Design by Enrico Pandiani and Pierre Mordenti
Sleeve notes by Gil Goldstein and Gianmarco Diana of Cinematica
English translation by Patrizia Iacino
Supported by Associazione Culturale Palazzo D'Inverno - Cagliari
Jazz, Funk, Soul & Acid Jazz label from Milan, Italy.
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