A creatively inspired trio. Once again
Enrico Pieranunzi has joined up with Scott Colley on double bass and
Antonio Sanchez on drums for a recording session which gave rise to the
amazing “Stories”, an enlightened, flowing, joyful CD. This album,
recorded at Avatar Studio, New York, in February 2011, is a collection
of eight tracks, most of which were composed by the Roman pianist. Jazz,
Pieranunzi’s fondness for classical music, a Latin flavour by Sanchez:
everything merges in a single discourse that perfectly combines
different accents, allowing listeners 49 minutes of highly enjoyable,
engaging, magnetic compositions. The passionate three-track opening with
“No Improper Use”, “Detrás Más Allá” and “Blue Waltz”, gives way to the
soft “The Slow Gene” by Scott Colley, the only song which wasn’t
written by the Roman pianist. Then there are the experiments of “Which
Way Is Up”, a frenzied piece lasting less than four minutes in which the
trio runs through a vibrant game of improvisation. The final part of
the CD opens with “Where Stories Are”, which has the honour of and is
credited with giving the title to this work, then flows into the
peaceful haven of “Flowering Stones”. There is nothing left to do but
close with a dreamy “The Real You”. After Permutation,
this is a great second test for the trio, which proves more inspired
and tighter here, capable of interacting in a smooth, natural, careful
but never restrained fashion: a successful evolution of the “sound
laboratory” ambiance (as defined by Pieranunzi) that had been created
when they first met.
CAM JAZZ
CAM JAZZ
