Evanscape - Bebo Ferra - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

With his clear and balanced phrasing, rich with the entire history of modern jazz piano;; his miraculous touch of precision and delicacy, where the legacy of the Western classical tradition shines through in every inflection;; and finally, his inimitable sensitivity, both melancholic and lyrical, which unquestionably places him among the most elegant and refined specialists of the intimate ballad—Enrico Pieranunzi is not only one of those enchanting keyboard masters whose secret Italy holds, but also one of the handful of European pianists who, over the last 50 years, have left their mark on the international jazz scene. After initially drawing inspiration from the most orthodox bebop, Pieranunzi began his career as a jazz musician in the early 1970s by accompanying American musicians visiting Rome, his hometown. He then met Johnny Griffin and Art Farmer, followed by Chet Baker, Jim Hall, and Lee Konitz—all great musicians with whom he would record some seminal albums in the following decade (The Heart of the Ballad with Chet Baker, Solitude and Blew with Konitz, etc.). It was during these same years (1975) that he formed his first trio and truly launched his career as a leader. From then on, multiplying his sessions and personal projects, Enrico Pieranunzi, over the years and albums (more than 80 as a leader to date), developed a personal style that was both sophisticated and lush, constantly oriented towards the exhilaration of swing and melodic seduction. At ease in the most diverse orchestral formats (with a slight predilection for the trio and the initiatory test of the solo), Pieranunzi will notably specialize in the art of conceiving albums around great figures of his personal pantheon — whether it be of course jazz musicians (cf. Infant Eyes exploring the universe of Wayne Shorter or Dukes’s Dream devoted to Ellingtonian jungles) but also composers for the cinema (from Morricone to Nino Rota) and venerable masters of the Western classical tradition (Scarlatti, Bach, Handel, Martinu, Debussy…) magnificently revisited.

Label: L'autre | Origin: Holland