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The Guardian, (John Fordham), October 28, 2011
(5 stars) An enchanting album of luxuriant brass textures, alluring ballads, bursts of twisting postbop and memorable soloing.
(4 stars) The compositions and performances here achieve a breadth of content and mood that touches upon the divine.
The grand master of Italian jazz trumpet returns with a young new quintet and some slow-burning, deeply lyrical performances.
(4 stars) The compositions and performances here achieve a breadth of content and mood that touches upon the divine.
The grand master of Italian jazz trumpet returns with a young new quintet and some slow-burning, deeply lyrical performances.
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Enrico Rava is currently playing at a peak of lyrical inventiveness and his newest Italian quintet is amongst his strongest ensembles. Since his return to ECM with Easy Living in 2003, the grand master of Italian jazz has gone from strength to strength, in a series of truly exceptional recordings including Tati, The Words and The Days, The Third Man, and New York Days. Now comes Tribe which posits Enrico as the wise yet impulsive elder, leading a band of bright young talents. Trombonist Gianluca Petrella is retained from The Words and the Days line-up. Voted Rising Star Trombonist in the Down Beat Critics Poll of 2005, he has a front-line relationship with Rava which recalls Enrico's affinity with Roswell Rudd back in the heyday of the New York 'free' era. Rava and Petrella are players who love and understand the entire history of jazz – from New Orleans to the present day – and quick-witted exchanges abound here, referencing all of the music. Enrico has always encouraged younger musicians and pianist Giovanni Guidi (born 1985) is a real find, a player of creativity and imagination. "Giovanni Guidi is like Bollani and Petrella: he astounds me every time." Gabriele Evangelista (born 1988), another young player of promise, works splendidly alongside widely-experienced drummer Fabrizio Sferra, whose resume includes work with Chet Baker, Paul Bley and Kenny Wheeler. The quintet is augmented on several tracks by the discreet guitar of Giacomo Ancillotto, an up-and-coming young player best known in Italy for his work with the Caterina Pallazzi Quartet. Material on Tribe includes new and old tunes by Rava and collective improvisation. It was recorded at Arte Suono Studio in Udine in October 2010, with Manfred Eicher producing. Personnel: Enrico Rava (trumpet), Gianluca Petrella (trombone), Giovanni Guidi (piano), Gabriele Evangelista (double-bass), Fabrizio Sferra (drums) with Giacomo Ancillotto (guitar)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Since his return to ECM eight years ago, the great Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava has released some beautiful and inspired quintet recordings: "Easy Living" recorded June 2003 with Petrella (trombone), Bollani (piano), Bonaccorso (double-bass), Gatto (drums); "The Words and the Days" recorded December 2005 with Pozza (piano) taking the place of Bollani; "New York Days" recorded February 2008 with Bollani (piano), Turner (tenor saxophone), Grenadier (double-bass), Motian (drums). After a little more than two years from the latest quintet work, here comes this new work titled "Tribe", recorded October 2010. The almost all new Italian quintet features Petrella (trombone), Guidi (piano). Evangelista (double-bass), Sferra drums, and becomes a sextet in 4 of the 12 tracks for the addition of Ancillotto on electric guitar.
Results: great and highly enjoyable music from Mr. Rava, where lyrical themes and seductive and brilliant improvisations are always perfectly combined. Similarly to "The Words and the Days", the core of "Tribe" is in the remarkable and inspired interactions between Rava and Petrella, always on the forefront of this quintet/sextet. But in "Tribe" the rhythm section (piano-bass-drums) reaches an even higher level and balance, with Guidi, Evangelista and Sferra doing some really attractive work that envelopes the two horns with a warm and harmonically rich canvas. Musical atmospheres still fit in the ECM aesthetic canon, yet becoming less melancholic and more reassuring and heartening. Electric guitarist Ancillotto, with a style that could be possibly compared to the one of John Abercrombie (that recorded in the past with Mr. Rava) is a very welcome addition to the quintet. His contributions, limited to some subtle accompaniments and a striking solo, are well integrated with the work of the other musicians and further enlarge the musical palette of this great album. I hope to hear more from him in the future.
Needless to say, recording quality is top notch, as usual from ECM and recording engineer Stefano Amerio at the ArteSuono Studio in Udine, Italy. Conclusions: totally recommended even if you have the other recent quintet releases, just plan some repeated listening sessions to fully appreciate this music.
Results: great and highly enjoyable music from Mr. Rava, where lyrical themes and seductive and brilliant improvisations are always perfectly combined. Similarly to "The Words and the Days", the core of "Tribe" is in the remarkable and inspired interactions between Rava and Petrella, always on the forefront of this quintet/sextet. But in "Tribe" the rhythm section (piano-bass-drums) reaches an even higher level and balance, with Guidi, Evangelista and Sferra doing some really attractive work that envelopes the two horns with a warm and harmonically rich canvas. Musical atmospheres still fit in the ECM aesthetic canon, yet becoming less melancholic and more reassuring and heartening. Electric guitarist Ancillotto, with a style that could be possibly compared to the one of John Abercrombie (that recorded in the past with Mr. Rava) is a very welcome addition to the quintet. His contributions, limited to some subtle accompaniments and a striking solo, are well integrated with the work of the other musicians and further enlarge the musical palette of this great album. I hope to hear more from him in the future.
Needless to say, recording quality is top notch, as usual from ECM and recording engineer Stefano Amerio at the ArteSuono Studio in Udine, Italy. Conclusions: totally recommended even if you have the other recent quintet releases, just plan some repeated listening sessions to fully appreciate this music.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Lovers of the distinctive ECM sound aren't going to be disappointed with this release from Enrico Rava. It's a lovely, haunting set of songs that gel well and, taken as a whole, the album creates a sense of mystery and other-worldliness that is hard to describe in words.
There are a few hard bopish numbers of offer here, but later in the album, Rava becomes more reflective and meditative, and several of the tracks remind me of Tomasz Stanko's work on "Lontano" - swirls and squirts of trumpet, played against a backdrop of cloudbursts of percussion and backing instruments. The ballads are lovely, with some outstanding accompaniment from pianist Giovanni Guidi.
A satisfying slow-burner of an album, the full beauty of the music emerges after a handful of listens; time well spent indeed.
There are a few hard bopish numbers of offer here, but later in the album, Rava becomes more reflective and meditative, and several of the tracks remind me of Tomasz Stanko's work on "Lontano" - swirls and squirts of trumpet, played against a backdrop of cloudbursts of percussion and backing instruments. The ballads are lovely, with some outstanding accompaniment from pianist Giovanni Guidi.
A satisfying slow-burner of an album, the full beauty of the music emerges after a handful of listens; time well spent indeed.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Excellent interplay with trumpeter by talented young band
18 Jan 2012
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I didnt understand the previous review. This crisp sounding and vibrant CD has marvellous interplay between band members, especially trombone and trumpet, which flow together very well. Track 6 has excellent guitar. Its modern and classy. My wife is getting better at guessing the jazz and ventured that it might be Tomasz Stanko. Like his new band on Dark Eyes, this too features the veteran Rava with a younger band, and is on same label. Am enjoying both CDs.
3 of 8 people found the following review helpful
ALGO FALLA
7 Dec 2011
Format:Audio CD
Me gusta Enrico Rava. Es una mezcla casi perfecta de Miles Davis con Chet Baker, todo ello pasado por el tamiz de ECM, pero a este CD le falta vida. Es casi un calco de su ultima obra en el formato quinteto. Musicos excelentes, bien grabado, él esta superior, y sin embargo algo no funciona...Es como si ya lo hubiera escuchado antes, como si perteneciera a la misma grabacion de su anterior quinteto. Solido y sin extravagancias, quizás le falte un poco de alma o simplemente buscar nuevos horizontes.
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