el gallo rojo records

FRANCO D’ANDREA piano | ANDREA AYASSOTalto and soprano saxophone | ALDO MELLA double bass | ZENO DE ROSSI drums

Recorded on May 13/14, 2010 at Sound Sistemi Studio, Santhià (VC) by PAOLO GUERCIO. Mixing, editing and mastering by ALDO MELLA at Acoustic Sound Studio in Alice Castello (VC) Italy. Artwork by FRANCESCO CHIACCHIO. Graphic design by MASSIMILIANO SORRENTINI

Tracklist: 1. TRITONI 1 (D’Andrea / Ayassot / Mella / De Rossi) / SESTE (D’Andrea / Ayassot / Mella / De Rossi) / OLD JAZZ (Franco D’Andrea)  2. LATIN SKETCH (Franco D’Andrea) 3. T.M. (Franco D’Andrea) / AIR WAVES (Franco D’Andrea) / BEATWITZ (D’Andrea / Tonani) 4. THE SINGLE PETAL OF A ROSE (Duke Ellington) 5. SORAPIS (Franco D’Andrea)  6. TREBLE AND BASS (D’Andrea / Ayassot / Mella / De Rossi) 7. WINTERPROMENADE (Franco D’Andrea) 8. NEW CALYPSO (Franco D’Andrea)

Newly awarded as European jazz musician

of the year from the Franch Jazz Academy, Franco D’Andrea carries on his fellowship with El Gallo Rojo with this second work. He surprises us giving up to that live dimension that he and his quartet accustomed us to: Sorapis is a studio recording. The listeners may be reassured: the freshness of their approach and the intensity of their performance are untouched. The stretched gait of the stream of consciousness that connects, often as medleys, original compositions and tunes coming from the jazz tradition is also intact. The more concise forms and the clearness of the sonic layers give us the meaning of the passage under the magnifying lens of the recording studio: D’Andrea is once again a poet of the synthesis. — Francesco Bigoni

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