Musicians: Ivo Antognini (piano), Stefano Dall'Ora (double bass), Silvano Borzacchiello (drums), Oskar Boldre (vocals), Arno Haas (saxophones), Jochen Feucht (saxophones and bassetthorn), Marco Brioschi (flugelhorn), Claudio Pontiggia (French horn), Marco Fratantonio (accordion), Danilo Moccia (trombone)
Review:
Ivo Antognini is a pianist with
a strong classical background and possesses with his fingers the fire to
travel into jazz and folk music. Ivo Antognini has performed with Franco
Ambrosetti, Danilo Moccia, Hans Kennel, Matthias Daneck, and Oliviero
Giovannoni.
His new album, “Ivo Antognini Jazz Project” is
composed of eight tracks: "Feggàrri mou," "Take the Happy Train," "360°,"
"Didé," "Pak-ke," "New Little Thing," "Change," "Blue difference"; each one well
documented in the included booklet.
The music is beautiful and
lyrical. Antognini’s fingers dance across the piano elegantly yet with a
delicate power. His notes and sounds satiate the space from track to
track.
“Ivo Antognini Jazz Project” features talented musicians from many
different provinces including Stefano Dall'Ora and Silvano Borzacchiello.
Antognini then adds to this line up Oskar Boldre, Arno Haas, Jochen Feucht,
Marco Brioschi, Claudio Pontiggia and Marco Fratantonio. And they deliver
us a romantic, emotional and suave release.
The scat of
Oskar Boldre on “Take the Happy Train” will grip your heart with sensual
textures in one moment and then gradually smooth out the next.
Marco
Brioschi, Claudio Pontiggia and Danilo Moccia create a plurality of
techniques and sounds from the bell of their horns. Adroit brass
player Stephano Dall’Ora contributes greatly with soft tonal and
textural variation. Arno Haas and Jochen Feucht produce broad tonal ranges and
dynamics from their respective instruments.
Silvano Borzacchiello gently
fills in all the registers with tender bass drum padding that accentuates
the melodic phrases. The presence of Marco Fratantino on accordion is quite
substantial with his warm tone presenting the main melody along
with the other instruments ("Fegàri mou", "Didé") in a very rhythmical
background.
The “Ivo Antognini Jazz Project” melds
together outstanding musicians, making the music of this project
seduce the sophisticated jazz purist.
Tracks: Feggàri mou, Take the Happy Train, 360°, Didé, Pak-ke, New Little Light, Change, Blue Difference
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