| If you're curious to know what's happening in the Transalpine scene besides the Italian Instabile Orchestra and its
members personal projects, here you have the best of all examples. This is what's happening: freeform jazz with a
groovy accent, played with refined technique, imagination, soul and guts. A heir of the ilustruous alto sax lineage
coming from Eric Dolphy to Tim Berne, through Ornette Coleman and Henry Threadgill, Piero Bittolo Bon is on top
of his skills and his razorsharp sound in "Jazz Gawronski". A member of the collective El Gallo Rojo, this young
multi-instrumentalist (also playing alto and bass clarinets and flute) has already an astonishing CV: Anthony
Braxton, John Tchicai, Ernest Dawkins, Tristan Honsinger and Jamaaladeen Tacuma are among his past
partnerships. Bassist Stefano Senni, also member of El Gallo Rojo, is a top figure in Italy, side by side with the likes
of Enrico Rava, Stefano Bollani, Daniele D'Agaro and Zeno de Rossi, and internationally he already had the best of
companies, be them from the mainstream or the avant-garde: Lee Konitz, Cedar Walton, Bobby Watson, George
Cables, Tom Harrell, Eddie Henderson, Chris Speed, Ralph Alessi and Anthony Coleman, to only name a few. Also
indifferent to tendencies and styles inside the jazz domain is drummer extraordinaire Francesco Cusa. Founder of
Improvvisatore Involontario collective, he played with almost everyone of the "who's who" list, from Steve Lacy
and Kenny Wheeler to Gianluca Petrella and Carlos "Zíngaro", including Paolo Fresu, Tim Berne, Elliott Sharp,
Butch Morris, Michel Godard and even the trash metal / jazz band Zu. Freshness and urgency are to be found
here, and that's all we can ask jazz to be nowadays. It's becoming an exception, and that's why this is such an
extraordinary recording. |