Jaruzelski's Dream - Jazz GawronskiIf 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 avantgarde: 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.
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