ALBCD 004 – Inspiration – Max Ionata Quartet ft. Fabrizio Bosso and Gegè Telesforo

インスピレーション
／マックス・イオナータ・クァルテット ft. ファブリツィオ・ボッソ

現代イタリアン・テナー・サックス界で西のＤ・スカンナピエーコ（ハイ・ファイヴ）と言えば、応えて東に構えるのがこのマックス・イオナータ。朋友ファブリツィオ・ボッソ（tp）、ルーカ・マンヌッツァ（p）らを迎え、現代最強のイタリアン・ネオ・ハードバップがここに炸裂。伊ジャズの威信にかけ、満を持してお送りするレーベル渾身の一作。ビバップ・スキャットの名匠ジェジェ・テレスフォロも1曲参加。

 
An already-great quartet – augmented by some wicked trumpet work by Fabrizio Bosso! The group perfectly sums up everything that’s great about the contemporary Italian jazz scene – a sound that has its roots in classic hardbop of the 50s and 60s, but a youthful energy that instantly communicates all the joy the players get from their music – a renewed sense of strength and purpose that we don’t always hear in American jazz dates of this nature! The recording is beautiful – as perfectly put together as some of the Deja Vu sessions from Italy in recent years – and the lineup features the tenor of Max Ionata in the lead, the guest trumpet of Fabrizio Bosso, piano from Luca Mannutza, bass from Nicola Muresu, and drums from Nicola Angelucci – on some great tunes that are often heavy in modal moments! Gege Telesforo guests on vocals on “Hey Rookie” – and other titles include “Satosong”, “Two Friends”, “Mi Diverto”, “Love For Sale”, “Fragile”, “The End Of A Love Affair”, and “Ginza Line”. © 1996-2012, Dusty Groove, Inc.