ストレンジ・デイズ／ルイージ・マルティナーレ・トリオ
実に4年振りとなるルイージ・マルティナーレ・トリオの新作は、リューベン・ロジャース(b)を迎えた渾身の一作。ビター＆エレガントなピアノ・タッチ、完璧に構築されたハーモニー、心に響く温かく流麗なメロディ、そして一滴のソウル・エッセンス。確立された独自のスタイルと音楽観をもとに、ヨーロピアン・ピアノ・トリオの新境地に挑む意欲作。オリジナル９曲を含む、全１１曲を収録。
“Bitter-elegant touch, communicative fluent melodies on perfect harmonization, and a pinch of Soul Music” – An another new masterpiece by Turinese jazz pianist Luigi Martinale, accompanied by international top bassist Reuben Rogers and his old friend Paolo Franciscone on drums.
Format: CD / ALBCD-020
ARTIST: Luigi Martinale Trio featuring Reuben Rogers
TITLE: Strange Days
JAN: 4560312310205
Luigi Martinale (p)
Reuben Rogers (b)
Paolo Franciscone (ds)
Recorded at Play! Studio, Bricherasio (TO) Italy, on July 23-24, 2012
Recording engineer : Alberto Macerata
Mixing & mastering engineer : Luca Bulgarelli
Photo [C] 2012 Patrizia Galliano
[C] & [P] 2013 ALBORE JAZZ
This one’s a great one from the trio of pianist Luigi Martinale – an Italian player who’s got a really wonderful sound! Martinale can be lyrical and poetic one minute, yet also hit a groove the next – a very sort of old school approach to the keys that comes across here in a fresh way, thanks to the trio’s rhythms from bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Paolo Franciscone! Both players never get in the way of the piano – and certainly let Luigi take the lead – yet they’re always shaping the tunes in subtle ways, especially with Rogers’ bass – so that there’s a depth of tone and sense of soul that graces even the gentler moments on the record. Titles include “Strange Days”, “Christmas Eve”, “Opus A Pop One”, “The Electric Blue Flight Case”, and “Passagio Ad EST”. ~ Dusty Groove
イタリア・ジャズの隆盛を牽引するピアニストの４年ぶり通算８枚目。今、もっとも波に乗っているベース・プレイヤー、リューベン・ロジャースとその朋友ドラマーを迎え、激しくもロマンティックなヨーロピアン・アートの香り漂う耽美的なジャズで酔わせる。（Y）
