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カルーゾ：ジャズィン・イタリアン・スタンダーズ／ルイージ・マルティナーレ・トリオ
トリノ出身のピアニスト／コンポーザー、ルイージ・マルティナーレ率いるイタリアン・トリオによるイタリアン・ソングブック。名盤『Sweet Marta』（DDQ、2001年）と、ドリュー・グレスやリューベン・ロジャースをベースに迎えたALBORE諸作をつなぐ2004年録音。
«Usually I don’t sing. My voice has not been trained for this fine art. But, as a pianist, I realise that the favourite pieces of my repertoire are compositions created to be entrusted to a voice; at the same time when I write I always encounter a song that materializes under my fingers. You could say perhaps that all of this is due to the fact that I’m Italian: they say that it’s very natural for Italians to express themselves via song. Perhaps.
Normally, I’m not a big follower of Italian pop music, but I realise that some of the most interesting and successful melodies sung by pop musicians have become part of my feelings, something that a musician sooner or later must take in account. It was only left to give them that jazz swing and let them sing from my fingers…» Luigi Martinale (English translation by Patricia Lowe)
Format: CD, 4 panels paper sleeve mini-LP style / ALBCD-504
Artist: Luigi Martinale Trio
Title: Caruso / Jazzin’ Italian Standards
JAN: 4560312315040
Luigi Martinale (piano)
Stefano Risso (double bass)
Paolo Franciscone (drums)
Recorded at Cavò Studio, Azzano San Paolo (BG) – Italy, on December 28-29, 2004
Sound engineer: Paolo Filippi
Produced by Luigi Martinale
ファブリツィオ・ボッソとの共演などでも知られるイタリアのピアニスト、ルイージ・マルティナーレ。イタリア人によるイタリアのソングブック集です。数曲以外は知りませんでしたがメロディーの良さと流麗なピアノのタッチがとても小気味よく洒落ています。とはいえもちろんカクテルなピアノとは全く違います。番組で紹介している「Senza Fine」はどこかで聞いたことのある美しいナンバー。こんなイタリアン・ジャズの良作たちを地道に日本に紹介してくれているレーベル、albore jazzさんにも感謝です。 – JJazz.net, October 05, 2017
心が和むピアノ・トリオ演奏とでもいえばいいだろうか。トリノ出身のピアニスト、ルイージがイタリア人の書いた曲を取り上げる。ステーファノの力強いベース・ワークも演奏に華を添える。郷愁を感じさせつつ、陽光を浴びているような明るさが胸にしみる。- 小川隆夫, December 2017
A very different take on the oft-recorded jazz standard mode – as this time around, the standards are all Italian – which makes most of them pretty unfamiliar to our ears! But even the few that we know take on a new sort of life in the hands of pianist Luigi Martindale – a player who mixes lyrical flights with these deep, round currents that are mighty nice – balancing the sonic range beautifully to really illuminate the tunes! The group also features round, warm bass from Stefano Risso – and a gentle crackle in the drums from Paolo Franciscone – both musicians who often allow the piano to dominate, but always seem to encourage its light. Titles include “Caruso”, “Una Domenica Bestiale”, “Almeno Tu Nell’Universo”, “Senza Fine”, “Estate”, and “In Cerca Di Te”. © 1996-2017, Dusty Groove, Inc.
Troviamo Stefano Risso al contrabbasso e Paolo Franciscone alla batteria nel trio capitanato dal pianista Luigi Martinale, che tramite Albóre Records dà alle stampe questo lavoro registrato al Cavò Studio di Azzano San Paolo, Bergamo, nel dicembre 2004. Come il titolo lascia intendere la scaletta propone la rivisitazione di classici tratti dalla storia della canzone italiana, come Estate, Caruso o l’iniziale Una domenica bestiale. Il trio non altera i tratti melodici dei brani, che risultano riconoscibili, e Martinale mette in evidenza un pianismo duttile, capace sia si solcare con attenzione i temi originali sia di condurre il discorso verso argomenti di coerente improvvisazione. – Roberto Pavignianiti, September 26, 2017
Già edito nel 2006, Martinale ripropone questo album pubblicato per l’occasione dalla nipponica Albore Jazz. “Caruso”, che prende il titolo dall’omonimo brano di Lucio Dalla qui ripreso, vuole essere un atto d’amore nei confronti di una canzone d’autore italiana spesso sottovalutata, cui il pianista piemontese dedica questo lavoro, riprendendo alcuni evergreen quali blu Nel blu dipinto di Blu, Almeno tu nell’universo, Estate e Senza fine assurgendoli, come recita il sottotitolo, al ruolo di “Jazzin’ Italian Standards” . (ADV) Jazzit, 2018
