Sigurta' Fulvio - The Oldest Living Thing on CD

Description

Back from the intriguing experience of 'SPL' (in trio with Andrea Lombardini on bass guitar and Alessandro Paternesi on drums), a modern record with surprising turns, Fulvio Sigurtà is back with a more classically jazz album. Supported by Steve Swallow s stunning bass guitar and Federico Casagrande s refined acoustic guitar, Sigurtà s trumpet and flugelhorn weave soft, enchanting melodies. You may let yourself be lulled by the first song and title track on this album, written by the band leader, and Casagrande s 'Sorrows And Joy of A Lamb'. The two regularly alternate as writers of the nine original tracks on 'The Oldest Living Thing', composed by one or the other in more or less equal measure. The only virtual guest here is Ennio Morricone, who is involved thanks to an appealing reinterpretation of the theme from 'Nuovo Cinema Paradiso'. Although the temperament and uniqueness of Steve Swallow is no surprise, one can rightly be a little amazed by the continuous growth of Sigurtà and Casagrande: the former has mastered a variety of timbres that would make many players envious (the intro to 'Sunday Snow Flakes' is a case in point), while the latter invents sounds and harmonies that perfectly combine with the band leader s ideas ('Travel Back'). Two of the talents among the new generation of Italian jazzmen who are worthy of being listened to most attentively. Review Sigurtà, born in Italy and schooled at Conservatorio Luca Marenzio and Berklee in Boston, has a marvellous modern European trumpet sound, neither Milesian cool nor Marsalis hot, rich and clear in tone, glossy but in a rich way that goes below the surface...It s a lovely three-way conversation between like-minded musicians. 

Tracks

1. Fulvio Sigurtà - The Oldest Living Thing
2. Fulvio Sigurtà - Sorrows and Joys of a Lamb
3. Fulvio Sigurtà - Helichrysum
4. Fulvio Sigurtà - Marmotte
5. Fulvio Sigurtà - Sunday Snow Flakes
6. Fulvio Sigurtà - Travel Back
7. Fulvio Sigurtà - Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
8. Fulvio Sigurtà - The Olive Tree of Noah
9. Fulvio Sigurtà - Loft
10. Fulvio Sigurtà - The Oldest Living Thing (Duo)