SPL

A special modern CD, disconcerting at times, “SPL”, the new work by trumpet player, Fulvio Sigurtà, with Andrea Lombardini on electric bass guitar and Alessandro Paternesi on drums, is a surprise, track after track. Sounds studied in the minimum detail, atmospheres suspended in time, a merging of genres, with a rock soul peeping out among the tracks. The leader’s trumpet moves deftly among the full-bodied notes of the commanding rhythmic section, allowing itself experimental excursions. That’s what we find in “Aliasing Memories”, a piece written and thought out for the instrument, but distorted, as if it were an electric guitar.

A mature, decisive, complex CD. Sigurtà’s trio is joined by two exceptional guests: Ross Stanley on the Hammond organ and Michele Rabbia on percussion (and electronics), who endorse the track “Fruity Fly Brain” together. Almost all of the other SPL compositions were fruit of the creativity of the leader, apart from two, written by Lombardini, and “Polly Come Home” by Gene Clark (The Byrds). From the first track, “Like A Bird, Like Your Cage” to the last “In The Moment”, “SPL” explores the new expressive potentials and frontiers of jazz with curiosity and intelligence.

A test of great validity for Fulvio Sigurtà’s third collaboration on CAM JAZZ, following the debut of House Of Cards (Cam Jazz Presents) and the last CD “Through The Journey” in duo with Claudio Filippini.

Recorded and mixed in Cavalicco in December 2012 at Artesuono Recording Studio  Recording & mixing engineer Stefano Amerio

Cover photo by Andrea Boccalini