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The Legends of Otranto

The Legends of Otranto

Tracklist
1. La Torre del Serpe 00:36
2. Idrusa 00:36
3. La Cava di Bauxite 00:36
4. L’Albero della Vita 00:36
5. Le Due Sorelle 00:36
6. Re Artù 00:36
About album

GleAM Records è orgogliosa di annunciare l’uscita di The Legends of Otranto, il nuovo album del bassista e compositore fiorentino Ferdinando Romano, disponibile in formato CD e digital download/streaming dal 11 aprile 2025 e distribuito da IRD International e Galileo Music.

Il disco è una suite in sei movimenti, ispirati a storie e leggende legate alla città di Otranto.

È un racconto musicale di questa magica e antica terra nel profondo sud d’Italia: La Torre del Serpe, Idrusa, La Cava di Bauxite, L’albero della Vita, Le Due Sorelle, Re Artù sono personaggi, luoghi, immagini che prendono gradualmente vita nota dopo nota.

Alcune di queste storie sono radicate nelle vicende storiche che hanno caratterizzato questa zona del Salento, altre tramandate dalla cultura popolare.

Legends of Otranto nasce nel 2023 su commissione dell’AccordionFest Estonia, con l’obiettivo di creare una composizione originale per il repertorio della fisarmonica che potesse unire sonorità della musica contemporanea con l’improvvisazione. La première è stata eseguita nell’Ottobre 2023 a Tallin e trasmessa in diretta dalla Radio Estone.

Dal punto di vista compositivo la musica è molto eterogenea, con una sua cifra caratteristica di difficile definizione che attinge da jazz, musica contemporanea, echi cameristici, sperimentazione, drum’n bass, rock. Ritmi incalzanti e intrecciate poliritmie, sperimentazioni sonore, passaggi atonali e improvvisazioni si alternano a momenti minimalisti e introspettivi. La suite è pervasa da una attenta scrittura e una complessa polifonia che coinvolge tutti gli strumenti, producendo allo stesso tempo un suono caldo e melodico, evocativo della dimensione narrativa folkloristica delle leggende popolari, tra sonorità mediterranee ed echi nord europei evocati dal linguaggio di Veli e Kirke.

Personnel
Veli Kujala – accordion
Kirke Karja – piano
Ferdinando Romano – doublebass
Ermanno Baron – drums

All compositions written and arranged by Ferdinando Romano

Recording Data
Recorded on November 7th and 8th, 2024 at Extrabeat Recording Studio (Rome) by Clive Simpson
Mixed and Mastered at Jambona Lab (Livorno) by Antonio Castiello & Aldo De Sanctis
Cover photo: Giuseppe Manta
Graphics: Studio Clessidra
Produced by GleAM Records
Printed in Italy 2025
Catalog Number AM7035
EAN 8059018220360

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Artists: Ermanno Baron, Ferdinando Romano, Kirke Karja, Veli Kujala
Genres: Avant-garde, Contemporary, Instrumental, Jazz
Publisher: GleAM Records
Release Date: 11/04/2025
Label: GleAM Records
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Reviews:

"Each track on the album reveals layers of innovation, rewarding listeners with rich details. The quartet weave minimalist passages and atonal sections with multiple rhythms, probing sound experiments and melodic fragments, as the group seek to link their improvisations and soundscape to the folklore of the region. It is often complex but strongly expressive and uses its sound palette to create an intriguing musical landscape."

- Neil Duggan - All About Jazz US

"But I don't see too much reason to go deeper into the stories than to listen to the four's excellent playing throughout the six songs. And the one who stands out the most is, without a doubt, the excellent pianist Kirke Karja. She fits in well among the many freely improvising jazz pianists we hear today, with clear references to, for example, Cecil Taylor, although she is, by and large, much more melodic than the blessed Taylor. In addition, I find Veli Kujala's accordion playing exciting and fine. He masters this material in an excellent way, and delivers brilliant and exciting playing all the way. Emanno Baron's drumming is, at times, almost melodic, and he listens with great ears, and fits in perfectly with the others. He adds a number of creative ideas, which are picked up by the others, and helps to make this a great musical experience. And behind it all, Ferdinardo Romano plays bass with weight and conviction, and is the one who leads the other musicians through the six compositions with solid, Italian confidence. This has become an extremely exciting, creative and interesting release, where these four, relatively young musicians give us a history lesson where they creatively interpret the history of this part of Italy. Just listen to the opening, "La Torre del Serpe" and the closing track, "Re Artù", and you will get the variations in the music and the stories they tell, and understand what I mean. An excellent release!"

- Jan Granlie - Salt Peanuts* Magazine (Norway)

"𝐿𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑎̀ 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎, 𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎, 𝑠𝑖 𝑠𝑛𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑖 ℎ𝑎 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑖 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑖 𝑑𝑖 «𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑚», 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖 𝑚𝑎𝑖 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑜 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑖 𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑖, 𝑚𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒. 𝑇𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑜̀ 𝑙’𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑙’𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑒, 𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑙’𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑜 𝑑𝑖 𝑢𝑛𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎̀ 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎, 𝑠𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑧𝑒 𝑗𝑎𝑧𝑧𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑒, 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑒 𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑒 𝑎𝑣𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒."

- Sandro Cerini - Musica Jazz

"𝐻𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝐸𝑛𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑜 𝐹𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑒 (𝑏) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑅𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑛 (𝑎𝑠). 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑗𝑎𝑧𝑧, 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐. 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑥 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑂𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑜, 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑉𝑒𝑙𝑖 𝐾𝑢𝑗𝑎𝑙𝑎, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐾𝑖𝑟𝑘𝑒 𝐾𝑎𝑟𝑗𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝐸𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎."

- Kazune Hayata - JazzLife Magazine JAPAN

"𝐶𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑎 𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎, 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖 𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑠𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖 𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑒 𝑑𝑎 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎.[..] 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎 𝑂𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑑𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑜 𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖 𝑖𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑖 𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑠𝑖 𝑒̀ 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖 𝑝𝑖𝑢̀ 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑙𝑖 𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑖 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑖."

- Fabrizio Versienti - Corriere del Mezzogiorno

"𝑈𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑜𝑛𝑜 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑙 «𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒», 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑎 𝑑𝑖 𝑢𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚, 𝑢𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎 𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑎, 𝑓𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎, 𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝑆𝑢𝑑. 𝑂𝑡𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑖 𝑑𝑖 𝑢𝑛’𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎̀ 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖, 𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑖 𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖 𝑑𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘, 𝑟𝑎𝑝, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑝, 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐, 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑎."

- Guido Michelone - Il Manifesto

"𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒; 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑗𝑎𝑧𝑧, 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐, 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡-𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑚´𝑛´𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠. 𝑅ℎ𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑟ℎ𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑚𝑠, 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠, 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠, 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑐 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑘 𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘…"

- Jan Hocek - JazzPort.cz

"𝑊𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒ℎ𝑡, 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡 𝑔𝑎̈𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑔𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑘𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑧𝑖𝑒ℎ𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑘𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑍𝑢𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑛. 𝑀𝑎𝑛 𝑘𝑜̈𝑛𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝐸𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢̈𝑠𝑠𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎̈𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛 – 𝑑𝑜𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑢̈𝑟𝑑𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑠 𝑘𝑎𝑢𝑚 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑎𝑘𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎̈𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑘 𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛. 𝐷𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑘, 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑎𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑜̈𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑠. 𝑆𝑖𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜̈𝑛ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑡, 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑖𝑠 𝑧𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑧𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎̈𝑔𝑡."

- Jacek Brun - Jazz-fun.de

"𝑆𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑜 𝑑𝑖 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑢𝑛 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒 𝑖 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑖 𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎 𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖 𝑓𝑢𝑜𝑟𝑖 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎, 𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑎 𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖 𝑖𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑖 𝑑𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑙𝑖 𝑢𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖 𝑠𝑖 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒, 𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖 𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑖 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖 𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑡𝑜. 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑜 ℎ𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡𝑎̀ 𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑜, 𝑠𝑢𝑜𝑛𝑖 𝑑𝑖 𝑜𝑔𝑔𝑖 𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑖 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖. 𝐺𝑙𝑖 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖 𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑒 𝑠𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑧𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒 𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑙𝑖 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑟𝑖 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖 𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑜."

- Flavio Caprera - Jazz Convention

"𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑎 𝑢𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜 𝑢𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖 𝑝𝑖𝑢̀ 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑒 𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖 𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖 𝑝𝑖𝑢̀ 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖 𝑑𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑜-𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑜, 𝑖𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜 𝑠𝑖 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑖 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖 𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒 𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑎̀ 𝑑𝑖 𝑂𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑜. (..) 𝑈𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑖 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑒."

- Alessandro Rigolli - Corriere di Parma

"𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟, 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑗𝑎𝑧𝑧 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒: ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑖𝑧𝑧𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠. 𝐻𝑒’𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟, 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡-𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟ℎ𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑂𝑓 𝑂𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑜."

- Michael Tucker - Jazz Journal UK