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Xenya

Xenya

Tracklist
1. The World Watched and Waited (D.Germani) 00:36
2. U do U (C. Boni) 00:36
3. The Good Place (R. Giaquinto) 00:36
4. Unlike Anything else Ahead (D. Germani) 00:36
5. Little Green (F. Ponticelli) 00:36
6. Feeling Nervous (A. Lanzoni) 00:36
7. Walk a Little Quicker (C. Boni/D. Germani) 00:36
8. Chess Game (F. Ponticelli) 00:36
9. Xenya (A. Lanzoni) 00:36
10. Trabucco (D. Germani) 00:36
About album

GleAM Records is proud to announce the release of XENYA, the surprising debut of the collective made up of five of the greatest Italian jazz talents, available on CD and digital download / streaming from 18 June 2021.

In a historical period in which welcoming seems difficult and almost forbidden, music offers the opportunity to subvert this trend. Welcoming not only physically but also welcoming other people’s ideas, trying to be part of them and to contribute without judging. In the ancient Greece, hospitality was sacred and represented by the “Xenya” which contained a series of rules whereby those who welcomed and those who were hosted had to exchange gifts. Cosimo Boni (trumpet), Daniele Germani (alto saxophone), Alessandro Lanzoni (piano), Francesco Ponticelli (double bass) and Roberto Giaquinto (drums) have donated and granted each other 10 original compositions, using them as a springboard for a dip in other people’s thoughts and souls. Music flows between the different pens without favoring any of them, creating the opening of an imaginary portal towards any possibility. Welcoming therefore becomes a point of inspiration and a beginning.

Line up

Cosimo Boni – Trumpet

Daniele Germani – Alto Saxophone

Alessandro Lanzoni – Piano

Francesco Ponticelli – Double-bass

Roberto Giaquinto – Drums

 

Recorded on september 2020 at Cicaleto Recording Studio (Arezzo) by Francesco Ponticelli

Mixed & Mastered on april 2021 at Sear Sound (NY) by Jeremy Loucas

Artwork: Francesco Briganti

Graphic:  Studioclessidra.it 

Produced by GleAM Records

Printed in Italy  2021

 

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Artists: Alessandro Lanzoni, Cosimo Boni, Daniele Germani, Francesco Ponticelli, Roberto Giaquinto
Genres: Contemporary, Instrumental, Jazz
Publisher: GleAM Records
Release Date: 18/06/2021
Label: GleAM Records
Listen:

THE ALBUM - XENYA

Reviews:

"Ascoltando, attentamente, Cosimo Boni, Daniele Germani, Alessandro Lanzoni, Francesco Ponticelli e Roberto Giaquinto con «Xenya», registrato al Cicaletto Recording Studio di Arezzo, ma calato in un clima tipicamente americano dal passaggio finale al Sear Sound di New York, ci si rende conto che l’America non è poi così lontana e dall’altra parte della luna."

- DoppioJazz Magazine - Francesco Cataldo Verrina

"(...)L’album esplora tutti i temi del jazz moderno e dei suoi sviluppi dagli anni 60 ad oggi; una musica acustica, con la ritmica modernissima di Ponticelli, Giaquinto e Lanzoni che sostiene bene gli arrangiamenti dei due fiati. I momenti più interessanti sono forse quelli più moderati, in cui emergono le grandi capacità liriche dei musicisti: la suadente title track e la morbida ballad “Little Green” in particolare. Da ascoltare anche l’escursione latin di “Trabucco”, l’imprevedibile “Chess Game” e la solare “The Good Place”. Xenya è un album molto interessante, ben riuscito e ben registrato, particoalrmente indicato se amate i suoni e le istanze del contemporary jazz."

- JazzEspresso - Eugenio Mirti