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AKINMUSIRE SU FRESU E RAVA

Interessante blindfold test su JazzTimes con protagonista Ambrose Akinmusire, uno dei trombettisti più interessanti della nuova generazione afro-americana.

Come sempre 11 tracce e 11 trombettisti per mettere alla prova Ambrose. Ebbene, 10 risposte esatte su 11, con il solo Brian Lynch non riconosciuto, e, particolare per noi interessante, tra i dieci trombettisti c'erano anche Paolo Fresu ed Enrico Rava.

Ecco i commenti di Akinmusire e, successivamente, il link per leggere l'intero articolo:

 . Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa
“Old D Blues” (from Alma, OTA). Paolo Fresu, trumpet; Omar Sosa, piano. Recorded in 2012.

BEFORE: It sounds like someone I heard last night. He’s a great trumpet player. I think that’s Paolo Fresu.

AFTER: Ohhh! I used to play with Omar Sosa in Oakland. That’s crazy. It doesn’t sound like what I remember him sounding like. I mean, that was 14 years ago, but I really like this track. Paolo I heard at a festival two years ago; I think it was Marseilles, and he was playing something similar to this. He wasn’t playing mute on the festival, but I do remember I really liked his attack; it’s really, really clean and he’s really, really patient. That’s why I knew that it was him. As for Italian trumpet players, I don’t think I know enough about Italian jazz musicians in general to say what they sound like or really to even begin to make a comparison with American players. But I would imagine that one can’t necessarily distinguish an Italian sound from an American approach.

Enrico Rava
“Thriller” (from Rava on the Dance Floor, ECM). Enrico Rava, Andrea Tofanelli, Claudio Corvini, trumpets; Mauro Ottolini, trombone; Daniele Tittarelli, alto saxophone; Dan Kinzelman, tenor saxophone; Franz Bazzani, keyboard; Giovanni Guidi, piano; Dario Deidda, bass; Marcello Giannini, electric guitar; Zeno de Rossi, drums; Ernesto Lopez Maturelli, percussion. Recorded in 2012.

BEFORE: This sounds like the beginning of “Thriller” [laughs]. It is! You’re joking. I know who this is: Enrico Rava.

AFTER: I’ve never heard this record but I recognize his tone. Yeah, just the tone. [Later on I recognized] the phrasing, but I knew it was Rava before I heard him solo. Rava is a bad dude. He’s always been pushing. Even on his stuff in the ’70s and ’80s, he always sounds like he’s not really concerned with what’s going on right now, he’s concerned about where he’s going and how he is going to develop in the future. He’s still curious, and that’s something I find really inspiring in people like him and Wayne Shorter, Jimmy Heath, Benny Golson—older musicians who are still investigating, trying to figure out what the next step is. I think that’s really important and definitely a lesson. Plus they all look really young, so maybe that’s the reason why.

http://jazztimes.com/articles/58939-before-after-with-ambrose-akinmusire