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AUGURI A JARRETT: OGGI COMPIE 68 ANNI

Le note mi arrivano come un vapore sottile, come vapore acqueo. E io cerco di coglierne la forma prima che svaniscano nell'aria (Keith Jarrett)

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Bisogna conoscere l'anima delle persone per ammirarne il volto.

PIERANUNZI RECENSITO SU DOWN BEAT DI MAGGIO

Enrico Pieranunzi, Live At The Village Vanguard (Cam Jazz) by Aaron Cohen
Pianist Enrico Pieranunzi created a formidable challenge for himself when he recorded these sets at New York’s Village Vanguard over two nights in July 2010. He enlisted bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Paul Motian, both veterans of Bill Evans’ trios (the venue itself was the home of the piano legend’s heralded live albums). But Pieranunzi sidesteps any easy comparisons to Evans and carves out his own musical identity throughout the disc.

 Out of the eight tracks, half are his own compositions and they’re all compelling. His “Fellini’s Waltz” is a lyrical ode to the filmmaker—it’s filled with the sort of surprising twists that the Italian director would have applauded. Pieranunzi’s “Pensive Fragments” offsets his deep melodic investigations with Motian’s fleet brush swipes. The pianist sounds bright and assertive on a rendition of Thelonious Monk’s “I Mean You.” Recorded about a year-and-a-half before Motian’s passing, this disc is another reminder of the drummer’s inimitable approach—like in his controlled fury on the trio’s version of Lee Konitz’s “Subconscious Lee.”

IL DOODLE DI OGGI

Un nuovo doodle è comparso pochi minuti fa sulla homepage di Google, questa volta dedicato a Saul Bass. Un minuto e mezzo di animazione in pieno stile bigG, per rendere omaggio al designer e pubblicitario statunitense, a 93 anni di distanza dalla sua nascita. Tra i suoi lavori più celebri anche i poster e le sequenze di apertura di alcune pellicole celebri del cinema, come quelle realizzate per registri del calibro di Alfred Hitchcock (“La donna che visse due volte”, “Intrigo internazionale”, “Psyco”) e Stanley Kubrick (“Spartacus”, “Shining”).

Leggi tutto: http://www.webnews.it/2013/05/08/google-celebra-il-genio-creativo-di-saul-bass/#ixzz2Sg02US00

La musica si accompagnamento del doodle è Unsquare Dance di Dave Brubeck