El Gallo Rojo Records
314-43
Franco D'Andrea Quartet Sorapis
Sorapis

Newly awarded as European jazz musician of the year from the Franch Jazz Academy, Franco D'Andrea carries on his fellowship with El Gallo Rojo with this second work. He surprises us giving up to that live dimension that he and his quartet accustomed us to: Sorapis is a studio recording. The listeners may be reassured: the freshness of their approach and the intensity of their performance are untouched. The stretched gait of the stream of consciousness that connects, often as medleys, original compositions and tunes coming from the jazz tradition is also intact. The more concise forms and the clearness of the sonic layers give us the meaning of the passage under the magnifying lens of the recording studio: D'Andrea is once again a poet of the synthesis.

Francesco Bigoni


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Tracks:

1. TRITONI 1 (D'Andrea / Ayassot / Mella / De Rossi) / SESTE (D'Andrea / Ayassot / Mella / De Rossi) / OLD JAZZ (Franco D'Andrea) --> Listen Mp3!
2. LATIN SKETCH (Franco D'Andrea)
3. T.M. (Franco D'Andrea) / AIR WAVES (Franco D'Andrea) / BEATWITZ (D'Andrea / Tonani)
4. THE SINGLE PETAL OF A ROSE (Duke Ellington)
5. SORAPIS (Franco D'Andrea) --> Listen Mp3!
6. TREBLE AND BASS (D'Andrea / Ayassot / Mella / De Rossi)
7. WINTERPROMENADE (Franco D'Andrea)
8. NEW CALYPSO (Franco D'Andrea)



Personnel:

FRANCO D'ANDREA piano
ANDREA AYASSOT alto and soprano saxophone
ALDO MELLA double bass
ZENO DE ROSSI drums


Recorded on May 13/14, 2010 at Sound Sistemi Studio, Santhià (VC) by PAOLO GUERCIO
Mixing, editing and mastering by ALDO MELLA at Acoustic Sound Studio in Alice Castello (VC)


Artwork by FRANCESCO CHIACCHIO


Graphic design by MASSIMILIANO SORRENTINI


Management and booking: Giulio Vannini +39 345 7902481 (giuliovannini@email.it)




Review quotes:

Marco Scolesi
Mellophonium - 3.3.2011
http://www.mellophonium.it/online/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=692&Itemid=62

"Il materiale di oltre 2 ore e 30 minuti, grezzo e ancora da trattare (praticamente un live in studio senza scaletta), è poi diventato un disco di 56 minuti che ha subito solo tagli e quindi non sovraincisioni. Alla fine i "buchi" da riempire sono rimasti "vuoti". E' il suono del silenzio. In sostanza un gran bel disco, vario e misterioso, in cui confluiscono le quattro anime del quartetto. Ormai D'Andrea è una garanzia, un musicista libero che registra pochi dischi, ragionati, belli e preziosi. Realizza l'essenziale ed un è notevole pregio. Anche in questo caso è riuscito nell'intento."