Claudio Fasoli, Kenny Wheeler, J.F. Jenny Clark - Land (1988)

Dust never accumulates on good music, and this album is a confirmation of how much the work of Claudio Fasoli rests on foundations that have remained fixed in his career. He has had a tendency to look for travel companions who are as close as possible to his way of seeing music. Rightly not giving a damn about "Italianness". Fasoli has very often called with him artists from various backgrounds. On "Land" (1988) sees him at the head of a trio that includes the unforgettable Kenny Wheeler and Jean-François Jenny-Clark. With Wheeler the saxophonist - and this is another foundation of his music - shared a vocation for very readable melodies developed over wide intervals. Clearly, this is noticeable in a particular way within "Land", a record of which it is impossible not to immediately grasp the great compactness: the songs flow, you pass from fun ‘Tang’ to solemnity ‘Beedie's Time’ but it is as if they are all part of a single way of feeling. In short, a very structured lyricism - here is another Fasolian constant - as well as contained by the absence of the drums, which sometimes takes the place of Jenny Clark's bass; see the pressing ‘Kammertrio’. In short, within a few months Fasoli released two very different discs, "Land and "Bodies”; Two records that are still current and engaging. ~ Extract by Piacentino, MusicaJazz.It. 

Innowo Records, IN 802, 1989
Azzurra Music, TRI1328, 2018
Recorded And Mixed November, 1988 at Jingle Machine Studios, Milan, Italy 

Musicians:
Claudio Fasoli - Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Kenny Wheeler - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Cornet
Jean-François Jenny Clark - Double Bass 

Tracks:
1. The Land Of Long White Clouds (3:19)
2. Fax (4:30)
3. Kitsch (3:19)
4. Dear K (5:13)
5. Afternoons (4:46)
6. Kammertrio (6:00)
7. Tang (5:37)
8. UFO (5:00)
9. Beedie's Time (5:39) 

Total Time: 43:23

All Compositions by Claudio Fasoli 

Dear K