Enzo Pietropaoli, Battista Lena, Fulvio Sigurtà - La Notte (2012)

This trio (Enzo Pietropaoli, bass; Battista Lena, guitar; Fulvio Sigurtà, trumpet and flugelhorn) takes me back over the years. As Pietropaoli himself notes, 'by studying the past one learns for the future'. And in fact, the great inertia of the music performed brings to mind, at least in my personal imagination, perhaps due to books and films read and seen, smoky but quiet rooms of some Parisian "cave". The lack of drums contributes to this feeling of relaxation, and this also determines the title of the CD (indeed, the SuperAudioCD, made in Volterra with remarkable recording techniques). But what you listen to is not a classic evening "entertainment" disc in the company of a beautiful woman, far from it. The starting point is certainly one of those "drumless" Chet Baker formations, even if the drama of Chet himself is missing here, but the search for the sounds that the trio creates produces a very personal result. This is certainly due to the skills of the individual musicians, each a champion of their own instrument, even if personally I prefer Sigurtà on the trumpet rather than the flugelhorn. The remarkable interplay between the various components facilitates listening in a dynamic way: Sigurtà's trumpet stands out above all, even for its sonority, but the "dark" work of Lena and Pietropaoli's strings gives the music very interesting dynamics. Surely the aforementioned CD recording techniques also increase these sensations. A very pleasant job: in times when everyone "screech", such productions do more than good for our ears! Best moments: 'Il Cuore E L’Azzurro', with an introduction by Pietropaoli and Lena, and 'La Notte', an opening piece that also traces the direction of the record. A piece that, personally, I did not find adequate for the aesthetics of the whole work is the final piece by Cole Porter, too swinging and manneristic. ~ by Maurizio Zorzi, Free Fall [Translated From Italian] 

Fonè Jazz, 126 SACD, 2012
Recorded August 2012 at Teatro Persio Flacco, Volterra (PI) 

Musicians:
Enzo Pietropaoli - Double Bass
Battista Lena - Guitar
Fulvio Sigurtà - Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Tracks:
01. La Notte {Battista Lena} (6:25)
02. Tre Voci {Enzo Pietropaoli} (2:53)
03. Follow The Heron {Karine Polwart} (4:26)
04. Agostino {Battista Lena} (4:25)
05. L'Ombra Della Sera {Battista Lena} (5:44)
06. El Vuelo De Lobato {Enzo Pietropaoli} (2:54)
07. Peach Trees {Rufus Wainwright} (5:46)
08. Turn Out The Stars {Bill Evans} (6:11)
09. Canzone Per Chiamarti {Enzo Pietropaoli} (4:00)
10. Polecra's Spring {Fulvio Sigurtà} (5:01)
11. Il Cuore E L'Azzurro {Enzo Pietropaoli} (3:31)
12. All Through The Night {Cole Porter} (7:09) 

Total Time: 58:29 

Credits:
Producer, Conception - Giulio Cesare Ricci
Recording - Giulio Cesare Ricci
Recording Assistant - Paola Liberato
Digital DSD Editing - Antonio Verderi
Art Direction - Cecilia Valli
Cover Photo - Chiara Pietropaoli
Liner Notes [Italian] - Battista Lena, Enzo Pietropaoli, Fulvio Sigurtà