An interesting early session by the master drummer and composer Aldo Romano. For this album he is joined by a power-house of well-known and emerging Italian talent including trumpeter Paolo Fresu, saxophonist Stefano Di Battista, pianist Franco D'Andrea, keyboardist Jean-Michel Pilc, bassists Furio Di Castri and Michel Benita along with harmonica player Oliver Ker Ourio. All the composition are penned by Aldo Romano and as the album title 'Prosodie' infers they are structured around melody and rhythm of the sounds of a poem; rules concerning these characters of sounds. Further implying rules fixing the relationship between words and music of the song and hence the intonation and rate specific to a language. So, certainly an in-depth exploration of music, sounds and poetry, treated beautifully by a continental who’s who of fine jazz artists and musicians.
Verve Records, 526 854 - 2, 1995
Digitally recorded
8th,9th,10th January, 1995 at Studio Gimmick, Yerres, France
Musicians:
Aldo Romano - Drums
Paolo Fresu - Trumpet,
Flugelhorn (#1,2,4-9,11)
Stefano Di Battista - Alto
& Soprano Saxophones (#1-7,9)
Franco D'Andrea - Piano
(#1,2,5,8,9,11)
Jean-Michel Pilc - Fender
Rhodes, Electric Piano, Piano, Whistle
Michel Benita - Bass
Furio Di Castri - Bass
(#1,2,5,7-11)
Oliver Ker Ourio - Harmonica
Tracks:
01. Silenzio (6:27)
02. Kadie B. (5:03)
03. Dida [Poem] (2:20)
04. Folk Off (4:34)
05. Oracion (4:05)
06. La Samba Des Prophètes
(5:11)
07. A Richman Is A Poor Man
With Money (4:37)
08. On John's Guitar (6:26)
09. Nat Eyes (6:08)
10, Il Silenzio [Poem] (1:16)
11. Abstraction Lyrique
(8:14)
All Compositions by Aldo Romano
Total Time: 54:24
Credits:
Producer - Aldo Romano
Digitally mixed in 20 bits on Nagra IV D.
