The album made by the quintet led by Andrea Pozza finds the dialogue between the two saxes in the line-up - Christian Brewer on alto sax and Dick de Graaf on both tenor and soprano - his reason for greater appeal. This is a peculiarity that unfolds through the ten songs scheduled, which release music played with energy and melodic sense, as well as with great expressive force. This is because it is precisely the melodies - often soft and cantabile - that decisively characterize the proposed themes, all original written by Pozza and De Graaf, in which each of the band's members has its own expressive space, as is well highlighted in the Effervescent "Sir Pent," in which you can also appreciate the interplay and the union of intent among the interpreters. Pozza is never taken for granted. His is a way of understanding the piano neither too academic nor excessively bent towards a rooted jazz tradition. Among the best things must be included the poignant introduction of the title track, a shady and delicate song that breaks in a positive way the performance of the entire work, and the only one that marks "Sen Palavras," another moment of absolute formal beauty. Gull's Flight is an album at the same time elegant and sober, played deliciously and far from facade attitudes. It is an album that attracts thanks to a natural charm. ~ by AAJ Italy Staff [Translated from Italian]
Abeat Jazz, AB JZ 096, 2011
Recorded 10th,11th,12th
March, 2011 at Pollaio Studio, Ronco Biellese, Italy
Musicians:
Andrea Pozza - Piano
Christian Brewer - Alto
Saxophone
Dick de Graaf - Tenor &
Soprano Saxes, Arranger
Jos Machtel - Double Bass
Shane Forbes - Drums
Tracks:
01. A Propos {Dick de Graaf}
(6:47)
02. Sir Pent {Andrea Pozza}
(6:42)
03. Gull's Flight {Andrea
Pozza, Celeste Ieffa} (5:23)
04. Koe Koe Roe Koe Koe {Dick
de Graaf} (6:19)
05. Sem Palavras {Andrea Pozza} (5:31)
06. Le Poirier Fatigué {Dick de Graaf} (5:14)
07. Démasqué {Dick de Graaf} (6:15)
08. Dancing Fog {Andrea Pozza, Damian Genuardi} (4:13)
09. La Vache Qui Rit {Dick de Graaf} (6:03)
10. Three Slices Of Bread
{Andrea Pozza} (4:53)
Total Time: 57:25
Credits:
Producer - Andrea Pozza
Recording Engineer -
Piergiorgio Miotto
Mixing Engineer - Pietro
Benini
Graphic Design - Marina Barbrnsi
Photos - Andrea Pozza, Dick de Graaf
Liner Notes - Rosario Bonaccorso, Enrico Rava
