Fabrizio Bosso - Bosso Meets Gianni Basso Quintet - 'S Wonderful (2006)

Rising trumpeter/flügelhornist Fabrizio Bosso meets veteran tenor saxophonist Gianni Basso for this solid studio recording that focuses mostly on standards from the Great American Songbook. With pianist Andrea Pozza, bassist Luciano Milanese, and drummer Stefano Bagnoli providing terrific support, the session opens with an extended treatment of "What Is This Thing Called Love?" that cooks, followed by a soothing midtempo setting of "Witchcraft." Bosso's feature (on muted trumpet) is a swinging take of "If I Were a Bell," while the big-toned Basso is showcased in "Oh! What It Seemed to Be," a neglected gem popular with crooners of the 1940s that isn't heard very often on a jazz date. "Candy," another oldie that has fallen out of favor, is revived in swinging fashion, with Bosso switching to flügelhorn and Basso recalling the greats of his instrument with a fine solo. Recommended. ~ by Ken Dryden, AMG. 

Philology Records, W 350.2, 2007
Recorded 6th January, 2006 in Bergamo, Italy 

Musicians:
Fabrizio Bosso - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Gianni Basso - Tenor Saxophone
Andrea Pozza - Piano
Luciano Milanese - Bass
Stefano Bagnoli - Drums

Tracks:
01. What Is This Thing Called Love? {Cole Porter} (10:00)
02. Witchcraft {Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh} (4:47)
03. Quo Vadis Samba [Take 1] {Duško Gojković} (6:15)
04. On A Slow Boat To China {Frank Loesser} (6:24)
05. If I Were A Bell {Frank Loesser} (6:08)
06. With A Song In My Heart {Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers} (4:45)
07. 'S Wonderful {George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin} (5:45)
08. Candy {Mack David, Alex Kramer} (6:54)
09. Oh, What It Seemed To Be {Bennie Benjamin} (4:52)
10. Quo Vadis Samba [Take 2] {Duško Gojković} (6:15) 

Total Time: 62:09 

Credits:
Producer, Liner Notes - Paolo Piangiarelli
Engineer - Paolo Filippi
Graphic Design - www.danilosantinelli.it
Photography - Luciano Rossetti 

'S Wonderful

Dino Rubino Trio - Zenzi (2012)

In 2011, Dino Rubino recorded his first album as a trio, a tribute of the Sicilian pianist, trumpeter and composer to the South African singer and activist, whose valorises the melodic and rhythmic heritage in a multi-sided portrait in a jazz key: the Miriam Makeba world music singer, jazz musician, storyteller, folk singer. 

"The political activity of Miriam Makeba, her death in Castelvolturno, the link between Sicily and Africa, lands that have much more in common than physical proximity, are all aspects that bind me personally to the story of this extraordinary artist; says Rubino, and that I wanted to represent, in my way, in an album. And the musical project developed very naturally, almost instinctively. In particular, the reading of her autobiography, a collection of stories that touch personal events, the relationship with his land, his important encounters, as well as a description of his artistic and musical thought, together with listening to his songs, alone they had the power to evoke the arrangements and new compositions that I then recorded. It was not a "head" job: the more things I was discovering about Miriam Makeba, the more I felt it was mine.” 

From a stylistic point of view, the rhythmic variation and a strong sense of color characterize the trio, together with the sobriety of the trait. The high stature rhythm that accompanies Dino for this project is able to best enhance the dual personality of the Sicilian musician: Stefano Bagnoli, more tied to the tradition of the modern mainstream, and Paolino dalla Porta, who represents the most open jazz line and European. As in its best sense, the trio becomes an equal body, in which ideas develop in a circular way between the three instruments favoring the improvisational dimension and the interplay. ~ Extract translated from DinoRubino.com.

Tuk Records, CD009, 2012
Recorded 25^th & 26^th February, 2011 At Studio ArteSuono, Cavalicco, Udine, Italy 

Musicians:
Dino Rubino - Piano, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Paolino Dalla Porta - Bass
Stefano Bagnoli - Drums 

Tracks:
01. Malaika {Fadhili William Mdawida} (6:40)
02. Where I Can Go {Leonard M. Fuld, S. Berland, Sonny Miller} (7:08)
03. Mama Afrika {Dino Rubino, Paolino Dalla Porta, Stefano Bagnoli} (3:23)
04. Song For Miriam {Dino Rubino} (7:46)
05. Pata Pata {Franco Edgardo A., Makeka Miriam, Ragovoy Jerry} (4:30)
06. From Sicily {Dino Rubino} (2:18)
07. To Afrika {Dino Rubino} (6:53)
08. Nina Nanna {Dino Rubino} (6:24)
09. Good-Bye Zenzi {Dino Rubino} (6:01)
10. Sangoma {Dino Rubino} (9:01) 

Total Time: 60:04

Credits:
Producer - Dino Rubino
Recording, Mixing & Mastering - Stefano Americo
Photo - Roberto Cifarelli
Painting - Monica Zani
Graphic Design - Benno Simma