Friday, February 23, 2018

Giampiero Locatelli "RIGHT AWAY" (AUAND AU3016) out on February 23


Giampiero Locatelli
"RIGHT AWAY"


“Right Away” is Italian pianist’s Giampiero Locatelli debut album. Out for Auand Records on February 23rd (distributed by Goodfellas / Jazzos.com), the recording features Gabriele Evangelista on double bass and Enrico Morelli on drums. Choosing to work with a trio proves to be the best way to fully accomplish his vision of music: it’s the ideal, logical result of Locatelli’s composition approach and music manipulation. Evangelista and Morello’s contribution is key to let the music take its final shape.

A mixed music education – never limited to a specific music field, but rather open to contemporary and improvisation – takes the band far away from the ordinary piano trios and shapes their music as innovative. The trio is conceived as the operating center in a music idea that swings between improvisation and written music.

Even with no strictly melodic background, Locatelli’s gift is a special outgoing ability, which always grants his compositions’ complex layers a touch of spontaneity. Among the 8 originals are tracks inspired by Bach (Inspire me) and Escher (Toward Backward), minimalist and jazz ballads (From the last Frame and Like a Gentle Mood), and the complete upheaval of the very idea of a piano trio, as in the title track Right Away.

The recording will be presented live on April 16th at Jazz Club La Sosta in Villa San Giovanni (RC, Italy).

01 Fizzle, Deed Slow, Whistle
02 Path
03 Toward Backward
04 From Last Frame
05 Inspire Me
06 Right Away
07 Like A Gentle Mood
08 From Afar

Giampiero Locatelli piano
Gabriele Evangelista double bass
Enrico Morello drums

Produced by Giampiero Locatelli
Executive Producer: Marco Valente
Recorded at Artesuono, Cavalicco (UD) – Italy on march 11 and 12, 2017
Engineer: Stefano Amerio

Cover Photo: Luca A. D’Agostino ©Phocus Agency