Veteran Italian trio ROPE releases their newest record ‘In the Moment - The Music of Charlie Ha-den’ for HORA Records, an impassioned celebration of an iconic musician whose musical contributions spanned decades of creative jazz from the fifties to the present day.
A tribute to Charlie Haden's music must take into account the constantly evolving language of modern jazz: from Ornette Coleman's desperate lyricism to the militant protest music of the Liberation Music Orchestra, to some ot the most forward-looking piano trios in jazz history, Haden was a pivotal figure in numerous seminal bands which have shaped the music we know as jazz. ROPE sails these seas with love and respect, the musicians plainly at their ease as they explore each chapter of this timeless American music.
The moving voice of Petra Haden joins the trio in a memorable version of traditional song Shenandoah, a favorite of her father who recorded it in the final years of his incredible career.
1. Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing / Ramblin'
2. Bess You is My Woman Now
3. Sandino / Silence
4. Fiasco / In the Moment
5. Shenandoah (feat. Petra Haden)
6. La Pasionaria / Song for Che
7. Song for the Whales
8. Spiritual
9. In the Year of the Dragon *
10. See You at Per Tutti's / Vanguard Blues / Blues in Motion *
11. Once Around the Park *
* Does not appear on LP configuration
FABRIZIO PUGLISI piano
STEFANO SENNI bass
ZENO DE ROSSI drums, geometrikaos on Song for the Whales
featuring
PETRA HADEN vocals on Shenandoah
All compositions by Charlie Haden (Liberation Music Co., BMI) except Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson (Public Domain), Ramblin’ by Ornette Coleman (Phrase Text Music ASCAP), Bess You Is My Woman Now by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin (Gershwin Publ. Corp.), Fiasco, In The Year of The Dragon, Once Around The Park by Paul Motian (Yazgol Music), Shenandoah (Traditional, Public Domain)
Produced by Rope and Hora Records
Recorded (January 17-18, 2021), mixed (May 13, 2021) and mastered (June 2021) at Duna Studio by Andrea Scardovi except vocals on Shenandoah, recorded by Petra Haden at her home in Los Angeles (January 2021)
Artwork by Francesco Chiacchio
Design by Zeno Brunetto
Photo by Barbara Rigon
