ROPE - In the Moment / The Music of Charlie Haden (December 3, 2021 Hora Records)

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

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Unscientific Italians - Play the music of Bill Frisell Vol​.​1 (May 21, 2021 Hora Records)

May 21st, 2021 will mark the start of the Italian label Hora Records with the release of Unscientific Italians Play The Music of Bill Frisell – Volume 1. The ensemble Unscientific Italians, led by Alfonso Santimone, features some of the most gifted performers and bandleaders on the Italian scene.

Born in 2008 for a small feature of the Italian collective/label El Gallo Rojo at Centro D'Arte in Padova, this project went into hibernation for more than 10 years and came back in 2020, with a revised lineup and repertoire, for 2 days of rehearsals, concerts (at Torrione Jazz Club in Ferrara) and recordings (at Teatro Asioli in Correggio).

Bill Frisell is undoubtedly one of the most influential masters in today’s jazz landscape. However, his compositions remain unexplored, perhaps because of a lack of critical distance, perhaps because their apparent simplicity hides impenetrable folds to those who lack the right perspective.

Musically speaking, Unscientific Italians is not a tribute or an orchestral rendition of Frisell’s music, but rather an idiosyncratic rewriting and orchestration that borrows his compositional and instrumental language. This work has also a documentary value, since it draws from a seminal phase of Frisell’s production – the early Nineties – that today seems to be neglected despite his unambiguous celebration by audience and critics.

This release is published on vinyl and digitally, with the blessing of Bill Frisell himself, who generously offered some of his sketches for the cover artwork.

1. Before We Were Born

2. Probability Cloud

3. Unsung Heroes

4. Hangdog

5. Rob Roy

6. Twenty Years

7. Verona

Mirco Rubegni trumpet, flugelhorn, french horn

Fulvio Sigurtà trumpet, flugelhorn

Filippo Vignato trombone

Federico Pierantoni trombone

Cristiano Arcelli alto sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet

Piero Bittolo Bon alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet

Francesco Bigoni tenor sax, clarinet, live electronics on brass

Rossano Emili baritone sax, bass clarinet

Alfonso Santimone piano, live electronics on clarinets

Danilo Gallo double bass

Zeno De Rossi drums

All compositions by Bill Frisell (Friz-Tone Music BMI)

Arranged and conducted by Alfonso Santimone

Produced by Unscientific Italians and Hora Records

Recorded October 22-23, 2019 at Teatro Asioli, Correggio (RE), Italy

Recording Engineer: Diego Bergamini

Mixed by Alfonso Santimone @ blackHole unLTD

Mastered by Giovanni Versari at La Maestà, Tredozio (FC), Italy

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