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At last Italian Jazz
starts referring again to its tradition, culture and, above all, to its future.
A well balanced role for each musician. A perfect accordance with an aesthetics
reaching its highest degree of expressiveness in tunes like “Gujarat” and “The
Child Who Never Played”.
Antonio Ranalli,
"Musical News" 22.01.2005
… the
skilful direction leads the instruments and the musicians to flawlessly capture
the atmospheres evoked by the writing…
… another of Media Res’ qualities: most of the compositions are based on a
solid framework focusing on the ensemble.
The space for soloing is designed to exalt the working of the rhythm section
rather then subduing its texture.
FABIO
CIMINIERA, "Jazz Convention" 19.01.2005
…
this CD is a journey, you are conducted to a land far from
western civilization...
… the
prevailing trait of this CD is a sort of “ intimacy”, as you will grasp from
the well measured sounds and dynamics up to the “solos”, always performed with
a clear control of expression...
… Graffitis to immerse oneself, played with so much class and accuracy that the
listening to this music becomes fluid and enjoyable in spite of the
complexity of structures and of the execusion...
MARCO LOSAVIO, "Jazz Italia Network"
22.12.2004
…
an innovating
project, new and stimulating for who, like them, deals with it as musician, and
for who, like us, takes part as a listener
… a
well structured work with the particular attention given to the
arrangements,
the attempt to avoid the most obvious formal structures, the focus given to
the
whole ensemble rather then concentrating on the different ,though remarkable,
individualities.
MARCO MAIMERI, "Live.City.It" 16.11.2004
…
opened to
experimentation, to the Mediterranean melodies and to the evocative flavours of
Africa…
SANDRO GIONTI, "Il Mattino" 26.08.2004
…
the band has
gained wide popularity through the soundtrack of Ferzan Ozpetek "Le fate
ignoranti"
… Media Res is the pursuit of
one’s roots, is contamination, is the old and the new at the same time.
FELICE LIPERI, "La Repubblica"
18.08.2002
Media Res, the
band headed by the saxophonist Gianni Savelli, is a real work-in progress,
moving above different dimensions by exploring the roots, the contaminations,
the sounds of the 50’, the Afro-Cuban rhythms
F. ZAMPA, "Il Messagero" 01.09.2001
…
a
contemporary project that explores the anxiety of the new millennium and the
quest for a culture of synthesis, typical of our times...
"Wine
News" 21.06.2001
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