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Riccardo Fioravanti electric bass

Roberto Cecchetto electric & acoustic Guitar

Daniele Raimondi trumpet, beat box & effect

Alessandro Rossi   drums

Tracklist:

01 AFRICA FLOWER duke ellington 7.15

02AZALEA duke ellington 5.18

03 ABSINTHE duke ellington 4.37

04 ANGELICA duke ellington 3.11

05 A FLOWER IS A LOVESOME THING billie strayhorn 4.40

06 BLUE PEPPER duke ellington 3.25

07 A SINGLE PETAL OF A ROSE duke ellington 3.26

08 BLUE ROSE duke ellington 4.55

08 BLUE FLOWER riccardo fioravanti 5.05

L’idea di questo concept-album ruota intorno alle composizioni di Duke Ellington che hanno a che fare con fiori e piante (African Flower, Azalea, Absynthe ecc…).
Non propriamente un omaggio filologico a Ellington, bensì una rilettura in chiave anche un po psichedelica. Riccardo Fioravanti, fiore all’occhiello del contrabbassismo italiano, si avvale qui della figura di spicco del chitarrista Roberto Cecchetto. Grazie ad una solida ritmica (Alessandro Rossi on drums) ed all’uso di un set percussivo di ampio respiro, spaziando dai suoni più strettamente mainstream al moderno drum&bass fino ai tamburi etnici, africani in particolare. L’aspetto lirico delle composizione è magistralmente reso dal trombettista triestino Daniele Raimondi, palermitano di origini e parigino di adozione,

RICCARDO FIORAVANTI : a giant of italian music scene.
Jazz collaboration : Bob Mintzer, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Clark Terry, Toots Thielemans, Kenny Barron, Slide Hampton, Charlie Mariano, Bob Moover, Barney Kessel, Ronnie Cuber, Jimmy Owens, Jesse Davis, George Gruntz, Bruce Forman, Francis Boland, Rick Margitza, Ray Charles, Gino Vannelli, Sarah Jane Morris, Chico Buarque De Hollanda, Stevie Wonder. Giorgio Gaslini, Franco Cerri, Gianni Basso, Renato Sellani, Tony Scott, Gorny Kramer, Enrico Intra, Franco D’Andrea, Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia, Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Flavio Boltro, Fabrizio Bosso, Pietro Tonolo, Gabriele Mirabassi, Sandro Gibellini, Stefano Bollani, Dado Moroni, Stefano Battaglia
Pop collaboration : Mina, Ennio Morricone, Mia Martini, Enzo Jannacci, Fabio Concato, Antonella Ruggiero, Ornella Vanoni, Amij Stewart, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Randy Crawford, Jorge Ben, GraceThe idea of this concept album refers to the compositions written by the Duke Ellington related to flowers and plants (African Flower, Azalea, Absynthe etc…).
Not a philological tribute to Ellington ! The intention was to lead Ellington’s music towards a slightly psychedelic dimension. Riccardo Fioravanti, one of the best Italian doublebass players, makes use here of the leading figure of the guitarist Roberto Cecchetto. Thanks to a solid rhythmic (Alessandro Rossi on drums) and the use of a broad set percussive , ranging from mainstream sounds more closely to the modern drum & bass up to ethnic drums, African in particular. The lyrical side of composition is masterfully played by trumpeter Daniele Raimondi, born in Palermo and Parisian by adoption,

RICCARDO FIORAVANTI : a giant of italian music scene.
Jazz collaboration : Bob Mintzer, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Clark Terry, Toots Thielemans, Kenny Barron, Slide Hampton, Charlie Mariano, Bob Moover, Barney Kessel, Ronnie Cuber, Jimmy Owens, Jesse Davis, George Gruntz, Bruce Forman, Francis Boland, Rick Margitza, Ray Charles, Gino Vannelli, Sarah Jane Morris, Chico Buarque De Hollanda, Stevie Wonder. Giorgio Gaslini, Franco Cerri, Gianni Basso, Renato Sellani, Tony Scott, Gorny Kramer, Enrico Intra, Franco D’Andrea, Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia, Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Flavio Boltro, Fabrizio Bosso, Pietro Tonolo, Gabriele Mirabassi, Sandro Gibellini, Stefano Bollani, Dado Moroni, Stefano Battaglia
Pop collaboration : Mina, Ennio Morricone, Mia Martini, Enzo Jannacci, Fabio Concato, Antonella Ruggiero, Ornella Vanoni, Amij Stewart, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Randy Crawford, Jorge Ben, Grace