Mazzù/Siwula/Troja
D'istante3
(Slam Productions - UK, 2012)
"With
interactive familiarity engendered by time, the
three easily enmesh unique textures and timbres
into a satisfying whole".
--Ken Waxman, The New York City Jazz Record,
Jan.2013
http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201301.pdf
"This trio combines forces with solid results...There
is a playful and somewhat melodic quality to this
even though it is fully improvised. A rarity for
most free music"
--Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery
http://search2.downtownmusicgallery.com/lookup.cgi?item=2012_11_18_00_03_47
" the bridge between the U.S. and Italy
launched allows communications from the amazing
content...all now well metabolized and again into
a coherent form...this new route is surprising and
can operate only thanks to the experience of the
three".
Vittorio
Lo Conte, MusicZoom
http://www.musiczoom.it/?p=10004
"Fine chemistry between all three...Recommended"
Francois Couture, Mounsier Delire
http://blog.monsieurdelire.com/2012/11/2012-11-07-nicolshargreaves-graculous.html
"A long game of improvisations to listen
all in one breath"
--Leonardo Lodato, JazzColours
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Luciano
Troja
At Home
With Zindars
(© Luciano Troja, 2010)
STEREOPHILE
“RECORD TO DIE FOR” 2011
“…16 jewels strung together into a luminous
arc of meditation”
Thomas Conrad, Stereophile - USA
“Critic’s Choice: Top Ten New Issues
of 2010”
Cadence Magazine - USA
“The 10 Best New Songs of the Year 2010”
"Earl And Bill" Luciano Troja, from "At
Home With Zindars"
Ken Franckling’s Jazz Notes –
USA
“Questo è un meraviglioso tributo-
Una delizia per le orecchie e per gli occhi.”
Earl Zindars Official Website
- www.zindars.com
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"Troja
ha l'intelligenza di non suonare alla lettera nè
Zindars nè Evans: piuttosto ci gira intorno,
illumina quella musica dal suo punto di vista e
ci invita a scoprire la singolarità e la
bellezza di questa musica"
Stefano Zenni, Il Giornale
Della Musica
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““It is one of the better new piano
CDs I have heard in a while.There are still many
great up-and-coming artists emerging, but far fewer
poets. Here is a chance to discover one.”
Maxwell Chandler, Jazz Police,
USA
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"Luciano's solo work is touching and deeply
moving" CD Discovery of the Week”.
Marc Myers, JazzWax.com
- USA
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“A perfect tribute to Earl Zindars”
Scott Yanow, Los Angeles Jazz Scene,
USA
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A CD to savor for many reasons“
Ken Franckling, Ken Franckling’s Jazz
Notes.- USA
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"This is a loving project… listeners
who know the Evans’ versions will admire Troja’s
careful, tender lyricism, his delicate way with
a melody, his harmonic variety, the sound he gets
from the piano”.
Michael Steinman, CADENCE - USA
“An unexpected treasure trove of new
musical delights”
Brad Walseth, JazzChicago.net,
USA
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“Un disco exquisito… una de las voces
pianísticas más originales e interesantes
surgidas en los últimos años.”
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Marcelo Morales, El Intruso, Magazine
De Otra Musica
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“A very beautiful gift for piano aficionados
and for all those who love elegant music”
Roberta E. Zlokower, Roberta On The
Arts, USA
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"Non è solo un disco di jazz. E'
un disco di musica pianistica nel senso più
ampio del termine. Vi troviamo tutti gli ingredienti
della grande musica per piano solo."
Rossella Del Grande, Jazzitalia
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“A marvelous performance..Troja's tribute
to Zindars is not only relaxing and charming but
intellectually challenging.”
Edward Blanco, Ejazznews,
USA
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Un tributo reso con umiltà e onestà….Troja
suona le proprie sensazioni attraverso la musica
di Zindars.”.
Antonio Terzo, JazzColo[u]rs
"Il CD è sontuoso. Di
un bello apollineo nell’equilibrio, nella
forma delle improvvisazioni, nella misura, nella
luminosità del tocco."
Alfredo Restuccia, Nuovo Soldo.it
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"This is an important achievement and a
treat for fans of the genial, evocative style that
Zindars - and Troja- so successfully mine”
Alan Young, Lucid Culture ,
USA
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“Dichiarazione d'amore quanto opera d'ingegno
artistico”
Francesco Martinelli, Jazzitalia
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“Anyone who likes the piano for all the right
reasons will have a friend in this one”
George Harris, The Jazz Messenger
- USA
" Un bellissimo album. ...un progetto degno
di questo nome"
Gerlando Gatto, A proposito di
Jazz
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"Un disco di valenza sia documentale che
artistica”
Amedeo Furfaro, Il Corriere del
Sud
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“A solid, ambitious work”
Midwest Records, USA
“Beautifully placed and reflective“
Oscar Broomes, O’s Place-
USA
“Sono molti i pregi musicali e culturali
di questo accurato lavoro” 4 Stelle
Neri Pollastri, All About Jazz Italia
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“Se ei ole pelkästään
jazzlevy, vaan siinä on mukana rehevällä
tavalla koko pianonsoiton kirjo hienostuneesti laajimmillaan.”
Jouko Kirstilä, Jazzrytmit-
Finlandia
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“An extraordinary labor of love…
Troja is the perfect musician to take us on this
journey”.
Don Netsky, Rochester City Newspaper
- USA
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Luciano Troja- Giancarlo Mazzù
Seven Tales About Standards
Vol.2
(Splasc(H) Records, 2009)
"Best
Albums Of 2009"
ALL ABOUT JAZZ Italy
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“A
work of rare elegance and intelligence, and dialogic
fineness. A continuous pleasure for ears and mind.
Four Stars ****
Neri Pollastri, ALL ABOUT JAZZ-
Italy
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"This
CD duet should be required listening for improvisers
of all persuasions"
Michael Steinman, CADENCE - USA
"The
whole is immersed in a sort of poetic chastity,
and the spirit of the theme is never forced "
Giuseppe Piacentino, MUSICA JAZZ
, 2009
“The
musical result is enchanting and mesmerizing, making
this recording a must-hear-again selection of favorite
melodies”.
Dr.Roberta Zlokower, Roberta On The
Arts, USA
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“The
formula is winning: very close to a famous meeting
between Jim Hall and Michel Petrucciani, with the
complicity of Wayne Shorter, the legendary "Power
of Three"...but it is the approach towards
the standards that is very particular rich in imagination,
verve, joy of playing, to compare these light American
songs with the training of musicians, with their
diversified experience in classical for Mazzù
and jazz for Troja. And here they are then still
bring out something new, of unheard, from these
useful canvas”
Vincenzo Fugaldi, JAZZITALIA
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“Two
extraordinary musicians ...an “Autumn Leaves”
that says something very new! “All The Things
You Are” colossal version!... Troja and Mazzù
both have approached the standards, which for most
of people are untouchable and immaculate, with a
surprisingly attractive and exquisite combination
of respect and irony”
Marcelo Morales, EL
INTRUSO Magazine De Otra Musica, Argentina
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Luciano Troja and Giancarlo Mazzù In Concert
at the “Metropolitan Room” – New
York, April, 15, 2009
“Mazzù and Troja have engineered a
new concept in the performance of standards. The
sold-out crowd was enchanted, sipping wine and cheese,
and giving accolades at the end of each song.”
Dr.Roberta E.Zlokower, Roberta On The
Arts, USA
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"Those
who have attended the concert by Luciano Troja and
Giancarlo Mazzù, last Wednesday at the Metropolitan
Room in Manhattan, heard real jazz, American jazz
for instance, but in a melodic key."
Donatella Mulvoni, Oggi7/America Oggi,
USA
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MAHANADA
Luciano Troja, Giancarlo Mazzù, Carmelo Coglitore,
Carlo Nicita
Mannahatta
(Splasc(H) Records, 2008)
"Mannahatta is a very original work, as
are always the works of these great musicians. Perhaps
most popular in the States that in our country.
As often happens to those who have quality in Italy”
*** Four stars
Neri Pollastri, ALL
ABOUT JAZZ - Italy
“Mahanada knows what he wants and what he
does. Acute, free and unbiased…Mannahatta,
apart from being transformed into Manhattan, to
be recognized for their buildings, the heavy population
density, for a movie and a formidable Walt Whitman
text, now has another tribute: an amazing album,
made with uncommon freedoms. Music and other.”
Marcelo Morales, El
INTRUSO Magazine De Otra Musica, Argentina
“Mahanada
express themselves freely through traditional music
"down town streets", "broadway"
and Italian folklore in a multicultural melting-pot
of great originality”
Tobias Boecker, Jazz
Podium, Germany
"Musicians
and composers used to live very well the heritage
of ethnic music with improvisation. ... many inputs
in the album of the Mahanada Quartet. A very varied
album from where comes off very well the great compositional
variety of the Quartet" "Battiti",
RAI,
RADIOTRE
“The
band's textures are fresh, generally with a strong
melodic bent, seasoned by Mazzu's prepared guitar.
The focus often shifts unexpectedly from player
to player, with a number of solo and duet passages
sprinkled through the tracks. … an expecially
adventuresome and engaging set of free improv with
a distinctive and almost programmatic focus. “
Stuart Kremsky, CADENCE, USA
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Luciano Troja- Giancarlo Mazzù
Seven Tales About Standards
(Splasc(H) Records, 2006)
“The
approach of Troja and Mazzù with the standards
is a delight…like a third stream reworked
of Undercurrent…imaging Herb Hellis duetting
with George Russell”.
Nate Dorward, CADENCE, USA
“ ENCUESTA 2006: Los 10 Favoritos CD’s.”
Marcelo Morales, EL INTRUSO, Magazine
De Otra Musica, Argentina
"No se trata de dos virtuosos en tren de
demostrar lo que pueden tocar. Se conocen, se complementan,
se divierten...icomo yo! Impactante version!"
Marcelo Morales, EL INTRUSO, Magazine
De Otra Musica, Argentina
"Troja
and Mazzù have masterfully designed one-of-a-kind
interpretations of popular standards."
Dr.Roberta E. Zlokower, Roberta
On The Arts.com, USA
"Mazzù throws in a bit of ragtime
or Spanish guitar now and then, but he never clashes
with Troja's jazz stylings. Despite having just
two players, this CD is sometimes relaxed and sometimes
fast paced. It is an interesting recording worth
checking out"
Dave Howell, RAMBLES, A Cultural Arts
Magazine, USA
"Seven Tales About Standards" leaves
no space for ambiguity as to content. Seven well-known
standards, in fact, addressed in a dense dialogue,
based on the continuous exchange of roles (accompanying,
soloism) and an empathy able to work on rhythms
and melodies with elegance, in a flowing sound that
laid bare the creative process”
Enrico Vita, LA GAZZETTA DEL SUD
"A delightful CD of Jazz, to suggest to
devotees of dialogues, of the great meetings, of
the refined harmonies but overwhelming"
Donato Zoppo, MOVIMENTIPROG
"The two musicians are to acclaim for precision,
passion, and knowledge… all tracks are appreciated,
as the final flight of" Take The A Train "(with
sudden half-time, bluesy moments, and the final
that calls' the Ellingtonian “intro”),
which shows all the technical skills of the two
musicians "
Giorgio Coppola, GIORGIO COPPOLA.IT
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MAHANADA
Luciano Troja, Giancarlo Mazzù, Carmelo
Coglitore, Carlo Nicita
Taranta’s Circles
(Splasc(H) Records, 2005)
