Jazz’halo
A favourable discussion of the album’s varied jazz colours, ensemble contributions and delicate solo-piano conclusion. This review concerns the original Colors recording, later distributed by Da Vinci.
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Da Vinci Jazz
Annika Borsetto, Christian Stanchina, Luca Poletti, Matteo Cuzzolin, Matteo Giordani, Michele Bazzanella, Paolo Fresu, Stefano Senni
Physical and Digital Release: 10 December 2021
Luca Poletti and his musical partners present Different Colors, exploring a shared ensemble language through contrasting timbres, rhythmic exchanges and individual instrumental voices.
13.67€
Digital programme · 17 tracks
Track timings refer to the digital edition.
Annika Borsetto is featured on voice in Luca Poletti’s Colors (Da Vinci Jazz, C00538), a recording built around Poletti’s compositions and the core piano trio, with guest Paolo Fresu.
Christian Stanchina is featured on trumpet in Luca Poletti’s Colors (Da Vinci Jazz, C00538), a recording built around Poletti’s compositions and the core piano trio, with guest Paolo Fresu.
Luca Poletti is an Italian composer, pianist, arranger and conductor. He trained in piano, jazz, composition for wind band and music for cinema and theatre. His work spans jazz ensembles, symphonic music and screen projects, with collaborations involving artists such as Paolo Fresu, Uri Caine and Maria Schneider. His recordings include Colors and Different Colors.
Matteo Cuzzolin is featured on tenor saxophone in Luca Poletti’s Colors (Da Vinci Jazz, C00538), a recording built around Poletti’s compositions and the core piano trio, with guest Paolo Fresu.
Matteo Giordani is featured on drums in Luca Poletti’s Colors (Da Vinci Jazz, C00538), a recording built around Poletti’s compositions and the core piano trio, with guest Paolo Fresu.
Michele Bazzanella is featured on electric bass in Luca Poletti’s Colors (Da Vinci Jazz, C00538), a recording built around Poletti’s compositions and the core piano trio, with guest Paolo Fresu.
Paolo Fresu, Italian jazz trumpet, and flugelhorn player, as well as a composer and arranger of music.
Stefano Senni is a double bassist featured in Luca Poletti’s Colors, where he forms the core trio with Poletti on piano and Matteo Giordani on drums. The recording also features guest trumpeter Paolo Fresu.
Luca Poletti is an Italian composer, pianist, arranger and conductor. He trained in piano, jazz, composition for wind band and music for cinema and theatre. His work spans jazz ensembles, symphonic music and screen projects, with collaborations involving artists such as Paolo Fresu, Uri Caine and Maria Schneider. His recordings include Colors and Different Colors.
Paolo Fresu is an Italian trumpeter, flugelhorn player and composer. His work crosses jazz improvisation, composition and collaborations with musicians from different traditions. In Luca Poletti’s Colors, he appears as a guest performer and contributes to the album’s connecting preludes.
Colors is conceived as a journey through changing musical colours. Pianist and composer Luca Poletti builds a continuous narrative in which a listener searches the radio dial for inspiration, encounters fragments of different musical worlds and gradually enters the album’s own soundscape. Short preludes connect the main compositions, refreshing the ear before each new scene. The core trio pairs Poletti with double bassist Stefano Senni and drummer Matteo Giordani, joined by special guest Paolo Fresu and additional instrumental and vocal contributors. Recorded by Stefano Amerio at Artesuono in Cavalicco, the…
Colors is conceived as a journey through changing musical colours. Pianist and composer Luca Poletti builds a continuous narrative in which a listener searches the radio dial for inspiration, encounters fragments of different musical worlds and gradually enters the album’s own soundscape. Short preludes connect the main compositions, refreshing the ear before each new scene.
The core trio pairs Poletti with double bassist Stefano Senni and drummer Matteo Giordani, joined by special guest Paolo Fresu and additional instrumental and vocal contributors. Recorded by Stefano Amerio at Artesuono in Cavalicco, the album moves between intimate ballad writing, open improvisation and more rhythmically assertive passages.
Strollin’ Around evokes the freedom of wandering through a city, while Raining Grey grew from a piece originally written for jazz orchestra and a tribute to Kenny Wheeler. Sirene explores harmonic instability and the image of a navigator drawn away from a secure course. Bastian Oirartnoc plays with contrasts between blues, rhythmic stillness and free jazz.
Leo is dedicated to Poletti’s nephew Leonardo. Preludio e fuga (dalla realtà), performed in dialogue with Fresu, turns towards a more intimate jazz idiom, while Sold 20% draws on funk. In the closing sequence, the imagined radio listener turns off the receiver and sits at the piano to reshape the music in memory, bringing the album’s narrative full circle.
Adapted from Luca Poletti’s original album commentary and press material.
Selected awards, reviews and interviews. Radio broadcasts and podcasts are listed separately below.
Jazz’halo
A favourable discussion of the album’s varied jazz colours, ensemble contributions and delicate solo-piano conclusion. This review concerns the original Colors recording, later distributed by Da Vinci.
Read the review ↗ - Jazz’haloBroadcasts, conversations and listening features dedicated to this recording.
Rai Radio 2 · Il pianeta della musica Jazz
The artist’s official archive documents a programme devoted to Colors on 13 June 2013, before the later Da Vinci edition.
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The artist’s official archive documents a Colors presentation on 21 June 2013, before the later Da Vinci edition.
Explore the broadcast ↗ - Radio Belluno · Dieci&Lode
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