Play Morricone
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| Studio album by Enrico Pieranunzi , Marc Johnson and Joey Baron | ||||
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| Label (s) | CAM jazz | |||
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CD |
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11 |
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61:10 |
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Enrico Pieranunzi |
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Sonic Recording Studio, Rome |
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Play Morricone is an album by Enrico Pieranunzi , Marc Johnson and Joey Baron with compositions by Ennio Morricone . The trio's recordings, which were made in the Sonic Recording Studio in Rome on February 15 and 16, 2001, were released by CAM Jazz in 2001 .
background
Enrico Pierananuzi's collaboration with Marc Johnson and Joey Baron dates back to 1984: Back then, the two musicians were in Italy to start a tour with pianist Kenny Drew when Drew's wife suddenly fell ill. When Drew returned to Denmark, Johnson and Baron had few options. Then, when pianist Enrico Pieranunzi showed up after receiving a call from someone at the club asking if he would like to play alongside Drew, Pieranunzi, influenced by Bill Evans , took the opportunity to play with Johnson - the late bassist Pianists in the last years of his life. The coincidence of this meeting resulted in a trio that recorded and toured regularly in the years that followed.
Pierananuzi, Johnson and Baron continued their collaboration in November 2001 with the Tokyo album Current Conditions (CAM Jazz). The US version of Play Morricone is a compilation of two CDs - Play Morricone (Cam Jazz, 2002) and Play Morricone 2 (Cam Jazz, 2004) - released by the US distributor of the CAM label, Sunnyside Records . The pianist continued his experience of using film music for a jazz-related interpretation with the album FelliniJazz (Cam Jazz, 2003), in which he interpreted pieces of music from films by the director Federico Fellini .
Track list
- Enrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey Baron: Play Morricone (CAM Jazz CAMJ 7750-2)
- From: It's a Pity She's a Whore (1971) Addio Fratello Crudele 7:17
- From: The Bachelor (1990) Mio Caro Dottor Gräsler 6:29
- From: Crazy Desire (1962) La Voglia Matta 4:42
- Just Beyond the Horizon 6:29
- From: Romance (1971) Incontro 7:01
- From: Jonah Who Lived in the Whale (1993) Jona Che Visse Nella Balena 4:37
- From: Dirty Hands (1979) Le Mani Sporche 5:41
- From: ... Correva L'Anno Di Grazia 1870 (1971) ... Correva L'Anno Di Grazia 1870 5:52
- From: Escalation (1968) Escalation 3:33
- From: Everybody's Fine (1990) Stanno Tutti Bene 7:00
- From: When Women Had Tails (1970) Can Can Delle "Filly" 4:43
reception
Scott Yanow gave the album four stars and said in Allmusic that since none of the Morricone pieces used was a known standard, the musicians could easily adapt the selected pieces to jazz. The music ranges from wild romps to waltzes to mood pieces and is - not too surprisingly - often cinematic and episodic, but the pieces are in a good position regardless of the films. “Some of the pieces deserve to be covered by other jazz musicians looking for fresh material. While Pieranunzi is the main voice, Johnson and Baron make important contributions to swinging music. "
John Kelman gave the album 4½ (out of five) stars in All About Jazz, writing: “Morricone's inherent lyricism almost remains in the melancholy ballad 'Addio Fratello Crudele,' in which Baron's delicate broom gesture and Johnson's elegance work closely with Pieranunzi's gentle purity untouched. 'La Domenica Specialmente' as well as the hard swinging 'I Malamondo' have been more clearly revised and re-harmonized. "Pieranunzi's dissonant interpretation lends humor to" Mio Caro Dottor Grässler ", a melody whose restrained magic is brought by Baron as the highlight of the sessions, says Kelman .
With Johnson and Baron's already established reputation in North America, the author believes Pieranunzi is getting the recognition he deserves, largely through Sunnyside's distribution of his more notable Cam Jazz titles. Similar to the British pianist John Taylor, his taller stature in Europe and his relatively unknown status in North America remain strangely regrettable for fans of mainstream-centered but always future-oriented piano jazz .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Enrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey Baron: Play Morricone. All About Jazz, December 5, 2005, accessed March 13, 2020 .
- ^ Enrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey Baron
- ^ Review of the album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved March 13, 2020.