The first time I heard Andrea Pozza was on his 2008 release on the Italian Deja Vu label, Drop This Thing, which was one of my favourites of that year. So I was pleased to hear that the Andrea Pozza Trio have teamed up with Paolo Scotti once again for their first release on the Norma Blu imprint. Whereas Drop This Thing was a more uptempo, slightly club oriented set, New Quiet is more of a stylishly laid back effort, with some Latin and sixties jazz influences.
The album opens with a wonderful rendition of Hubbard's Blue Spirits, which really showcases Pozza's talent on the keys. This, however, is just a taste of what's to come, with the dreamlike title track up next. The softly understated playing and the hypnotic lilting bassline make it a tune ideal for a late night Tokyo jazz bar or even al fresco cocktails on a summer night.
The tempo picks up slightly for a couple of bossa-tinged tunes, the infectious Sergio Mendes tune Noa Noa, and a version of the dance classic Nightingale, taken down a notch and expanded here to allow the players space for solos.
The next stop on our journey is a version of Horace Silver's Que Pasa, another understated, moody number with some amazing piano work over the top of a great bassline. This is drifting slowly down a stream in a boat, the warm, fuzzy but melancholic feeling you get from one glass of wine too many, a lazy Sunday afternoon or whatever you want to be. Sheer magic.
Lion's Den is a more uptempo number that will snap you out your reverie and get you tapping your feet at the very least, and this together with the Pozza original New Fast set things up nicely for the climax of the album which begins with a storming Joe Henderson number Recorda Me, where drummer Shane Forbes really lets loose. The album then closes with the Brazilian classic Consolacao, an uplifting dance number that leaves you begging for more.
If you like piano trio jazz, then I can't recommend New Quiet highly enough. The musicianship is evident for all to hear and it is a wonderful set of tunes that sit together perfectly.
Tracklist:The album opens with a wonderful rendition of Hubbard's Blue Spirits, which really showcases Pozza's talent on the keys. This, however, is just a taste of what's to come, with the dreamlike title track up next. The softly understated playing and the hypnotic lilting bassline make it a tune ideal for a late night Tokyo jazz bar or even al fresco cocktails on a summer night.
The tempo picks up slightly for a couple of bossa-tinged tunes, the infectious Sergio Mendes tune Noa Noa, and a version of the dance classic Nightingale, taken down a notch and expanded here to allow the players space for solos.
The next stop on our journey is a version of Horace Silver's Que Pasa, another understated, moody number with some amazing piano work over the top of a great bassline. This is drifting slowly down a stream in a boat, the warm, fuzzy but melancholic feeling you get from one glass of wine too many, a lazy Sunday afternoon or whatever you want to be. Sheer magic.
Lion's Den is a more uptempo number that will snap you out your reverie and get you tapping your feet at the very least, and this together with the Pozza original New Fast set things up nicely for the climax of the album which begins with a storming Joe Henderson number Recorda Me, where drummer Shane Forbes really lets loose. The album then closes with the Brazilian classic Consolacao, an uplifting dance number that leaves you begging for more.
If you like piano trio jazz, then I can't recommend New Quiet highly enough. The musicianship is evident for all to hear and it is a wonderful set of tunes that sit together perfectly.
1 Blue Spirits (Freddie Hubbard)
2 New Quiet (Anrea Pozza)
3 Samba Novo
4 Nightingale (Fred Wise,George Rosner,Xavier Cugat)
5 Que Pasa (Horace Silver)
6 Lion's Den (Kenny Drew)
7 New Fast (Anrea Pozza)
8 Recorda Me (Joe Henderson)
9 Consolacao (Baden Powell)
Personnel:
Andrea Pozza p
Aldo Zunino b
Shane Forbes dr
New Quiet
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