MYSTERE PIANO - R. ZEGNA, P. BIRRO, A. ZAMBRINI, M. TONOLO, O. DEL BARBA, M. PARENTE

MYSTERE PIANO (CVLD160)

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Riccardo Zegna (1,2,3)
Paolo Birro (4,5)
Antonio Zambrini (6)
Marcello Tonolo (7,8)
Oscar Del Barba (9)
Massimo Parente (10,11)

1. Rosetta (Zegna) 1:55

2. Tutto Troppo Presto (Ellington) 3:49

3. Sammy White (Zegna) 3:09

4. Spampanà (Birro) 4:07

5. Vegne (Birro) 6:58

6. Gaia (Zambrini) 6:34

7. Polvere Di Stelle (Carmichael/Parrocchia) 2:35

8. Verso Sera (Tonolo) 6:00

9. Improvviso N. 1 (Del Barba) 9:59

10. Tema Di Gio (Parente) 5:27

11. Al Palazzo Ducale (Parente) 6:03
 
Total Time, 57:09

JAZZ: original composition by R. Zegna, P. Birro, A. Zambrini, M. Tonolo, O. Del Barba, M. Parente, D. Ellington, H. Carmichel-M. Parish. Piano R. Zegna, P. Birro, A. Zambrini, M. Tonolo, O. Del Barba, M. Parente. Recording was made at Magister Area Studio, Preganziol, Italy. the piano was always the same Steinway & Sons Concert Grandpiano built in new York on 1930. 
 
A single piano, always the same, always positioned in the exact same spot, always recorded with the exact same microphone setup, always placed in the exact same way and at the same distance.
And then six of the best Italian jazz pianists and composers (but not only): each asked to perform about ten minutes of music, with absolute creative freedom, without repertoire constraints, solely to express the best of their musical world. All live and with no possibility of post-editing: strictly live, albeit in the studio and without an audience.
All with the aim of demonstrating, perhaps for the first time, how many differences (and… Vive la difference!) there are in the sound of each individual performer compared to every other, once the same instrument, recorded always in the same identical way, has been rigorously defined over several months. And how differently the same piano can sound when played by different artists, dispelling the myth that a Steinway always sounds the same. Thus, the personality of each individual pianist stands out, never lost in the molten mass of often imprecise instruments, different technical and environmental conditions, which too often end up homogenizing the sound of each musician with that of many others.
Without respect for the art and study of each…