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[CENTER][COLOR="DarkRed"]Album: Falando de Amor
Artist: Stefano Bollani
Release: Jun 30, 2003 [/COLOR][/FONT][/CENTER]
[COLOR="Silver"][B]Review:[/B][/COLOR]
[COLOR="DimGray"]The Italian pianist Stefano Bollani is altogether brilliant, virtuoso, witty and intellectual; he is rich with all the music making out our modernity (from pop to scholarly western music, from jazz in all its form to songs)…a phenomenon, if we take into consideration his techniques, elegance and musicality. He is not only one of the most promising musicians of the European young scene, but also one of the four or five personalities of the last years allowing jazz music to believe again in its future. As indispensable partner of the trumpeter Enrico Rava for over ten years,
Born in 1972 in Milan, the little Stefano rapidly showed in Florence, where his family moved shortly after his birth, a marked taste for music. He played the piano at the age of six, secretly dreaming at the time to get closer to his God, the pop singer Adriano Celentano. At the age of eleven, Bollani entered the prestigious and rigorous Florence Music Academy. Under the iron rule of a master entirely dedicated to Germanic music, Bollani got initiated to the great tradition of classical and romantic piano music, although he was already naturally attracted by the harmonic freedom and the mysterious gracefulness of a certain French modernity (Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Milhaud…) as well as the rhythmic ardour of Russian composers (Prokoviev). His musical personality was then refined when this young pianist discovered Charlie Parker』s music. Captivated by the boundless possibilities of the improvisation, he decided to get initiated to jazz techniques and spirit with Luca Flores, while still attending the Conservatoire academic teaching. Fascinated by some spectacular virtuosity, his first loves are the bebop keyboard masters of the 50』s (Oscar Peterson, Horace Silver, Bud Powell). However, he also got interested in the stride piano flexible rigour – these influences being still perceptible today. [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR="silver"][B]Track Listings:[/B][/COLOR]
[CENTER]1. Falando De Amor
2. So Tinha Que Ser Com Voce
3. Angela
4. Luiza
5. Retrato En Branco E Preto
6. Agua De Beber
7. Tema Do Amor Por Gabriela
8. Cancao De Amor Demais
9. Agua De Marco
10. Pois E'
11. Samba De Uma Nota So

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