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Emanuele Primavera Quintet: Above the Below

Read "Above the Below" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Secondo disco da leader per il quarantenne batterista di Enna Emanuele Primavera, alla guida di un quintetto a identità siciliana--con la front line composta dai messinesi Alessandro Presti alla tromba e Nicola Caminiti al sax contralto, e la ritmica completata dal contrabbasso di Carmelo Venuto, presente anche nel precedente disco di Primavera, Replace--che si avvale al pianoforte anche, come “fuoriregione," di un fuoriclasse qual è Alessandro Lanzoni--peraltro conosciuto dal batterista ancor prima dei suoi compagni conterranei. A parte ...

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Emanuele Primavera Quintet: Above the Below

Read "Above the Below" reviewed by Francesco Martinelli


From the very first notes of “Walk Away," the opening track of this album, one perceives a special feeling of poise, weight, balance and intense storytelling, a marker of great music. These young musicians have something to say, and they know how to speak their piece. As a composer Emanuele Primavera combines melodic invention with harmonic openness, leaving an open field for the inspired contributions of the other members of the quintet, all from Sicily apart from Florentine ...

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