Jimbo Tribe

Jimbo Tribe: Rite of Passage

by Don Phipps
February 26, 2019

There is much to like about the Italian group Jimbo Tribe's album Rite Of Passage. The trio of pianist Lewis Saccocci, bassist Dario Piccioni, and drummer Nicolò Di Caro are joined by guest trumpeter Anotello Sorrentino, and the quartet offers up imaginative twist after turn. The compositions are engaging and exciting. Changes are planned but feel spontaneously executed. The melodies are--in a word--beautiful. It is as if one were standing alone in the Ufizzi Gallery, lost in the reverie of ...