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A cross-generational project by the grand master of Italian Jazz. Energized by joyous experiences on the road the ever youthful Enrico Rava took his new working quartet of the last two years into Arte Suono Studio in Udine. Here they were joined by trombonist Gianluca Petrella, an internationally noted player through his contributions to Rava’s three acclaimed post-millennium quintet albums Tribe (2011), The Words & The Days (2005) and Easy Living (2003). With Manfred Eicher producing, the five Italians recorded a programme of Rava originals which cover a broad range of moods – from brooding ballad playing to fiery uptempo post-bop. Once again Rava’s playing makes it clear that lightness and intensity, elegant cool and emotional warmth are no opposites. Rava and Petrella form a peerless two-horn frontline, whether playing in unison, engaging in dialogue or taking their turns in extensive soloing. The rhythm section of Gabriele Evangelista, Enrico Morello, (“in my opinion the number one drummer in Italy today”, says Rava) and guitarist Francesco Diodati give them both space and assured support. Background Press Reactions Background This Wild Dance is a transgenerational undertaking, initiated by the grand master of Italian Jazz. Energized by joyous experiences on the road, the ever youthful Enrico Rava took his new working quartet of the last two years into Arte Suono Studio in Udine. Here they were joined by trombonist Gianluca Petrella, an internationally noted player through his contributions to Rava’s three acclaimed post-millennium quintet albums Tribe (2011), The Words & The Days (2005) and Easy Living (2003), as well as a string of albums under his own name. “I love the sound of trumpet and trombone together. The trombone is, more or less, almost the same instrument as the trumpet anyway, just in a different register, and what you can do with them in unison is very special,“ Rava points out, adding, “in that respect Roswell Rudd, with whom I played in the early 1970s, was a very important influence on me. And both Roswell and Gianluca are very modern players but with firm roots in New Orleans dance bands.” As on his 1970s ECM small group recordings The Plot and The Pilgrim And The Stars with John Abercrombie, Rava has once again assembled a band with a guitarist instead of a pianist providing the harmonic centre. “I often prefer to hear a guitarist playing behind a soloist – not least because guitarists can’t play chords with 10 fingers”, Rava smiles, praising the way Francesco Diodati’s playing opens up more spaces than it fills with what Rava calls “delicate clouds of sounds”. With Manfred Eicher producing, the five Italians recorded a program of Rava originals which cover a broad range of moods – from brooding ballad playing to fiery uptempo post-bop. Almost half of the tracks were written by Rava specially for this albums while others, much to his delight, were proposed by the members of the band and stem back to the 1980s and 1990s (“Diva”, “Infant” and “Overboard”). The program on Wild Dance is rounded off with a group improvisation. Once again Rava’s playing makes it clear that lightness and intensity, elegant cool and emotional warmth are no opposites. “Still one of the world’s greatest jazz trumpet players”, leading German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung confirmed in an article earlier this year. Rava and Petrella form a peerless two-horn frontline, whether playing in unison, engaging in dialogue or taking their turns in extensive soloing. The rhythm section of Gabriele Evangelista, Enrico Morello, (“in my opinion the number one drummer in Italy today”, says Rava) and guitarist Francesco Diodati give them assured support and a diverse shimmering background. “I am very fond of this record,“ Rava says. “It was one of the easiest records to make in my career, simply because we were all in such a positive and productive mood. Almost all of the tracks were first takes.” Press reactions Enrico Rava, the great Italian jazz trumpeter, sifted through avant-swing, improv and experimental crossovers for years, then discovered Michael Jackson in his 70s, and devoted an utterly personal tribute album to him in the company of younger partners. ‘Wild Dance’ is similarly cross-generational, with an expanded Rava road band, fronted for the occasion by the leader’s trumpet paired with the trombone of Gianluca Petrella, a supple maestro of voicelike long tones, bebop intricacies and inbuilt swing. Rava’s Miles-inspired lyricism and tone control on slow music often takes centre stage in his work, but […] the blurted Ornette Coleman-like flurries of ‘Infant’ or ‘Happy Shades’, the guitar-driven swinger ‘Cornette’, or the soft bop ‘F Express’, over the excellent Enrico Morello’s bustling brushwork, represent effortlessly inventive uptempo jazz playing. John Fordham, The Guardian Enrico Rava has cut many gorgeous albums. This ranks very highly among them. Bar one collective improvisation, trumpeter Rava composed all the tracks, demonstrating command of a considerable range of moods and forms. The playing is often sensitive and delicate yet emotionally fullbodied, and when the band cuts loose it’s powerfully direct. Barry Witherden, BBC Music Magazine There is strong cohesion and purpose in the group’s sound. Guitarist Francesco Diodati’s subtle accompaniments leave the harmony more open than would a piano, recalling Rava’s classic ECM releases of the late 1970s with guitarist John Abercrombie, and Petrella’s trombone provides a subtle foil to the leader’s horn. A master of haunted space, artfully blurring the lines between form and formlessness. Cormac Larkin, Irish Times It is striking how a guitar changes the atmosphere of a Rava ensemble. There is much more open space. Diodati does not so much accompany Rava as array shifting backgrounds containing strands of independent thought and pools of light. Rava is clearly inspired. […] His lines are like no other trumpeter’s. He thinks in seemingly autonomous fragments, but then finds relationships among them and juxatposes them into large designs. Thomas Conrad, Jazz Times Das verhallt-reduzierte friselleske Spiel des Gitarristen Francesco Diodati, die klanglich wie ein Alter Ego des Bandleaders wirkenden Linien des Posaunisten Gianluca Petrella, die firme Grundierung des Bassisten Gabriele Evangelista sowie die unberechenbar flatternden Becken- und Fellschläge des Drummers Enrico Morello – das ist alles wie geschaffen für Ravas Spiel und den auf ‚Wild Dance‘ versammelten Kompositionen älteren und neueren Datums. Man hört Luft, Licht, Feuerbälle, kühle Dunkelheit, Tarantella-Tanz, freie Formen und vergilbte Fotos von New Orleans wie in einem synästhetischen Gesamtkunstwerk. Josef Engels, Jazzthing Hier hat der Trompeter sein Quartett versammelt, allesamt junge Musiker, von denen der Gitarrist Francesco Diodati besonders heraussticht. Denn er liefert Rava den schwebenden, harmonischen Untergrund, den der Trompeter für seine solistischen Ausflüge braucht. […] Fast alles stammt aus Ravas Feder. Da kann es auch einmal humorig, auch schlitzohrig-hintergründig zugehen, immerhin ist die Commedia dell’arte eine italienische Erfindung. Und sie hat, wie bei Rava immer, einen wahren, ernsten Kern. Tilman Urbach, Stereo In den 13 Eigenkompositionen plus einer kollektiven Gruppenimprovisation ist alles enthalten, was Rava zu einem der Top-Trompeter der Gegenwart gemacht hat: wunderbare, schwebende Balladen voller Melancholie, rasante Uptempo-Nummern und natürlich sein unverwechselbarer Ton, der permanent zwischen eleganter Coolness und emotionaler Tiefe, zwischen Fragilität und vorantreibender Bestimmtheit changiert. Peter Füssl, Kultur Ungeachtet des Titels ‚Wild Dance‘ ist sie kein frenetischer Teufelstanz, sondern eine zwar gelegentlich schäumend swingende Postbop-Veranstaltung, in den größeren Partien aber Musik mit einem schönen, nachdenklichen Glanz, der sich aus den sensiblen Unisoni und Polyfonien der beiden Blechbläser entwickelt, aber auch aus der Einbindung der beiden großen Melodiker in die weiten Räume der sparsamen Rhythmusgruppe mit Gabriele Evangelista am Bass und Enrico Morello am Schlagzeug, vor allem aber mit Francesco Diodatis subtiler Gitarre – es ist die Band, mit der der charismatische Rava in den letzten Jahren on the road war, und das ist diesem gleichzeitig organisierten und offenen Jazz wunderbar anzuhören. Spitze. In den zwölf Rava-Originals beweist sich einmal mehr, dass sich Power und Poesie nicht ausschließen. Peter Rüedi, Die Weltwoche Featured artists Enrico Rava Trumpet Gabriele Evangelista Double Bass Enrico Morello Drums Gianluca Petrella Trombone Track list
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