City of Broken Dreams Giovanni Guidi

• 1 City of Broken Dreams 07:17
• 2 Leonie 03:51
• 3 Just One More Time 04:13
• 4 The Forbidden Zone 03:39
• 5 No Other Possibility 06:25
• 6 The Way Some People Live 06:06
• 7 The Impossible Divorce 03:35
• 8 Late Blue 06:16
• 9 Ocean View 03:28
• 10 City of Broken Dreams, Var. 07:11
• Total Runtime 52:01

Info for City of Broken Dreams

Der 1985 geborene Pianist Giovanni Guidi ist einer der außergewöhnlichsten Musiker, die der italienische Jazz im letzten Jahrzehnt hervorgebracht hat. Auf Enrico Ravas Alben „Tribe“ und „On The Dancefloor“ hat er bereits nachdrücklich auf sich aufmerksam gemacht. Rava rühmt sowohl Guidis „grenzenlose Neugier“ als auch die „unnachgiebige Raffinesse“, die sein Anschlag und sein musikalischer Geschmack offenbaren. Der Pianist beweist beständig, dass sich diese Qualitäten nicht widersprechen. Sein erstes Album als Leader für ECM ist eine glänzende Kollektion von Eigenkompositionen, gleichzeitig nach innen gewandt und voller kreativem Wagemut, mit vielen gewandten Dialogen zwischen den Musikern. Dabei bekommt Bassist Thomas Morgan, dessen Rolle im Guidi Trio vielleicht mit der von Scott LaFaro im Bill Evans Trio vergleichbar ist, reichlich Raum. Der portugiesische Schlagzeuger João Lobo, ebenfalls ein äußerst origineller Musiker, gibt der Musik mit filigranen Mustern auf den Becken poetische Schattierungen.

Giovanni Guidi, piano
Thomas Morgan, double bass
João Lobo, drums

Recorded December 2011
Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano
Engineer: Stefano Amerio
Produced by Manfred Eicher

Giovanni Guidi
Born in Foligno 1985, meets Enrico Rava during a Workshop in Siena. Rava notices his talent and decides to include him in “Rava Under 21” project, that would become “Rava New Generation” after a little time. With this group Guidi will record two CDs , in 2006 and in 2010, for “ESPRESSO” magazine.

At the moment, beyond the partnership with Gianluca Petrella, his own personal trio with Luca Aquino and Michele Rabbia, his quartet leaded with the young sax “enfant prodige” Mattia Cigalini, Guidi is always leader of his own groups.

He took part to a very large number of important jazz festivals all around the world. We may mension Umbria Jazz, Vicenz New Conversation, Zurich Nu Jazz, Umbria Jazz Balcanic Windows, Stavanger Mai Jazz, Jazzlandia, Noth Sea Jazz Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, Molde Jazz, Portland Jazz Festival, and many others. Moreover , he performed in many clubs and theatres in New york, San Paolo, Rio De Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Slavador De Bahia, Berlino, Parigi, Londra, Monaco, Dublino, Seoul, Hong Kong.

His first album as a leader is “Tomorrow Never Knows”, recorded by the japanese label VENUS, receiving five stars in a review by the “Swing Journal” magazine.

After that he released other four albums for CAM JAZZ label: “Indian Summer” and “ The House Behind This One” recorded with his quartet, “The Unknown Rebel” with a band of ten elements and “We Don’t Live Here Anymore” recorded in New York with Gianluca Petrella, Michael Blake, Thomas Morgan and Gerald Clever.

His first album as leader released by the prestigious ECM label is dated 2013: “City of Broken Dreams”, recorded in trio with Thomas Morgan and Joao Lobo.

Guidi had just recorded previously two other albums for ECM: “Tribe” and “ On The Dance Floor”, both by Enrico Rava.

Guidi won, moreover, several awards, such as the “TOPJAZZ “ award by “Musica Jazz” magazine. In that occasion the young pianist is been named by a 58 members jury the best talent of 2007. On March 2015 ECM released “This Is The Day” recorded with Thomas Morgan and Joao Lobo.

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