Waiting For Edo Raf Ferrari Quartet

• 1 Waiting For Edo 05:17
• 2 Segnali dal Fuoro 06:45
• 3 New Life (dedicated to My Son) 08:48
• 4 Dancing Edo 06:58
• 5 Eight Weeks 09:08
• 6 Among Trees 03:38
• 7 Astronaut 04:40
• Total Runtime 45:14

Info for Waiting For Edo

According to the Cambridge Dictionary, roots (radici), can refer to a multitude of meanings. In biology, they are plants transformed in time by water that anchor themselves to the ground. In logic, they are the “origin” intended as the constitutive part of reality in which homogeneous elements add up; in maths, they are a number that, multiplied by itself, reaches another number contained within the first one.

Finally, in music, the root is the fundamental note that defines the key of a track, giving it harmony and movement, whether through contrast or affinity. This is how polysemy can help in describing this gorgeous new musical project by Raf Ferrari Quartet, here with the excellent crew of Vito Stano on cello, Claudio Sbrolli on drums and Andrea Colella on double bass.

Waiting for Edo is the logbook of a journey dedicated from a father to his kid, figure and archetypal metaphor of the root. This is the concept projected by Ferrari, pianist of great prestige and renowned composer. Seven stations in which experienced writing ability transfigures atmospheres and moods through dynamics of expressiveness, seven stations during which the gravest listening error would be to accent the plurality of musical references that develop from History with a capital letter in this very personal and familial history, now available to be shared.

Thus, overcoming the cliché of referencing Debussy here or Barry Harris there, Genesis on one side and Keith Jarrett on the other, as if name-dropping was the way to gain better credit in the inner circle, the quartet re-elaborates the customary listening experience in a circuit that is nothing but great and beautiful music, hostile to any label. The technical quality of this “pure” group, for his interplay, affinity, knowledge and storytelling abilities, allows the listener breaks and quickening of pace, storms and calm. An adventurous journey between chord superimpositions, rhythmic decomposition and blooming of cellos, that dominates the melodic section with Ferrari’s piano, deriving from melodic cells and tonal roots. In this way little Edo becomes the terminus ad quem: amidst the seven tracks everything happens and develops in an air far from serious, it is in the ensemble’s musical solidity that the joyfulness of the shipwreck unravels, in the playful impromptu, in the capacity of scrutinising and translating the world through the grammatical errors of the eyes of a child. Because, after all, roots are, however you describe them, “life” and of Life the music of Waiting for Edo overflows. (Paolo Romano, Musica Jazz Magazine)

Raf Ferrari, piano
Vito Stano, cello
Andrea Collela, double bass
Guerino Rondolone, electric bass (track 7)
Claudio Sbrolli, drums

Raf Ferrari
His musical universe is lyrical and inspired, elegant and sophisticated, made of contrasts and dualisms through an original mix of melody, rhythm and improvisation.

With the release of the first album Pauper (2009) Raf Ferrari with his quartet performs in prestigious festivals and begins to collaborate with important name as Gabriele Mirabassi.

The albumVenere e Marte (2013) sees the direct participation of Mirabassi confirming his artistic partnership. In January 2013, on the occasion of the second editionJAZZIT AWARDSthe editors of the Italian magazine JAZZIT awarded Venere e Marte among the best records of the year.

Mentioned in the Dictionary of Italian Jazz(FELTRINELLI, 2014) by Flavio Caprera AMONG THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE MUSICIANS OF THE NATIONAL PANORAMA

Raf Ferrari with his quartet has recently started a series of concerts abroad which was followed by an important record collaboration with the Norwegian labelLosen Records

His latest album;Quattro (LOSEN) pushed him to the stages of Norway, Sweden, Germany, Denmark France, Luxembourg and Belgium.

He has collaborated live and on record with RODOLFO MALTESE (BANDO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO), GABRIELE MIRABASSI, FABRIZIO BOSSO, IAN PAICE (DEEP PURPLE), JAVIER GIROTTO, HERBIE GOINS.

This album contains no booklet.