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Beauty Is A Rare Thing

by Giancarlo Tossani

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Faites Votre Remix 04:25
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Audioglobe 03:41
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Souvenirs From The Future 03:26
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Fluxlux 08:35
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Give Me A Face, Give Me A Voice 06:52
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Musicarebus 06:04
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Beauty Is A Rare Thing 05:34
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Early Food Music 07:04
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Mejor Vida Corporation 05:58
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The classic combination of instruments like piano, bass, drums and horn in the most established formats; trio and quartet, is often challenged by the label, which favours a more adventurous approach to a musical working unit. However, Giancarlo Tossani Synapser’s Beauty Is a Rare Thing is the exception that proves the rule. On paper, the quartet of pianist Giancarlo Tossani, saxophonist Achille Succi, who also plays the bass clarinet, bassist Tito Mangialajo Rantzer and Cristiano Calcagnile on drums may look like a traditional working unit, but like all other artists on the Auand label they stretch the understanding of the sound of jazz while still remaining true to tradition. The title, Beauty Is a Rare Thing, is taken from Ornette Coleman’s composition of the same name, a tune that also finds its way on the album. With lyrical gentleness and empathic understanding of silence and spatiality that is characteristic of the album as whole, the quartet revisits Coleman’s composition, retaining the perfect balance between subtle melodic threads and pure sound. On the other hand, “Early food musics” shows the capability of the band to create a solid groove, which gives plenty of room for Succi’s passionate playing. “Fluxlux” introduces an intricate piano figure reminiscent of Herbie Hancock that dissolves into a carefully controlled stream of sound where Tossani broadens the palette of his instrument: hammering, and whispering. The quartet sings that rare song of beauty, which Coleman captured himself, revisiting and broadening avant-garde tradition.

[All About Jazz USA, Jakob Baekgaard]

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released October 15, 2004

Achille Succi - alto sax, bass clarinet
Giancarlo Tossani - piano
Tito Mangialajo Rantzer - double bass
Cristiano Calcagnile - drums

Produced by Giancarlo Tossani
Executive producer: Marco Valente
Recording: Mantova, February and March 2004
Engineer: Carlo Cantini
Cover Photo: Paolo Ceresa

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Giancarlo Tossani Cremona, Italy

-Tossani is a really inventive and virtuosic pianist (All About Jazz)
- Intrigue, séduit, déconcerte par la diversité des paysages qu’il invite à visiter (Jazzman)
Winner of “Musica Jazz” Annual Critics Pool 2006 as ” Italian Rising Star”.
He played with many musicians, in festivals and clubs (included the Blue Note in NYC).
More: www.giancarlotossani.com ... more

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