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    Stefano Bollani - Joy In Spite Of Everything (2014) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

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    Stefano Bollani - Joy In Spite Of Everything (2014) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

    Stefano Bollani - Joy In Spite Of Everything (2014)
    FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time - 75:56 minutes | 1,4 GB
    Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

    Stefano Bollani is an artist of ebullient virtuosity, with uncommon sensitivity and range. The Italian pianist has proved to be at home on ECM improvising solo or leading a trio, as well as engaging in duos with Enrico Rava, Chick Corea and Brazilian bandolim player Hamilton de Holanda. With "Joy in Spite of Everything" – an album of new compositions by the pianist for a trans-Atlantic quintet - Bollani has made his most beautifully textured and infectiously lyrical statement yet. He recorded these nine pieces at New York City’s Avatar Studios with the Danish rhythm section from his Stone in the Water trio – bassist Jesper Bodilsen and drummer Morten Lund - plus two prominent American players and ECM intimates: guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist Mark Turner. As its title reflects, Joy in Spite of Everything brims with an indefatigable lightness of spirit despite the inevitable shadows of life.

    On Joy in Spite of Everything, Italian pianist Stefano Bollani reconvened his longstanding trio with drummer Morten Lund and bassist Jesper Bodilsen. They recorded three previous dates together, the most recent being 2009's excellent Stone in the Water on ECM. Bollani has continually displayed – from his dates with mentor Enrico Rava, on solo offerings, and with other leaders, that his playing and composing signatures are not only versatile and Catholic in their approach to jazz, but informed equally by the building blocks and possibilities of song itself. To that end, he has added two more players to this date, guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist Mark Turner. The group performs on these tunes not only as a quintet, but in various quartets, trios, and duets. The tracks are long enough to stretch a bit and offer a wide, colorful palette of approaches. Opener "Easy Healing" has a calypso-cum-plena vibe that allows for lovely interplay from the rhythm section, but also between Frisell and Turner – who is unusually lyrical rather than cerebral – in his solo. It's followed by "No Pope No Party." With knotty, stop-and-start post-bop as its entryway, it swings throughout even when it moves afield; the dialogue between saxophonist and pianist is canny, with Frisell's solo melding straight-ahead swing with Americana. "Alobar e Kudra" is a piano trio that offers Bollani's fluid voicings, light and dark, balanced by shimmering ostinati as the rhythm section digs in and extrapolates on them. "Las Hortensias" is a long, moody ballad for a quartet with lovely understated work by the pianist. Turner explores the fringes of the melody and engages in counterpoint after his restrained solo break. The set's lengthiest number is "Vale." It commences skeletally as a nearly formless, languid, balladic improvisation. Bollani brings angles into view after his own solo, touching on post-bop, Nino Rota's delicate classicism, and the Italian jazz tradition, but it's Turner's solo that shines brightest. "Teddy," a duet with Frisell, was inspired by pianist Teddy Wilson, though its sparse, impressionistic opening would hardly suggest that. Nonetheless, in its sprightly, swinging dialogue, one can hear its subject's influence – though musically it reaches much further. "Ismene" is a beautiful ballad, and a fine vehicle for Frisell's instinctive manner of chordal voicings and poignant lyrical fills. The closing title track for Bollani's trio is fleet, wildly creative post-bop that shows off just how intuitive the group's development has become in the last decade. Joy in Spite of Everything's myriad colors and moods illustrate its title – even in the most melancholy places. As an album it reveals how confident and sensitive Bollani is, in full command of his musical range and technical facility – as composer, bandleader, pianist, and arranger – as well as in the depth of his honesty in emotional expression.

    Tracklist:

    01 - Easy Healing
    02 - No Pope No Party
    03 - Alobar e Kudra
    04 - Las Hortensias
    05 - Vale
    06 - Teddy
    07 - Ismene
    08 - Tales from the Time Loop
    09 - Joy in Spite of Everything

    Produced by Manfred Eicher. Engineered by James A. Farber.
    Recorded in June 2013 at Avatar Studios, New York.
    Mixed in March 2014 in Lugano by Manfred Eicher, Stefano Bollani and Stefano Amerio.

    Musicians:
    Stefano Bollani - piano
    Mark Turner - tenor saxophone
    Bill Frisell - guitar
    Jesper Bodilsen - double bass
    Morten Lund - drums

    Analyzed: Stefano Bollani, Jesper Bodilsen, Morten Lund, Mark Turner & Bill Frisell / Joy in Spite of Everything
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    DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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    DR12 -0.30 dB -15.73 dB 9:26 01-Easy Healing
    DR11 -0.30 dB -13.36 dB 8:08 02-No Pope No Party
    DR12 -0.30 dB -15.42 dB 6:01 03-Alobar e Kudra
    DR15 -0.30 dB -19.37 dB 8:30 04-Las Hortensias
    DR12 -0.30 dB -16.32 dB 12:21 05-Vale
    DR14 -0.30 dB -17.04 dB 7:07 06-Teddy
    DR13 -0.30 dB -17.30 dB 8:47 07-Ismene
    DR12 -0.30 dB -14.77 dB 9:37 08-Tales from the Time Loop
    DR13 -0.30 dB -16.07 dB 5:58 09-Joy in Spite of Everything
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    Number of tracks: 9
    Official DR value: DR13

    Samplerate: 88200 Hz
    Channels: 2
    Bits per sample: 24
    Bitrate: 2662 kbps
    Codec: FLAC
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