pintomusica

在90年代早期開始合作，兩位來自義大利的重量級小號手Enrico Rava與鋼琴手Stefano Bollani。 Stefano Bollani把Enrico Rava 當作導師，Enrico Rava則將Stefano Bollani譽為「可能是自亞特泰坦以來，最有天賦的鋼琴家」，二人於近年合作的專輯，包括《Easy Living》，及與Paul Motian一起合作而成的《Tati》。


本張專輯兩位樂手把他們的演奏延伸至南美音樂、義大利傳統哥曲及電影音樂等，靈感取材自美國導演歐森威爾斯(Orson Welles)的電影黑獄亡魂(The Third Man)。當中包括重新演繹的Antonio Carlos Jobim的著名民謠“Retrato Em Branco Y Preto”, 及意大利歌手Bruno Martino的歌曲 “Estate” 。


Enrico Rava與Stefano Bollani，在兩人世界中以鋼琴和小號進行親密對話。音樂中融合了抒情與即興爵士，相互起伏的音符和旋律，此消彼長，或是同時哀怨起來形成一委婉纏綿的旋律。二人的眼光在演奏中相互交接，在空間中不斷迴響，直至消逝，音符最終落在只有二人的音樂廳舞台上，在當中不存在第三者。



They have been playing together since the early 1990s, Bollani hailing trumpeter Rava as his mentor, and Rava regarding Bollani as “perhaps the most gifted pianist since Art Tatum”.

After Rava’s highly acclaimed “Easy Living” (quintet featuring Bollani) and the Rava/Bollani/Paul Motian collaboration “Tati”, comes this superb duo set, recorded in Lugano in November 2006. Here is marvellous linear playing and melodies plucked from the air, two master improvisers making freely lyrical jazz together – inspired by jazz history, South American music (an important source for both musicians), the Italian song tradition, contemporary composition and more, all developed, under Manfred Eicher’s supervision, into a unique programme. The repertoire includes compositions by each of the protagonists, two takes of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s famous ballad “Retrato Em Branco Y Preto”, a reinvention of “Estate” by the Italian singer Bruno Martino (whose own inspirations included Neapolitan folk song as well as jazz ) and spontaneous –yet profoundly melodic – free improvisation on the title track.