LORENZO NARDOCCI TRIO - Secondo Me
Losen: LOS256-2
Lorenzo Nardocci: piano; Andreas Dreier: double bass; Terje Evensen: drums
Recorded June 28th and 29th 2021 by Martin Abrahamson at Rainbow Studio, Oslo
The album’s title means ‘according to me’ and the set opens with the title track. This is a tasteful melody in C-major with a gentle samba lilt, and captures a sense of joy, hope, optimism, and humanity that permeates the pieces on the album. It is impossible to hear the tune without smiling. This music is the perfect antidote to winter, covid, being locked away and feels very much like the excitement and tranquillity of spring.
Indeed, ‘Secondo me’ is one of those songs which immediately catch the listener’s attention in its elegant lyricism, and which, incidentally, has something that could be described as the Losen sound (by which I mean a recording which captures the rich sonority of the instruments, which has plenty of space around the melody, and which has a deceptively complex chord progression). This is also apparent in ‘Rubato’, track 7, where, as the title suggests, the tempo gradually morphs (although never so far as to jolt the listener from the stately opening pace).
The exuberant closing track, ‘BMW’ (named for Nardocci’s children) has a simple repeating motif (not that far removed from a ragtime tune, which perfectly blends joyful and carefree childhood and paternal pride) around which he spills improvisation.
Interspersed between Nardocci’s composed pieces are three compact improvisations (running around 1 and 3 minutes). Each of these could easily develop into pieces that fit Nardocci’s compositional style, and suggests that the trio has fully assimilated a shared way of musical-thinking and playing. As a second album, this shows a trio who have well and truly found their stride and I hope they will continue making such enjoyable music.
Reviewed by Chris Baber
Losen: LOS256-2
Lorenzo Nardocci: piano; Andreas Dreier: double bass; Terje Evensen: drums
Recorded June 28th and 29th 2021 by Martin Abrahamson at Rainbow Studio, Oslo
The album’s title means ‘according to me’ and the set opens with the title track. This is a tasteful melody in C-major with a gentle samba lilt, and captures a sense of joy, hope, optimism, and humanity that permeates the pieces on the album. It is impossible to hear the tune without smiling. This music is the perfect antidote to winter, covid, being locked away and feels very much like the excitement and tranquillity of spring.
Indeed, ‘Secondo me’ is one of those songs which immediately catch the listener’s attention in its elegant lyricism, and which, incidentally, has something that could be described as the Losen sound (by which I mean a recording which captures the rich sonority of the instruments, which has plenty of space around the melody, and which has a deceptively complex chord progression). This is also apparent in ‘Rubato’, track 7, where, as the title suggests, the tempo gradually morphs (although never so far as to jolt the listener from the stately opening pace).
The exuberant closing track, ‘BMW’ (named for Nardocci’s children) has a simple repeating motif (not that far removed from a ragtime tune, which perfectly blends joyful and carefree childhood and paternal pride) around which he spills improvisation.
Interspersed between Nardocci’s composed pieces are three compact improvisations (running around 1 and 3 minutes). Each of these could easily develop into pieces that fit Nardocci’s compositional style, and suggests that the trio has fully assimilated a shared way of musical-thinking and playing. As a second album, this shows a trio who have well and truly found their stride and I hope they will continue making such enjoyable music.
Reviewed by Chris Baber
