TONI GERMANI QUARTET - Canzoni in scatola (Songs in a Box)
SLAM Records SLAMCD 573
Toni Germani, alto saxophone and vocal; Giovanni Ceccarelli, piano; Mauro Gargano, double bass; Patrick Goraguer, drums
Recorded at Bopcity Studio, Paris, France, October 2015
All seven tracks on the album are original compositions by Italian saxophonist Toni Germani. The music is clearly subjectively expressionistic, a statement of the value – to the artist - of melody as an essential form of musical creation and narrative. So, it is a personal and idiosyncratic articulation of the musician’s inner experience, both of music and of the world around him.
The album seems never to change pace: it is utterly cool, phlegmatic; everybody has all the time in the world to get to where they are going, but there’s no urgency and the mode is very down-to-earth. This brings to the album a certain grace – and the music and its playing are dispensed with considerable elegance. Definitely music to relax to.
Reviewed by Ken Cheetham
SLAM Records SLAMCD 573
Toni Germani, alto saxophone and vocal; Giovanni Ceccarelli, piano; Mauro Gargano, double bass; Patrick Goraguer, drums
Recorded at Bopcity Studio, Paris, France, October 2015
All seven tracks on the album are original compositions by Italian saxophonist Toni Germani. The music is clearly subjectively expressionistic, a statement of the value – to the artist - of melody as an essential form of musical creation and narrative. So, it is a personal and idiosyncratic articulation of the musician’s inner experience, both of music and of the world around him.
The album seems never to change pace: it is utterly cool, phlegmatic; everybody has all the time in the world to get to where they are going, but there’s no urgency and the mode is very down-to-earth. This brings to the album a certain grace – and the music and its playing are dispensed with considerable elegance. Definitely music to relax to.
Reviewed by Ken Cheetham
