In the 72nd episode of the ECM podcast we’re joined by saxophonist Andy Sheppard, whose new ECM album Salt Catchers was recorded with his new trio featuring Italian pianist Rita Marcotulli and French bassist Michel Benita. Andy talks about voices, […]
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Enzo Favata’s Atlantico quintet explores the musical space where jazz, chamber music dynamics and improvisation meet – never predictable, but with a strong sense of direction grounded in vast musical backgrounds, including the multitude of traditional southern musical dialects that surround them in Southern Italy and around the Mediterranean. Led by Sardinian saxophonist and clarinettist Enzo Favata, with long-time collaborator Marcello Peghin on guitar, bandoneonist Daniel Di Bonaventura, double bassist Salvatore Maltana and drummer UT Gandhi, on Ritornare – Favata’s first recording for ECM – the group creates a richly coloured acoustic sound world shaped by travel, memory and imagination.
Enzo Favata - Ritornare
After a critically lauded release with his Trio Libero, successful quartet recordings (Surrounded By Sea, 2015, Romaria, 2018) and an internationally acclaimed trilogy of albums in a trio with Carla Bley and Steve Swallow, on Saltcatchers English saxophonist Andy Sheppard presents a new trio with Italian pianist Rita Marcotulli and French bass player Michel Benita – two musicians „with whom I go back quite a long time but never recorded with collectively.“ Full of captivating melodic beauty, delicate harmony and thoughtful interplay, the album features eight new Sheppard originals plus one tune by Carla Bley, taking shape as a haven of tranquillity.
Salt Catchers
The independent record label ECM – Edition of Contemporary Music – was founded by producer Manfred Eicher in 1969, and to date has issued more than 1800 albums spanning many idioms.
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