Four stories Roberto Gatto Quartet

• 1 Kool 06:11
• 2 The music next door 04:46
• 3 Il valzer della fonderia 04:50
• 4 Saloon Malaga 05:45
• 5 Four stories 06:24
• 6 Cherry Song 05:41
• 7 Waver 05:25
• 8 Monaco-Palermo 05:36
• 9 Victoria Regia 04:09
• 10 Gardenia 03:23
• Total Runtime 52:10

Info for Four stories

This album is part of the recordings that Giulio Cesare made on the occasion of the concerts of the fonè Music Festival Piaggio edition 2022 organized by Cesare himself. The location chosen is the Piaggio Auditorium located inside the famous Pontedera Museum, the place where Piaggio was born and where it still continues to produce today.This album is part of the recordings that Giulio Cesare made on the occasion of the concerts of the fonè Music Festival Piaggio edition 2023 organized by Cesare himself. The location chosen is the Piaggio Auditorium located inside the famous Pontedera Museum, the place where Piaggio was born and where it still continues to produce today.

The protagonists of Four Stories are four great musicians with an extraordinary leader, Roberto Gatto, the greatest Italian jazz drummer, in the company of Alessandro Presti (trumpet), Matteo Bortone (double bass) and Alessandro Lanzoni (piano). Roberto Gatto has played throughout Europe and the rest of the world with his groups and with international artists. The groups with his name are characterized, in addition to an interesting timbre research, and an impeccable performance technique, by a great warmth typical of Mediterranean culture.

This certainly makes Roberto Gatto one of the most interesting drummers and composers in Europe and in the World. Among the songs played, many are those composed by the artists themselves: "The Music Next Door" by R. Gatto, "Il valzer della fonderia" by A. Presti, "Waver" by A. Lanzoni and "Victoria Regia" by M. Bortone. The album is completed by two very special songs by Mary Lou Williams and Gary Peacock.

Alessandro Presti, trumpet
Matteo Bortone, double bass
Alessandro Lanzoni, piano
Roberto Gatto, drums

Roberto Gatto Quartet
With this quartet, the internationally best-known drummer from Italy brings his own open concept of jazz into play: the joy of musical communication, a skilful combination of talents from different generations and a keen ear for the great Afro-American tradition and innovation. His stylistically broad-based collaborations have ranged from Phil Woods to Franco Ambrosetti, from Enrico Rava to Franco D'Andrea. Over time, the musician has increasingly developed into a sensitive leader who is able to put together groups that organically enrich his projects. On the one hand, there is the brilliance of pianist Santimone and trumpeter Presti, who have long been at the drummer's side in brilliant explorations, and on the other, the suppleness of bassist Evangelista ideally complements the drummer's pulsating rhythmic understanding.

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