Tati

Enrico Rava, Stefano Bollani | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ecm Records
• ASIN: B000ANHGH2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,805 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars honestly flying on the lightness of a few notes, February 18, 2006

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Mencarelli Fabrizio (Pisa, Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tati (Audio CD)

The trumpet of Enrico Rava can be recognized from his own personal phrasing althought he comes from a minimalist tradition of trumpet players and great musicians such as Miles Davis and Chet Baker. His last work is a confirmation of a maturity and elegance which are giving us a few golden notes to live better. The interplay with the young italian world famous piano player, Stefano Bollani, is wonderfull and by themselves are sufficient in exploring the essence of the music. Paul Motian does not look like being at his best, he is not interplaying with the expected energy and decision to underline the wonderful moments Rava and Bollani are gifting us. The duo, Rava - Bollani, would have deserved 5 stars.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark undercurrents without a double bass, February 8, 2010

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Steve Wyzard (Lomita, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tati (Audio CD)

Released in 2005, this album probably came as a surprise to many long-time listeners of Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava. Not only is there no bass player, but also no cornet, no flugelhorn, no trombones, no saxophones, and no guitars. Just trumpet, piano, and drums. It's a very intimate and personal recording, and this will no doubt lead other reviewers to complain it's too slow and doesn't swing. Yes, without being too derivative, it is reminiscent of the darker, after-hours tones and textures of ECM labelmate Tomasz Stanko.

Rava's golden tone and time-honored style are heard to their best advantage in "The Man I love" and "Golden Eyes", while on the impressionistic title track, he's far too piercing and shrill to be dismissed as "smooth jazz". The clouds part for the three best songs on the album, "Mirrors", "Jessica Too", and "Cornettology". All Rava originals, they feature faster tempi, fiery trumpet outbursts, excellent piano accompaniment from Stefano Bollani, and intense pounding from legendary drummer Paul Motian. Other tracks are simple dirges ("Birdsong", "Gang of 5") or improv pieces ("Fantasm", "Overboard").

The black-and-white booklet photos from the sessions help add to the late-night, noirish atmosphere. Bollani shines throughout, with Motian adding much brush and cymbal work behind the horn lines. This has unobtrusively become one of my favorite Enrico Rava albums, and he deserves much credit for simultaneously wandering off the beaten track while remaining true to his own individual style. At 54:49, Tati does not outstay its welcome, but it does look forward to Rava's much-too-long 2008 album, The Third Man (which does without both bass AND drums). Were it not for Manu Katche's Neighbourhood, this would be a serious competitor for jazz album of the year.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great album, April 14, 2006

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dig-it-the-most "dig-it-the-most" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tati (Audio CD)

I saw Enrico a few weeks ago with Bollani (but without Motian) and picked up this CD after the gig.

The music was pretty much the same as this recording. Many of the tunes are the same, as is the very spacious quality.

I have seen Chet a few times, Miles a half dozen, but not when Miles was playing this way with Herbie (to some extent.) With Chet and Miles gone, this is your best chance to hear this kind of trumpet playing live, so go check them out at once! You won't find this kind of maturity in music often.