(CAM Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Fusion) [WEB] Fulvio Sigurta (with Andrea Lombardini & Alessandro Paternesi) - SPL - 2013, FLAC (tracks), lossless

A special modern CD, disconcerting at times, “SPL”, the new work by trumpet player, Fulvio Sigurtà, with Andrea Lombardini on electric bass guitar and Alessandro Paternesi on drums, is a surprise, track after track. Sounds studied in the minimum detail, atmospheres suspended in time, a merging of genres, with a rock soul peeping out among the tracks. The leader’s trumpet moves deftly among the full-bodied notes of the commanding rhythmic section, allowing itself experimental excursions. That’s what we find in “Aliasing Memories”, a piece written and thought out for the instrument, but distorted, as if it were an electric guitar.
A mature, decisive, complex CD. Sigurtà’s trio is joined by two exceptional guests: Ross Stanley on the Hammond organ and Michele Rabbia on percussion (and electronics), who endorse the track “Fruity Fly Brain” together. Almost all of the other SPL compositions were fruit of the creativity of the leader, apart from two, written by Lombardini, and “Polly Come Home” by Gene Clark (The Byrds). From the first track, “Like A Bird, Like Your Cage” to the last “In The Moment”, “SPL” explores the new expressive potentials and frontiers of jazz with curiosity and intelligence.

Fulvio Sigurtà • trumpet, flugelhorn, laptop
Andrea Lombardini • electric, acoustic & 8 string bass
Alessandro Paternesi • drums
& guests
Ross Stanley • Hammond organ
Michele Rabbia • percussion