2009-01-20

Nexus, Open Mouth Blues, RED Record, VPA 169 (1983)


-->In my opinion one of the most exciting records of Italian (European?) jazz in the eighties.
The first output of a neglected group, and a little known album never reissued on cd. Music so strong and yet lirycal, swingin’hard and with themes that fills in your head without givin’ up to timbrical and compositional research.
The source of this music is in Andrew Cirylle groups (Tiziano Tononi studied with Cirylle who is by his admission his musical and life teacher) and perhaps Tim Berne.
Nexus - Open Mouth Blues - Red Record VPA 169 (Lp only)
Recorded & mixed at Studio Barigozzi, Milano, 1983 June 24th and 25th
Released September 1983
A1) Amanita Muscaria (P.DallaPorta) 16.20
A2) Open Mouth Blues (T.Tononi) 6.46
B3) Night Raga Falls (D.Cavallanti) 8.22
B4) Song for the Seals (T.Tononi) 11.22
Nexus is Daniele Cavallanti: tenor & baritone saxes
Pino Minafra: trumpet, flueghelhorn, pocket trumpet
Luca Bonvini: trombone, sackbut
Paolino Dalla Porta: bass, tambourine, kalimba
Tiziano Tononi. drums, percussion, gongs
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3 comments:

platingbear63 said...

Quando vuoi sono disponibile a seguirti nel progetto
Grazie per il link al tuo blog
Ora mi godo questa gemma che, tra l'altro, non conoscevo.
Ciao
PS mi fai sentire vecchio con quel lei

dario said...

Great! I also like a lot the music of Nexus, Open Mouth Blues, but also all the following: "Urban Shout", "Night riders" and many many others.
I also higly recommend the Tiziano Tononi and Maggie Nicols "Going for the Magic" (1987 - Splasc(h) records HP 13), never reissued on CD.

Dario

http://lifeandjazz.splinder.com/

Jazzfan37 said...

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se gli dai un'occhiata mi farai molto piacere
a presto
GiGi