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Bernardo Sassetti Trio: Culturgest 2007

By Mark Corroto
June 29, 2022
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Many listeners were introduced to the pianist

Bernardo Sassetti

piano
1970 - 2012

" data-original-title="" title="">Bernardo Sassetti by the record label Clean Feed, which built its early reputation on his recordings. The releases Nocturno (2004), Indigo (2004), Ascent (2005), Unreal: Sidewalk Cartoon (2006), and Motion (2010) are true evergreens. His untimely accidental death in 2012 (like that of

Esbjorn Svensson

piano
1964 - 2008

" data-original-title="" title="">Esbjorn Svensson in 2008) was a shock to Sassetti's many supporters.

A decade on, a 2007 concert performance by Sassetti and his longtime trio of bassist

Carlos Barretto

bass
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Carlos Barretto and drummer Alexandre Fraz?o at Culturgest's Auditorium in Lisbon surfaced. This live date, convened to mark the 10th anniversary of this working unit, certainly rates as one of the trio's outstanding recordings. With a passionate audience in attendance, the trio opens the concert with some rolling thunder before settling into a dreamscape of sound. Sassetti's sound might have begun in a

Bill Evans

piano
1929 - 1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Evans vein, but he also sounds a bit like

Chick Corea

piano
1941 - 2021

" data-original-title="" title="">Chick Corea with splashes of

Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk. That is to say, he mines the romantic canon with an ear for angular melodies which move the backside. This is evidenced by "Algumas Coisas N?o Mudam," and the trio's cover of "I'm Thru With Love" which utilizes a percussive attack fueled by Barretto and Fraz?o's locomotion. Elsewhere Sassetti displays his chamber classical/jazz chops with the trio's performance of "Reflexo" and solo "Tristeza Dos Dois." They apply deep groove vibes with "Um Dia Atrav��s Do Vidro," before ending with the cinematic and romantic "Quando Volta O Encanto."

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Track Listing

Abertura; I��m Thru With Love; Reflexos; Algumas Coisas N?o Mudam; Tristeza Dos Dois; Um Dia Atrav��s Do Vidro; Quando Volta O Encanto.

Personnel

Bernardo Sassetti

piano

Carlos Barretto

bass

Alexandre Fraz?o

drums

Album information

Title: Culturgest 2007 | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Clean Feed Records

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