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Joe Fonda Quartet: Eyes on the Horizon

By Alberto Bazzurro
December 23, 2024
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Quattro super-leader, fra cui anche il nostro

Tiziano Tononi

drums
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Tiziano Tononi, per il quale far parte di questo illustre consesso rappresenta un'autentica medaglia, compongono l'organico protagonista di questo notevole album a nome del bassista (nonch��, qui ma non solo qui, anche flautista)

Joe Fonda

bass
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Fonda, fresco settantenne, una carriera iniziata nei primi anni Ottanta proprio accanto a

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Wadada Leo Smith, che gli fa l'onore di tornare al suo fianco, e proseguita soprattutto accanto a

Anthony Braxton

woodwinds
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Anthony Braxton (ma anche a

Satoko Fujii

piano
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Satoko Fujii, che qui completa l'ensemble, quattro album fa il 2016 e il 2019, tutti per la medesima etichetta di questo, la Long Song, editrice anche di Trouble No More... All Men Are Brothers, con Fonda nel gruppo allargato di Tononi),

Michael Jefry Stevens

piano
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Jefry Stevens,

Cecil Taylor

piano
1929 - 2018

" data-original-title="" title="">Cecil Taylor e tanti altri.

Inciso a New Haven, Connecticut, nel dicembre 2023, Eyes on the Horizon consta per parte sua di sette brani (di cui ben quattro dedicati a Wadada, e un quinto a Bobby Naughton), tutti a firma del bassista e leader, brani in cui la coralit��, la pienezza, la ricchezza timbrica e dinamica, hanno il sopravvento su vacue ubbie personalistiche, generando un sound di sicuro appeal, in forza, appunto, della capacit�� di marciare compatti (proprio come idea fondante), non recedendo di un millimetro dalla volont�� di creare una musica realmente d'insieme, nonch�� assolutamente leggibile pur nella sua totale non-ovviet��.

La perfetta quadratura del cerchio, in altre parole.

Album della settimana.

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Track Listing

Inspiration Opus #1 (For Wadada Leo Smith); My Song Opus #2; We Need Members Opus #4 (For Wadada Leo Smith); Like No Other (For Bobby Naughton); Listen to Dr. Cornell West; Bright Light Opus #5 (For Wadada Leo Smith); Eyes on the Horizon Opus #3 (For Wadada Leo Smith).

Personnel

Joe Fonda

bass

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet

Satoko Fujii

piano

Tiziano Tononi

drums

Additional Instrumentation

Joe Fonda: flute.

Album information

Title: Eyes on the Horizon | Year Released: 2024 | Record Label: Long Song Records

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