Personnel:
Bugge Wesseltoft (Piano, Fender Rhodes, Synthesizers, Samples, Programming and Voice)
Anders Engen (Drums)
Jonas Lönna (Drum Programming)
Paolo Vinaccia (Percussion)
Ingebrigt Flaten (Double Bass) - 2,6
Marius Reksjo (Double Bass) - 1
Hakon Kornstad (Tenor Saxophone) - 3
Tracks:
1. Change (Bugge Wesseltoft) 10:25
2. Gare du Nord (Bugge Wesseltoft/Anders Engen/Ingebrigt Flaten/Jonas Lönna/Paolo Vinaccia) 12:40
3. Yellow Is The Colour (Bugge Wesseltoft) 10:40
4. Lone (Bugge Wesseltoft) 10:05
5. Moving (Bugge Wesseltoft/Anders Engen/Ingebrigt Flaten/Jonas Lönna/Paolo Vinaccia) 12:58
6. South (Bugge Wesseltoft) 8:06
Jazzland, 2001
Moving narrows focus from the uneven eclecticism of previous Wesseltoft records, concentrating on live in the studio performances from a seasoned touring outfit. The results are engaging if not quite 'the new conception of jazz' that's been promised by Bugge (pronounced 'Boogie', if you were wondering) and his mates.
Whatever, this music avoids the usual chilly atmospherics associated with Nordic jazz; the band set up infectious, often house derived grooves which, coupled with Wesseltoft's plangent electric piano on the opening "Change", superficially echo the likes of St Germain, except that the improvisational skills on show here are miles ahead of the usual jazz housers.
Wesseltoft is the featured soloist throughout but he's more interested in episodic bursts and textures than thematic development; his synth stylings on the almost-techno title track recall ambient pioneers Cluster.
"Yellow is the Colour" features Hakon Kornstad's Pharoah Sanders-esque tenor stylings and is simply beautiful - a sampladelic recasting of classic Impulse jazz which sounds completely unforced. Ingebrigt Flaten's springy, warm double bass playing is a joy throughout. Beautiful.
BBC Review By Peter Marsh
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/6x25
Personnel:
Double Bass - Giuseppe Bassi
Piano - Domenico Sanna
Tracklist:
01. Humboldt Street #63 (6:17)
02. Ciro Chi (7:29)
03. Lush Life (7:13)
04. Zhong Kui Blues (5:55)
05. Isfahan (5:49)
06. NYC Subway Love Song (5:31)
07. Too Close For Comfort (5:28)
08. Reginella (3:00)
09. Just You, Just Me (5:53)
10. Cattiva's Lullaby (5:33)
11. Day Dream (4:45)
Albore Jazz， 2015
Giuseppe Bassi said:
For 10 years, I’ve never had an urge to make CD as leader. I needed an encounter. Then, I met Domenico Sanna. I talked about my favorite music and shared all with him. To remember such our encounter, we decided to enter into studio, in duo, in which the swing, melodies, interplays can be more intimate and crystallized. I hope people don’t care absence of drums, instruments developed for, and with jazz. We played some standards and our compositions, where swing combines with our sentiments totally set free. We hope that attentive and disengaged listeners could enjoy every moment of this CD, played by heart.
All about Giuseppe Bassi (Bari 1971):
He studied at the Conservatory of Music N. Piccinni in Bari, graduating in music theory, he studied privately with bassists in jazz world renowned as Ray Brown, Dave Holland, Christian McBride.
Bassi lived in New York city for about four years.
His concert career began in 1988, but starting from 1990 it became assiduous and constant.
He performed in fact in 1991 in the prestigious and historic jazz club “Strange Fruit” in his town Bari. With Roberto Ottaviano, he began to frequent the most important stages of festivals and jazz clubs most representative of all Italy.
Giuseppe Bassi, has performed and recorded with some of the greatest jazz musicians in the world including: Lew Tabackin, Bill Mays, Don Friedman, Bobby Durham, John Hicks, Jed Levy, Joe Magnarelli, Helen Sung, Mark Soskin, Bill Goodwin, Billy Drummond, Greg Osby, John Hicks, Mal Waldron, David Liebman, George Garzone, Tony Scott, Harold Danko etc…
He has played and recorded with all the most important and representative jazz musicians in Italy: Enrico Pieranunzi, Dado Moroni, Francesco Cafiso, Roberto Gatto, Fabrizio Bosso, Stefano Bollani, Gianni Basso, Dino Piana, Franco Cerri, Maurizio Giammarco, Gegè Telesforo, Rosario Giuliani, Roberto Ottaviano etc.
義大利低音大提琴遇上義大利鋼琴。
他說：10年來我從未有過衝動想以leader身份出一張CD。
I needed an encounter.
我需要一個不期而遇。
