STEFANO BATTAGLIA TRIO — The Book Of Jazz Volume One (2000) Symphonia Odyssey Series | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This Book of Jazz opens with Egberto Gismonti's Café, a piece recorded by the great pianist-guitarist in 1977 (it's on G C Meio Dia, an album released by the Brazilian with stellar support from Jan Garbarek, Ralph Towner, Collin Walcott, and Nana Vasconcelos). This choice immediately makes things clear: don't expect a dusty and conventional anthology of sacred classics. But we wouldn't have expected anything like this anyway, from Stefano Battaglia (piano), Paolino Dalla Porta (double bass), and Fabrizio Sferra (drums), three of the most intelligent and open-minded musicians on the contemporary music scene. Indeed, while they stray less far into the repertoire, the band still makes "unconventional" choices, placing, for example, Shorter's "Nefertiti" between Monk's "Ask Me Now" and Ornette's "Congeniality," not to mention the inclusion of pieces by Charlie Haden and Steve Swallow, top-notch musicians, but certainly not as frequently compared to Duke Ellington, Eric Dolphy, and Horace Silver as they are here. The trio moves with an austere and elegant manner, counting on superior interplay, and churns out over 76 minutes of intense music. We look forward to the next volumes. suono.it
Tracklist :
1.    Café  8:10
Composed By – Egberto Gismonti
2.    Ask Me Now  9:18
Composed By – Thelonious Monk
3.    Nefertitti  8:28
Composed By – Wayne Shorter
4.    Congeniality
Composed By – Ornette Coleman
5.    The Golden Number  8:40
Composed By – Charlie Haden
6.    Prelude To A Kiss  10:12
Composed By – Duke Ellington
7.    Something Sweet, Something Tender
Composed By – Eric Dolphy
8.    Wrong Together  7:05
Composed By – Steve Swallow
9.    Peace  10:48
Composed By – Horace Silver
Credits :
Bass – Paolino Dalla Porta
Drums – Fabrizio Sferra
Piano – Stefano Battaglia