Gianluigi Trovesi – Dances

AllMusic Review by Steve Loewy

Since recording this award-winning album, Giancarlo Trovesi has gone on to develop a body of work as strong as any on the Italian scene. Here, he performs on a range of reeds (alto and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, and piccolo), backed by Paolo Damiani on bass and Ettore Fioravanti on percussion. As with his later work, he shows a propensity for folk and Eastern European melodies. For a largely noncommercial player identified with the avant-garde school of Italian jazz, this is a surprisingly accessible outing (although, in all fairness to Trovesi, he has always skirted between conventional and postmodern music). Damiani is given ample solo space, which he uses to great advantage, further strengthening his position as one of Europe's leading bass players. Fioravanti, too, shows some marvelous chops.

00:00 A1 Dance For A Small Bell 08:50 A2 Dance For A Fat Arlecchino 10:57 A3 Dance From The East N. 1 18:46 B1 Dance From The East N. 2 29:38 B2 Sciamano's Dance 33:34 B3 Sorry, I Can't Dance Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet [Bass] Piccolo Fte – Gianluigi Trovesi
Bass, Electric Bass, Cello – Paolo Damiani Drums, Percussion – Ettore Fioravanti Music By – Gianluigi Trovesi Recorded
Barigozzi Studio
Milano ,Italy
January 1985
Red Record