Orvieto
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Fo
Reviewed 2011-10-15
Reviewed 2011-10-15
CHICK COREA & STEFANO BOLLANI: Orvieto
ECM, 2011
MODERN JAZZ – Piano duets, recorded live at the Umbria Jazz Festival in 2010. Corea and Bollani, a very fine Italian player, make an elegant match in this rather cerebral set, playing an interesting mix of originals, bossa novas, jazz standards, and improvisations. The sound can be as intricate and fragile as spun glass, or flowing in a virtuoso stream. Either way, it’s beautiful music that compels close listening.
Try any track. Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11
1. 4:12 – improvisation: delicate interplay emerges from abstract patterns
2. 6:16 – fragile start/end, falls gently into aching bossa melody, lively soloing
3. 4:24 – standard starts out chunky, gets cooking in solos, drifts home
4. 5:42 – perky, quirky Brazilian tune: enters from odd angle, flows in parallel
5. 7:30 – deconstructed standard prances in the snow, gets very playful
6. 6:06 – fractured waltz moves gingerly, poking, prodding and retreating
7. 8:45 – serious improv for 4:00, then slides into jabbing Miles Davis tune
8. 5:44 – gentle A.C. Jobim melody: bright, airy and calm
9. 7:11 – standard: leisurely pace, relatively spare but with embroidered edges
10. 6:51 – hand percussion on piano bodies sets up a light, dancing melody
11. 6:05 – well-known Corea tune in a peppy treatment, really gets rolling
12. 6:05 – straight-up two-piano blues, but with some extra frills
[ Fo ] - October 2011
ECM, 2011
MODERN JAZZ – Piano duets, recorded live at the Umbria Jazz Festival in 2010. Corea and Bollani, a very fine Italian player, make an elegant match in this rather cerebral set, playing an interesting mix of originals, bossa novas, jazz standards, and improvisations. The sound can be as intricate and fragile as spun glass, or flowing in a virtuoso stream. Either way, it’s beautiful music that compels close listening.
Try any track. Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11
1. 4:12 – improvisation: delicate interplay emerges from abstract patterns
2. 6:16 – fragile start/end, falls gently into aching bossa melody, lively soloing
3. 4:24 – standard starts out chunky, gets cooking in solos, drifts home
4. 5:42 – perky, quirky Brazilian tune: enters from odd angle, flows in parallel
5. 7:30 – deconstructed standard prances in the snow, gets very playful
6. 6:06 – fractured waltz moves gingerly, poking, prodding and retreating
7. 8:45 – serious improv for 4:00, then slides into jabbing Miles Davis tune
8. 5:44 – gentle A.C. Jobim melody: bright, airy and calm
9. 7:11 – standard: leisurely pace, relatively spare but with embroidered edges
10. 6:51 – hand percussion on piano bodies sets up a light, dancing melody
11. 6:05 – well-known Corea tune in a peppy treatment, really gets rolling
12. 6:05 – straight-up two-piano blues, but with some extra frills
[ Fo ] - October 2011
Recent airplay
Jitterbug Waltz, Doralice
Rebop — Oct 23, 2015
Orvieto Improvisation No. 1
Frequency Jam — Dec 17, 2011
Tirititran
No Cover, No Minimum — Dec 16, 2011
Orvieto Improvisation No. 2 / Nardis
No Cover, No Minimum — Dec 02, 2011
If I Should Lose You
Rebop — Nov 29, 2011
Tirititran
No Cover, No Minimum — Nov 25, 2011
Charting
2011-10-16 — 2011-12-18
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Dec 18 | 2 |
| Dec 4 | 2 |
| Nov 27 | 1 |
| Nov 20 | 1 |
| Nov 13 | 3 |
| Nov 6 | 1 |
| Oct 30 | 2 |
| Oct 23 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Orvieto Improvisation No. 1 | ||
| 2. | Retrato Em Branco E Preto | ||
| 3. | If I Should Lose You | ||
| 4. | Doralice | ||
| 5. | Jitterbug Waltz | ||
| 6. | A Valsa Da Paula | ||
| 7. | Orvieto Improvisation No. 2 / Nardis | ||
| 8. | Este Seu Olhar | ||
| 9. | Darn That Dream | ||
| 10. | Tirititran | ||
| 11. | Armando's Rhumba | ||
| 12. | Blues In F |