Lello Petrarca Trio - Reflections (2018)

"Reflections" is the title of the new album by the pianist and composer from Campania Lello Petrarca, produced, like the previous "Musical Stories", from the Apulian label Dodicilune, the cd released on Monday, April 9 in Italy and abroad distributed by Ird best digital stores, flanked by Vincenzo Faraldo on double bass and Aldo Fucile on drums, Petrarca presents five of his new songs ("Infinity", "Rigo Piano", "Reflections", "Playing Anatole", "Bye Joseph"), three reinterpretations inspired by the classic themes of Debussy ("A prelude in jazz"), Beethoven ("Pathetic adagio") and Mozart ("Turca Fuga") and the concluding "Someday My Prince Will Come", by Larry Morey and Frank Churchill part of the soundtrack of the Disney movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".

"Lello Petrarca is simply everything that an Italian musician of the 2000s should be. A true pianist, he knows perfectly the history of his instrument (probably the most "cumbersome", in every sense, of Western musical culture) and this allows him to transit with the slight ease that only an intimate and deep knowledge allows for territories only apparently far from each other ", underlines Gabriele Mirabassi in the cover notes. «The classical romantic pianism and the love for the great pianists of the history of jazz are undoubtedly the lighthouses that safely guide his wanderings between styles and languages», the clarinetist continues. «The investment in composition and the consequent interpretative rigor required by the trio, the control of the formal balance between writing and improvisation, and the quality of the interaction among the musicians are the values ​​that most jump to the eye. The rest lies in his long experience and coexistence with and in music: the Neapolitan soul with its proverbial attitude to expressiveness "sung", the frequent attendance of the practice of the arrangement and the raids in the pop area are further elements that blend admirably in a figure of omnivorous and passionate musician, able to naturally bring together his enormous musical experience in fascinating and personal language. All this is evident in this beautiful recording work, which exudes musicality and culture, fun and intensity, depth and lightness. It was a nice journey to listen to him from beginning to end, to follow the unpredictable stylistic changes, the innumerable cultured and popular quotations, the frank and relaxed communication, the swing, the attention to the executive detail, the arrangement surprises. All conducted with great personality and security, without ever being alienating or causing disorientation, but rather, managing to maintain a remarkable cohesion and unity, a peculiar sound, a strong personality. Maybe the records always succeeded like that! "