Andrea Pozza European Quintet - Gull's Flight (2011)

The album created by the quintet led by Andrea Pozza finds in the dialogue between the two wind instruments present in the line-up - Christian Brewer on alto sax and Dick de Graaf on tenor and soprano - its reason for greater appeal. This is a peculiarity that unfolds through the ten pieces on the programme, which release music played with energy and melodic sense, as well as with great expressive power.
This is because it is precisely the melodies - often soft and singable - that decisively characterize the proposed themes, all original written by Pozza and de Graaf, in which each of the members of the band has his own expressive space, as is clearly evident in the effervescent "Sir Pent," in which one can also appreciate the interplay and the union of intents between the performers. Pozza is never taken for granted. His is a way of understanding the piano neither in a too academic way nor excessively bent towards a rooted jazz tradition. Among the best things should be included the poignant introduction of the title track, a shady and delicate piece that breaks the development of the entire work in a positive way, and the solo that marks "Sen Palavras," another moment of absolute formal beauty.
Gull's Flight is an album that is both elegant and sober, played in a delightful way and far from the facade attitudes. It is an album that attracts with a natural charm.