Riccardo Tesi - La giusta distanza (2023)

The lack of opportunities to play live in public, or even in person with one another, during the Covid pandemic meant many musicians turned to the more solitary activities of practising and composing.
One such is Riccardo Tesi, a leading Italian virtuoso of the diatonic accordion (the push-pull button squeezebox known in English as a melodeon, in Italian as organetto), composer, soloist, leader of Banditaliana and player in diverse other collaborations including the Bella Ciao ensemble, Accordion Samurai, Trans Europe Diatonique, with mandolinist Patrick Vaillant, Madagascar’s Justin Vali and many more, and a composer of major commissioned orchestral pieces.

During the pandemic he composed most of the twelve pieces on La Giusta Distanza, where he’s joined by a core unit of guitarist Viera Sturlini and percussionist Francesco Savoretti, forming the Elastic Trio, augmented by a cast of other instrumentalists and, on three tracks, singers.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Riccardo Tesi - Santiago (4:25)
1.02 - Riccardo Tesi - Tindari (3:55)
1.03 - Riccardo Tesi - Valzer d'aprile (4:38)
1.04 - Riccardo Tesi - Sotto la cenere (3:46)
1.05 - Riccardo Tesi - Couscous e fasol (4:36)
1.06 - Riccardo Tesi - La bella stagione (2:38)
1.07 - Riccardo Tesi - Ballata di una madre (4:13)
1.08 - Riccardo Tesi - Cicciabomba (3:08)
1.09 - Riccardo Tesi - Citrustango (4:05)
1.10 - Riccardo Tesi - Mex moon (3:55)
1.11 - Riccardo Tesi - Bucarest (4:43)
1.12 - Riccardo Tesi - Tema di Cristina (2:16)