ROPE
Rope (original title of Alfred Hitchcock's famous 1948 film) emerged in 2002. The trio freely re-elaborates original pieces and compositions by John Zorn, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Misha Mengelberg, Jelly Roll Morton, Francis Poulenc, Bill Triglia and Herbie Nichols, finding a new and original conception of the piano trio. Balance, variety, synthesis, interplay, melody, these are some of the characteristics of this project which, after four years, has put together a repertoire, much of which is included in their first discographic work, "Have You Met Miss Bates?", published by el gallo rojo records in 2005, and which has received numerous positive reviews. The musicians in ROPE boast many years' experience which here is at the service of the music without indulging in redundant virtuosisms, but which brings the concept of the piano trio into modernity, with a glance towards tradition and another towards contemporary music.
STEFANO SENNI (b. Ancona 30. 5. 1972) worked with Tony Scott, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Cedar Walton, Lee Konitz, Barry Harris, Randy Brecker, Jimmy Owens, Bobby Watson, George Cables, Eliot Zigmund, Mark Murphy, Michelle Hendricks, Dusko Gojkovic, Franco Ambrosetti, Rachel Gould, Steve Ellington, John Mosca, Kyle Gregory, Robert Bonisolo, Tom Harrell, Keith Copeland, Oscar Noriega, Ronnie Matthews, Ray Mantilla, Chris Speed, Anthony Coleman, Ralph Alessi.. He is also member of the STEVE GROSSMAN QUARTET, GIOVANNI MAZZARINO QUINTET, OPENING TRIO, SULTRY. Stefano is currently performing with his quartet SAUL BASS. From 2005 he is a member of the El Gallo Rojo collective. Stefano has toured in Switzerland, Austria, Spain, France, Slovenja, Croatia, Portugal, Poland, United Arab Emirates and in the USA.
FABRIZIO PUGLISI (b. Catania 16. 6. 1969) has collaborated with: David Murray, John Zorn, Han Bennink, Ernst Reijseger, Dave Liebman, Enrico Rava, Lester Bowie, Don Moye, George Russell, Tristan Honsinger, Butch Morris, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Lacy, Louis Sclavis, Ronnie Cuber, Michel Godard, Ab Baars, Deus ex Machina, Roy Paci, Piero Odorici, Yves Robert, Paolo Fresu, Sal Nistico, Richard Galliano, Steve Grossman, Cristina Zavalloni, Gianluca Petrella. Projects : PUGLISI-BENNINK-GLERUM TRIO, ATMAN, SOLO FOR PIANO AND TOYS, DEUS EX MACHINA, STRANI ITINERANTI. Fabrizio has toured in Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Norway, France, Turkey, Holland, USA, Canada, Senegal and Mexico. He is a member of the Bassesfere Collective.
ZENO DE ROSSI (b. Verona 10. 9 1970) stylistic versatility have been featured with Chris Speed, Briggan Krauss, Anthony Coleman, Josh Roseman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Ben Street, Jay Rodriguez, Jamie Saft, Ted Reichman, Oscar Noriega, Frank London, Dave Harris, Pete Fitzpatrick, Ralph Alessi, Jessica Lurie, Danijel Zezelj, Paolo Birro, Giovanni Maier, Francesco Bearzatti, Gianluca Petrella, Gianni Coscia, Franco D'Andrea, Stefano Battaglia, Gianni Gebbia, Vincenzo Vasi, Domenico Caliri, Daniele D'Agaro, Vinicio Capossela, Mark Orton, Marc Ribot, Gary Valente, David Murray, Roy Paci, Matteo Salvatore, Vinicius Cantuaria, Mario Brunello. Currently he' s a member of Franco D' Andrea New Quartet and of the Vinicio Capossela's band. From 2005 he is a member of the El Gallo Rojo collective. Zeno has toured in Italy, Finland, Austria, Germany, France, England, Switzerland, Holland, Poland, Slovenja, Croatia, Belgium, Spain, Mexico, Perù, China, Greece, Cuba, Ethiopia and the USA..
HAVE YOU MET MISS BATES?
Wandering about between Jelly Roll Morton and Duke Ellington, between Bill Triglia and John Zorn on routes dear to Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols and further. Misha Mengelberg's kinetic and jagged post-bop lines, destined forever to bear the sharp and visionary mark of Eric Dolphy, unravelled and rebuilt by a piano trio which moves free from taboos.Fabrizio Puglisi is one of the most surprising musicians on the current Italian scene and he finds in Zeno de Rossi and Stefano Senni two totally empathic instrumental voices, capable of rising above the rhythmical tradition of bass and percussion so that the music is interpreted with the greatest awareness of all its implications.
(Giorgio Signoretti)
A very cool piano trio that covers an odd array of songs by Monk, John Zorn, Misha Mengelberg, Duke Ellington and Jelly Roll Morton, as well as a few originals by each of the trio's members. The trio do a playful version of Monk's "Trinkle Tinkle", without those angular curves that Monk often like to throw in. They follow that with a Masada tune called "Nefesh" and make it more jazzy and swinging, more normal. They pick an odd piece by Misha Mengelberg called "Hypochristmutreefuzz" that is nicely twisted, it swings quickly yet is constantly shifting between different sections. Fabrizio's "Funcije" starts as a great solo piano piece has that rather Carla Bley gnarlyness, that adds some impressive rhythm team punctuation about half-way through. Jelly Roll Morton's "Spanish Swat" is a tango sorta piece with a nice melodic bass solo. Duke's "Dancers in Love" really has that old style jazz feel with the skeletal drums at the center. The thing that I like most about this trio is that it is not a normal piano trio, as all three players switch off on who is out front or soloing, there is no real leader. Stefano's swell "Beany" has the bass playing the sad, sweet melody as the piano and drums spaciously float around him. The trio do an impressive job of decontructing Monk's "Green Chimneys", with the drums and muted piano as the focal point. Very cool. If I didn't know better I would think that these cats are Dutch from their sly, slightly twisted approach. An unexpected delight.
(Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery)
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