I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4An acoustic piano playing at the same time guitar tabs and orchestral transcripions: not so usual. So is the double bass alternation between romantic bowing and swing pizzicato. And what about a rock drum kit suddenly becoming a symphonic percussion ensemble? When on stage or in the studio, THE PIANO ROOM is all this and much more.
Composer and pianist Francesco Gazzara's new project - after 15 years of TV/film scoring and 4 albums with acid jazz combo GAZZARA - joins prog rock's mystical atmospheres with Canterbury's acoustic folk. The piano, double bass and drums trio - usually a jazz formula - was the perfect vehicule to give those precious musical genres a modern impact, rhythmically and sonically.
In the first self titled album, The Piano Room (2006, Terre Sommerse), the acoustic piano was paired in each track by a different instrument (cello, soprano sax, flute, english horn). In the new CD Early Morning (2007, Irma Records) all the songs are arranged and orchestrated for the live trio (Gazzara on piano, mellotron and guitar, LUCA FOGAGNOLO on double bass, GIULIANO FERRARI on drums), with a sensible increase in choral tension, pastoral echoes and epic melodies.
Might sound like Genesis ("Watcher Of The Skies" trio version is also in their live set) or Tony Banks, Ant Phillips, King Crimson, Rick Wakeman, Erik Satie, Claude Debussy. Or maybe THE PIANO ROOM is just a modern path on an ancient rug: a kind of imaginary journey that will take you through years of fruitful contacts between rock and classical music.
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