Gerardo Frisina .Moving Ahead.

Label: Schema
Released: 25th September 2020
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Latin
Style: Latin Jazz

“Moving Ahead” is the long-awaited new work by Gerardo Frisina, a double LP worth of new material that gathers together the various sounds that have characterized his entire production. The experience collected over this long period therefore strongly affects a multiform album whose stylistic components are easily identifable (Latin jazz, nu-jazz, Afro-Cuban, dub, electronic music) but that transcends any possible classifcation as a whole.

The musical evolution of “Moving Ahead” is centered on hypnotic and pushing rhythmic patterns, on which the various guest musicians express themselves with all their melodic and emotional intensity. In addition to the already known Gendrickson Mena (trumpet), Ernesto Lopez (drums and percussion), Alfonso Deidda (baritone sax, flute) and Fabrizio Bernasconi (piano, Fender Rhodes), a special mention must be credited to Haruna Kuyateh, a young Gambian whom Gerardo saw performing as a street artist by pure chance by walking around the town of Milan: thanks to his instrument, the kora, the album’s sound spectrum is enriched with new sensations in the songs “Naihi”, “Naihi’s Son” and “Kerewan”.

From the “Marombo” EP, which anticipated this release, “Moving Ahead” also delivers a new version of its title-track, with a slightly different rhythm and with the addition of the vibraphone.

In short, “Moving Ahead” is the mature continuation of a 20-year long solo career, started in the early 2000s with “Ad Lib”, that once again demonstrates how Gerardo’s creativity still manifests itself today at very high levels.

Credits

Produced, conceived and arranged by
Gerardo Frisina for Schema Records
Written by Gerardo Frisina
Recorded at Blue Spirit Recording Studio
between July 2019 and February 2019
Sound Engineer: Francesco Borrelli
Publishing by Edizioni Ishtar Srl
Fabrizio Bernasconi - Piano, Fender Rhodes
Gendrickson Mena - Trumpet
Alfonso Deidda - Baritone sax, flute
Ernesto Lopez - Drums and percussion
Enzo Frassi - Electric bass, double bass
Mimmo Valente - Tenor sax
Haruna Kuyateh - Kora, vocal
Luca Gusella - Vibraphone
Frabor - Acoustic guitar

Tracklisting

01: Naihi

02: Face the Music

03: Cuiabà

04: Que Dilema

05: Marombo (Album version)

06: Vicky

07: Naihi’s Son

08: Damay

09: Desencantado

10: Guava

11: Foresta Esotica

12: Kerewan