Danilo Rea: A Tribute to Fabrizio de Andrè | CD review

(ACT)Italy's Danilo Rea (an accompanist on occasion to Chet Baker and Lee Konitz, among others, who's sometimes compared to local piano giants Stefano Bollani and Enrico Pieranunzi) is the kind of pianist who seems to believe that improv needs singable melodies set in orderly structures. He's also been active in Italian pop, and this unaccompanied concert from Bavaria's Schloss Elmau last January is dedicated to the radical singer and songwriter-poet Fabrizio de Andrè, who died in 1999. All the...

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