Andrea Centazzo Ensemble - Rain on the Borders - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Master composer/percussionist Andrea Centazzo meets one of the best European soprano saxophone players.

The Low Anthem would beckon you into the salty sea. Formed in 2007 by Ben Knox Miller and Jeff Prystowsky, The Low Anthem grew from DIY ethos to semiaccidental success. Having originally self-released InchWhat The Crow BringsInch and InchOh My God, Charlie DarwinInch, the group signed with Nonesuch, toured the world, and were reluctantly lumped in with the so-called Inchfolk revivalInch. But night after night of performing their early material was not ultimately where they wanted to land InchThe moment was losing it's mystery. We were scared of becoming robots.Inch In the winter of 2012, the group returned to their hometown of Providence, RI, with an eye toward re-exploring their musical understanding. In a newly restored vaudeville theater-studio, The Low Anthem found their direction. The band began recording in increasingly experimental and meticulous ways, resulting in the complexly experimental Eyeland. The album's was tragically cut short after four shows due to a crippling car accident, leaving the band hospitalized and the tour cancelled. Through this journey, The Low Anthem have boiled down their musical ideals and found their true voice. The Salt Doll Went To Measure The Depth Of The Sea is 12 short songs, at once fragile, nuanced, honest, and delicately purposeful.

Some years ago Andrea Centazzo was invited by long time friend trombonist Giancarlo Schiaffini to play in a trio with vibraphonist Sergi Armaroli. The trio, named InchTrisaghionInch, recorded a CD in 2017 followed by occasional concerts. In June 2919 while in Berlin to present InchThe SeerInch, one of his multimedia solos, AC was approached by Harri SjInchstrInchm for a trio gig with bassist Matthias Bauer. The music went very well. This led to the next natural step to add Harri to the trio and form the quartet on this CD. The title comes from the tracks organized in a way that a player starts improvising and the others join one by one until the cycle or InchorbitInch is completed. The quartet is a solid combination of 2 percussion sets, including AC electronics and 2 wind players covering a wide range of sounds. At this point the methodology of free improvisation has become an international language and this quartet speaks the language fluently. Welcome to InchOrbitsInch