Steve Lacy & Andrea Centazzo - Tao - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Back in March 2020, when Covid was taking over the world, we quietly released InchThe JourneyInch by Perry Robinson and Andrea Centazzo. We dedicated it to the free spirit clarinetist who journeyed away to the stars on December 2, 2018. Perry Robinson was a musician that since the 60s has been considered a staple of the NY avant-garde scene. Not only he also had more traditional collaboration with musicians like the Brubeck's, Tony Scott and many other. He was one of the columns of the Charlie Haden Liberation Orchestra, a sideman with Don Cherry, Gato Barbieri, John Fisher. During the pandemic lockdown, Andrea rediscovered his duo concert with Perry at The Taoist Sanctuary, which took place on May 29, 2015, the night before InchThe JourneyInch session. Peter Kuhn, who also performed with Perry that night with his trio, recorded the concert. I was there, too, and mesmerized. Now hope you can also join us to experience the stream of spontaneity and inner flames. Nobu Stowe (producer) April 25, 2021

This CD is a performance with a classic jazz combo saxophone, double bass, and percussion. Naturally, the percussion no longer reflects the timbre of the tonal instrument, but brushes up the executive praxis in long 4/4 accompaniments next to Carter's extraordinary bass. All tracks on this CD were recorded live at a concert in Udine, the final show of a tour that covered all the major Italian cities. - Andrea Centazzo.

Cjant - First concert for small orchestra based upon friulian folk songs, are Centazzo's first orchestral compositions combining a string section along with the original Mitteleuropa (Free Jazz) Orchestra. The name for the ensemble came not only from the cultural background of it's members but also from middle-European mold of the music written for it. Housed in a DVD style case.