Marcello Pellitteri, a sensitive drummer and experienced educator at Berklee, convenes an Italian quartet composed of Orazio Maugeri on alto saxophone, Salvatore Bonafede on piano, and Gabrio Bevilacqua on acoustic bass, to homage his daughter Veronica, who passed away in 2014, at the age of 23.
Each member contributes with original compositions to Aquarius Woman an emotional record that also includes a couple of covers and poems.
A few guests join the quartet along the way, and the first doing it is the experienced tenor man George Garzone, who blew fiercely in “Chasin’ The Zone”, a straightforward post-bop tune declared with impressionistic expressiveness.
Things get lighter and smoother in “Longin”, a moderated swing song that obeys to traditional contours, as well as in the title track, where we can hear Veronica’s voice reading a poem by an Indonesian poet named Murtiningru. Also, “Remind to Live” strolls unhurriedly through peaceful pathways. …show more content…
The band confidently returns to the main theme where we can hear the interpositions of Maugeri and Bonafede, filling the available spaces.
Veronica’s favorite tunes were also featured in the recording. A passionate bass prelude anticipates Alicia Keys’s “If I Ain’t Got You”, sung by Nedelka Prescod, while Stevie Wonder’s “Ribbon in the Sky” had Lauren Kinhan in charge of intonating the
Each member contributes with original compositions to Aquarius Woman an emotional record that also includes a couple of covers and poems.
A few guests join the quartet along the way, and the first doing it is the experienced tenor man George Garzone, who blew fiercely in “Chasin’ The Zone”, a straightforward post-bop tune declared with impressionistic expressiveness.
Things get lighter and smoother in “Longin”, a moderated swing song that obeys to traditional contours, as well as in the title track, where we can hear Veronica’s voice reading a poem by an Indonesian poet named Murtiningru. Also, “Remind to Live” strolls unhurriedly through peaceful pathways. …show more content…
The band confidently returns to the main theme where we can hear the interpositions of Maugeri and Bonafede, filling the available spaces.
Veronica’s favorite tunes were also featured in the recording. A passionate bass prelude anticipates Alicia Keys’s “If I Ain’t Got You”, sung by Nedelka Prescod, while Stevie Wonder’s “Ribbon in the Sky” had Lauren Kinhan in charge of intonating the