The album "Florian" by the Lucio Ferrara Quintet initially gives a warm, comforting feeling but contains some darker, more angular songs as well. The eight songs on the album take the listener on a journey that moves between warm, Mediterranean sounds and rockier interludes. While the guitar and saxophone feature prominently, the album is marked by Lucio Ferrara's unpredictable yet pleasant solo performances on guitar.

1. Review: Florian 26/01/12 17.16
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Florian
Lucio Ferrara Quintet (Splasc (h) Records - Italy - 2000)
Louis Sidero
Florian is a particular disc, a blinding light on the edge of shadows and darkness. At first listen, in fact,
Florian
the feeling that prevails is that of a reassuring warmth, the warmth of a live between the notes, but
making more careful, you can see, between the meshes of this dress soft, angularity and hardness first
escaped the ear.
This is because the general atmosphere is that of a slow and peaceful journey to "the South" (also the
title of a composition), as fire meant that southern soul and sultry passion, a theme of inspiration for
many musicians.
Eight would be the stages of this path, except that sometimes it seems that the intention of Lucio Ferrara is not to fall back
to that warm sun, but to follow other directions, abandoning the path of the Mediterranean shores, and other places.
An example of this is intentional lost the song "Tutatitaià" despite having a clear mind and peculiarities, is a thunderclap, or
rather a definite darkening of the sound plot. If you think the clarity of "TYW", heard just before, with the catchy theme
chasing bouncing between guitar and trumpet, one can not but notice the stark contrast with the stamp of the most scathing,
almost rock, the fourth track.
All other compositions are (more or less, except for "Brunzsezes" inspired hardbop) contours in those brushed by opening
and closing songs, as if to close a series of small paintings musical "Gift in 6 / 4" and "Memories", in fact, are very similar:
both rely on the lyrical soprano sax for the display of themes really well constructed and give the impression of clarity and
brightness (the first, also relies on rhythmic momentum given by a time as the 6 / 4).
How to trace a route, then become co-stars, along with the guitar, the trumpet and flugelhorn Piancastelli Mauritius, in a
continuous into the depths of the most remote musical feeling, until you get to the slow and feline "Blat", in which the
flugelhorn finds its ideal size, or sigh visions of "Florian" (with tasty guitar effects).
All songs are on hold for most solo performances of Ferrara, rarely repetitive and predictable, always pleasantly seeking to
paint a world known and popular, but the quintet becomes in practice, many times, a trio of guitar or sax / trumpet.
Rating: * * * !
Site of Splasc (H) Records: www.ijm.it / Splasc (H)
Track List:
01. Gift 6 / 4 - 5:29
02. In the South - 6:42
03. TYW - 4:20
04. Tutatitaià - 6:32
05. Blat (F. Giampaoli) - 7:17
06. Florian - 7:23
07. Brunzsezes (F. Giampaoli) - 7:19
08. Remember - 7:13
Compositions of Lucio Ferrara,
Musicians: Bob Ferrara (guitar)
Maurizio Piancastelli (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Alessandro Bosetti (soprano sax)
Giampaoli Francis (bass)
Stephen Storace (drums)
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