Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg - Foil (2020) [Official Digital Download]

Three years after their critically acclaimed first eponymous LP, Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni and Mark Solborg are ready to deliver a new chapter of their journey. Put together a whole new set of original compositions, three strong and sensitive musicians from Denmark and Italy carrying three years of focused concert activity in Europe together, the amazing acoustics of the “Ridotto” hall, in one of the best preserved opera houses in Italy, and you have FOIL.

The album is a natural continuation of the debut: the thin boundary between composed and improvised output has grown even more seamless, longer forms are preferred, together with oblique orchestrations and a somehow more raw sonic approach. Breathing and playing with the delicate room, the three musicians cherish an investigative interest in musical conversation and interplay. All staged on an almost architectural playground, infused with fertile textures and melodic landscapes for three voices.

Contemporary chamber music with room to explore musical poetics, enhanced or emphasized by contrasting motions – much like the beautiful analogue three-dimensional ceiling of the Ridotto on the front cover.

The original approach of the Danish/Italian trio has taken them to festivals and venues in Berlin, Porto, Copenhagen, London (w. the great Evan Parker as guest), Brescia, Ferrara, a.o. 2018 touring includes the Jazz d’Or festival in Strasbourg (France), Vinterjazz (Denmark), Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Italy, Germany and more.

“..mastery of texture and subtlety.. This music is evidently approached and played with great care (..), underlining the skill and empathy of the players in the creation of this haunting episode." (Mark Gilbert, Jazz Journal UK)

“Maniscalco is a treasure of pianistic intelligence and sensitive transparency .. Bigonis mastery of euro-classical clarinet with Solborgs textural guitar underneath .. Solborgs Voices From the Ground is a masterpiece. This is grand! (Bjarne Søltoft, Jazzspecial)

“The mastery of each note is absolute" (Nicola Barin, Jazz Convention)

TRACKLIST

01. Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg - Being Kepesh
02. Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg - Day to day Diplomacy
03. Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg - May Be Simple
04. Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg - Foil
05. Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg - Nisimasa
06. Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg - Ridotto
07. Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg - Cogito Ascorbicum
08. Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg - Low Land
09. Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg - Voices From The Ground I
10. Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg - Voices From The Ground II
11. Emanuele Maniscalco, Francesco Bigoni & Mark Solborg - In Memoriam



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