Maria Pia De Vito, Enzo Pietropaoli, Federico Sanesi, Gianluigi Trovesi, John Taylor - Phone (1998)

On Phone, a towering, historically luminous, and masterfully panoramic Mediterranean collective alignment steps into the studio to deliver an absolute masterpiece of cross-cultural vocal and instrumental architecture. Released in 1998 by the prestigious Italian vanguard chamber-jazz imprint EGEA, this magnificent milestone stands as an exceptionally fluid, deeply poetic exhibit of modern creative music, fusing advanced post-bop geometry with traditional Mediterranean ethnic currents and avant-garde vocal exploration. Spanning over 52 minutes of immaculate high-fidelity spatial design, the 9-track landscape operates with an intense, beautifully fluid, and masterfully balanced acoustic energy. Vocal visionary Maria Pia De Vito treats the human voice as a brilliant, uninhibited improvisational instrument, darting masterfully alongside Gianluigi Trovesi's crying alto clarinet lines—firing off spectacular landmarks like the shifting, theatrical opener Voulez-Vous…?, the deeply moving, rhythmically rich Scugnizzeide, and the expansive, hypnotic structures of Notturno macedone. Driven by De Vito's evocative vocal telemetry, Trovesi's woodwind genius, John Taylor's pristine, rolling grand piano layouts, Enzo Pietropaoli's anchoring double bass foundations, and Federico Sanesi's delicate, multi-layered tabla and percussion currents, this archive remains an indispensable masterpiece for serious vocal jazz purists and avant-garde collectors worldwide.