Stefano Battaglia Trio - The River Of Anyder

The River Of Anyder, ECM 2011
Stefano Battaglia - piano; Salvatore Maiore - double-bass; Roberto Dani drums.

The pure water of the Anyder River flowered through Sir Thomas Moore's "Utopia". Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia celebrates it and other mythical and legendary locations in a trio recording of new compositions which spurn self-conscious modernity: "I pushed myself to write songs and dances uninfluenced by the sophistication of contemporary musical languages, striving to shape pieces that might have been played on archaic instruments a thousand years ago." If the piano trio is itself a modern institution and the group understanding that what Battaglia, Maiore and Dani share cannot help but be of-the-moment, Battaglia has nonetheless made an album that feels "timeless".

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• Trio (band)
• Jazz
• Piano
• Italian Jazz

[avivajazz]

Thanks ... this is moody and superb. Love it, @nilnauman :)