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Oops... I had missed this one, and for a Van enthusiast like me, that’s a serious oversight. I’m seeing it now that I’ve just sent "A Sense Of Wonder," and I have to say it’s excellent and makes me want to fill this gap (after "No Guru No Method No Teacher," I know nothing about the great Irish bluesman). Some might think I'm saying this because, after some initial disagreements, I've reconciled with it, but Marco Poletti seems OBJECTIVELY much improved compared to his early days. Let them think what they want...

From the '90s to the present, I only know a few isolated tracks. Therefore, my advice is limited to the '80s, and it includes, in addition to this, "Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart" (which I've also reviewed) and "No Guru No Method No Teacher," which excellently continues this "Celtic" vein. If they turned out well, you can get an idea with the mp3 samples of this and "Inarticulate..."

It's a word, ThinkForYourself. For me, "easy jazz" equates to golden age jazz (the '30s - '40s). Then, starting from bebop, jazz evolved a bit and often became complicated. I would begin with the quintessential classics: Louis Armstrong (not the clownish version from the '60s who caricatured himself, but the one from the '30s and even the '20s, with the Hot Five and Hot Seven) and Duke Ellington, with his immortal tunes known even to non-jazz lovers. Unfortunately, in both cases, the numerous existing compilations reveal the limits of the time: the sound is that of the era, and remastering cannot perform miracles. From this foundation, to which we can add a bit of Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton, one can jump into the more refined jazz of the '50s and '60s, and here the options become infinite (Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Modern Jazz Quartet, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, just to name a few, but who knows how many I've left out...)

The reviewer only gets angry in case of unwarranted insults. Motivated criticisms don’t bother at all, even though I love this album.

I correct myself: I only have the concerto in G major by Argerich. For the left-hand concerto, I have an excellent version by Andrei Gavrilov, which I recommend.

For josi: I also find the version by Argerich with Abbado of the Piano Concertos ("normal" and for the left hand) exceptional. I'm looking forward to a review (maybe yours) on this matter.
For argonauta: don't be fooled by the cover: the record I'm talking about is actually volume 2 of the one depicted (I couldn't find its real cover). Moreover, I have a version released with Amadeus.

Errata corrige: not "bando" but "blando" rhythm of a "Pavana"

Who is Luca Dirisio? And who is Johnny il Rozzo? Is there a bit of Johnny il Rozzo in each of us, as some sociologists say? Let's hope not, or at least only in minimal traces.

I have always found A.P.P. extremely pleasant, technically perfect, but rarely touched by genius. In particular, this album has always seemed to me a good example of decent '80s easy-listening, but not much more. Perhaps I was influenced by the hits of the time, "Eye In The Sky" and "Mammagamma." This does not detract from the review, which is very well written.

I arrive after the fireworks but still in time to share practically everything you've said about these splendid examples of musical humor, starting with the preference for the Third Concerto K 447, and particularly for its central "Romanza," and ending with the grade of 4 (for what it's worth), a sign of a Mozart always inspired (of course), but much lighter than on other occasions, bordering on frivolity.