Copernico

Welcome TheMad, great choice to start with, you’ll see that as you continue, you’ll find many admirers of the genre. As for the review, I won't give you a rating; for now, it doesn't seem appropriate, beginnings are always a bit awkward and it’s hard to know if the choice is the right one and the words are fitting. Bye and see you next time.

Hi Hal, a nice evening without the frenzy of big events but only positive energy, palpable and warm. Hi Symbad, I was absolutely sure you would stop at the name Levin; I think he’s one of those musicians that bassists absolutely must listen to. You know, many years ago, I went to see Baglioni in concert (by the way, great professionalism and a beautiful concert) during the "Oltre" tour, exclusively for Tony Levin, and there I even got his autograph. I didn’t know about the book, thanks for the tip. Hi Luca, that evening Marotta used many more cymbals than usual; to be clear, his approach was very close to the rhythm used in "Bonne Soirèe" by Pino Daniele, however, he doesn’t use splash cymbals unlike Copeland or Katchè.

I don't have much by Schumann (3rd and 4th Symphony and the "Kinderszenen op.15"), and to be honest, I don't even know how long it has been since I last listened to them, perhaps because, as far as I remember, it never really won me over; I definitely need to work on that. As for S. Richter, I have the "Piano Concerto No. 3" by Beethoven, and for the little I have of his, I can humbly share your opinion on its interpretative importance at the piano. The review leaves no doubt about your love for both Schumann and music in general, with quite a leaning towards "classical" (at least I believe so).

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who took the time to read and comment on my review. For Roby 86, there isn’t really an album to start with; if you know Levin's style, you know what you're getting into; they are more or less equivalent. The compositions are not among those that will go down in history; one album that stands out is the previously mentioned "Waters Of Eden," but I also find the latest "Resonator" beautiful. The first album, "World Diary" (difficult to find), as the title suggests, consists of musical travel notes collected between concerts during his touring period in 1995/1996. It’s an album played and composed in hotel rooms or at the homes of his companions from that time (Marotta, Bendick, Gabriel, Bruford, Shankar, Katche, and others), where you can hear a more meditative and calm Levin. As for Bathori, yes, Levin was playing a specific electric viola, using the bow to create a sound that the double bass could not and cannot create.

A review more than satisfying, an album loved mainly by fans of Yes but one that deserves to be listened to by everyone, perhaps just with a little more patience, which in the end is more than rewarded.

It's not something everyone gets to experience at La Scala. A deeply felt review, perhaps driven more by the emotion felt than by the performance itself, or so I believe. The album isn't exactly among the easiest, but I find it beautiful.

P.S. But is there championship jazz, played or are they sound collages?

I've arrived late to your review, and upon hearing the samples, I was pleasantly surprised; it must be a great piece of work. Aside from the current French phenomenon, I find what little I’ve listened to really to my taste. I don't want to sound foolish, but it even reminds me of the best Air with a bit of Stomy Bugsy (also from Marseille and an icon of local 2step music). Top-class easy listening; I'm giving the album a 5 out of 5 on trust, resulting in a search for the same.

If you believe in what you’ve written, that's fine by me; I’m not scandalized at all. In fact, it shows that it’s not to your liking. Too bad, we’ll just have to make our peace with it. As long as you're happy, everyone’s happy.

Honestly, among all the "Masada," I know the first three well; the others, even though I've listened to all of them including the two doubles, I've only heard in pieces because, promising myself to give them a thoughtful listen one by one in strict chronological order, I always came out feeling wrecked. Anyway, I find the first and the third absolutely fantastic; the second, while being cut from the same cloth, is perhaps a bit more subdued.