Roberto Cipelli
A Leo

...He lived in Castellina in Chianti, with the companion of a lifetime... They say that the wine from those parts is the first fruit of an entire existence... And Leo Ferré had retired there, like an old farmer who had never shied away from any encounter and experience, gruff and tender, with branches open to the sky and ancient oak roots well planted in the ground... Determined to spend his final years in those lands, among those rows, those scents and those unique colors in the world... "Avec le temps"...

The project dedicated to him is by Roberto Cipelli, pianist of the Paolo Fresu quintet, as well as the smiling creator of a thousand other experiences like the "ESP Trio"... And in the album, the same Sardinian leader on trumpet and flugelhorn... Attilio Zanchi on bass, and Philippe Garcia on drums... And the voice... Yes, the voice of Gianmaria Testa, one of those who allows us to be still loved by the French... It's almost incredible how this little masterpiece went almost unnoticed... Perhaps because what truly matters is not shouted, "Les Poetes"... Because nothing happens by chance, "Lontano, Lontano"...

And everything is a gift, dreamed, desired, caressed, loved, "Les Forains"... And then that instrumental "Adieu" that is like a kiss, sensual and soft, a hug, full of hope and life... A handshake... A goodbye... The tracks open like this, illuminated by song...

Truly a promise...

And who says that the night lasts until morning?...

It can still dissolve from the gates of dawn to the rise of the stars...

And continue... Again...