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  | ROBERTO MAGRIS / DENIS RAZZ ~ IN ACTION
JMOOD 028 (Barcode: 736649929845) ~ ITALY ~ Jazz
Recorded: 2024 Released: 2025
This is an album by a quartet co-led by Italian pianist / composer Roberto MagrisFind albums by this artist and Croatian saxophonist Denis RazzFind albums by this artist (a.k.a. Denis RazumovicFind albums by this artist), with Croatian bassist Karlo IlicFind albums by this artist and drummer Rajko ErgicFind albums by this artist. The 2CD album presents eighteen tracks (and a bonus track with a spoken word by Paul CollinsFind albums by this artist, the JMoodFind albums on this label Records owner), nine of which are original compositions of the quartet members and nine are standards, including two compositions by Sun RaFind albums by this artist.
The music is a wonderful display of classic mainstream Jazz, perfectly and admirably performed by an archetypal Jazz quartet, which proves beyond any reasonable doubt that the American cliché: “White Man Can’t Jump” is absolutely ridiculous in every sense, especially so when applied to European Jazz, which managed not only to emancipate itself from the bondage of the American tradition, but in time left it far, far behind in an intellectual desert. These European Jazz musician play with the same fire and zest as their colleagues beyond the pond, but they have the spice of the European sophistication, which their Western counterparts sadly miss. Of course this does not apply only to playing Jazz music, but is as true, if not more so, as far as the compositions are concerned, as the music on this album easily and distinctly proves.
Overall, this is a truly wonderful “classic” Jazz in every respect, brilliantly performed and offering brilliant music, both original and that originating from the vast treasury of American standards, which is everlasting. It also shows that Croatia has not only some of the most beautiful European landscapes, but also great Jazz musicians (and basketball players). And the Italian guy ain’t so bad either;)
| | Updated: 19/04/2026Posted: 19/04/2026 | CD 2 Digipak Recommend To A Friend |
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