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As the record of David Binney proves, Auand often prefers a musical setting that lies outside the obvious. The classic combination of instruments like piano, bass, drums and horn in the most established formats; trio and quartet, is often challenged by the label, which favours a more adventurous approach to a musical working unit. However, Giancarlo Tossani Synapser’s Beauty Is a Rare Thing is the exception that proves the rule. On paper, the quartet of pianist Giancarlo Tossani, saxophonist Achille Succi, who also plays the bass clarinet, bassist Tito Mangialajo Rantzer and Cristiano Calcagnile on drums may look like a traditional working unit, but like all other artists on the Auand label they stretch the understanding of the sound of jazz while still remaining true to tradition. The title, Beauty Is a Rare Thing, is taken from Ornette Coleman’s composition of the same name, a tune that also finds its way on the album. With lyrical gentleness and empathic understanding of silence and spatiality that is characteristic of the album as whole, the quartet revisits Coleman’s composition, retaining the perfect balance between subtle melodic threads and pure sound. On the other hand, “Early food musics” shows the capability of the band to create a solid groove, which gives plenty of room for Succi’s passionate playing. “Fluxlux” introduces an intricate piano figure reminiscent of Herbie Hancock that dissolves into a carefully controlled stream of sound where Tossani broadens the palette of his instrument: hammering, and whispering. The quartet sings that rare song of beauty, which Coleman captured himself, revisiting and broadening avant-garde tradition.
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