Paolo Jannacci – Hard Playing- Paolo Jannacci

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Four years after his previous work, Paolo Jannacci returns to the recording scene with a new album, "Hard playing".
The album is entirely dedicated to jazz and ranges from contemporary to more retro jazz sounds, at times even blurring into more experimental sounds.
Beside the pianist we find the drums of Stefano Bagnoli, the double bass of Marco Ricci and the trumpet of Daniele Moretto.
"Hard playing" is composed and played by a quartet led by Paolo Jannacci, who also handled the production of the tracks.
The chemistry that binds the musicians together can be heard quite a lot: there is a nice dialogue between the various instruments involved in the recording of the songs and a good energy leaks out.


"Hard Playing" has nine tracks.
Seven are previously unreleased tracks, the other two are revisitations of pieces known to jazz audiences.
One of them is "You must believe in spring," the song written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Jacques Demy and Michel Legrand for the soundtrack of the 1967 film "Josephine." It was sung by the character of Maxcence, played by Jacques Perrin.
The other is "Who can I turn to," a cover of the song written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and featured on the soundtrack of the 1964 musical "The roar of the greasepaint," recorded that same year by Shirley Bassey and later by voices such as Dionne Warwick, Tony Bennett and Barbra Streisand.

The disc also contains a DVD with a video recording of the show "In concerto con Enzo," dedicated to his father and his songs. Jannacci's guests are Paolo Tomelleri on clarinet, Sergio Farina on guitar and J-Ax on the song "Desolato."