\u201cThis Record is the fruit of five months of hard work in the recording studio, rehearsals and even sacrifices\u201d as told by Enrico Intra \u201cand I am obviously satisfied with it. But I sure don\u2019t want to consider it a goal. I feel like I\u2019m going toward the right direction and I hope my next work is further confirmation of the effort, seriousness and true passion I\u2019ve put into my music\u201d. Those who know Enrico Intra remember his face like a baby always living in cloud-cuckoo-land, his behaviour sunny and lively with unpredictable reactions. As a result of this such aims could sound a little bit strange. But this time \u2013 and this record is the proof of it \u2013 the brilliant but even discontinuous career of the twenty seven years old Milanese pianist is really at a cross-roads. We started hearing about Enrico Intra seven year ago, during a jazz event at the Manzoni Theatre of Milan in November \u201855. On that occasion both the audience and the critics were completely engrossed with the big names, but suddenly they started showing real interest in the music of an unknown quintet playing behind the curtains between one show and another. The enigma was soon solved and the \u201cX Quintet\u201d \u2013 the name given to that \u201cghost band\u201d \u2013 then came to the fore conquering a deserving\u00a0 ovation. It was guided by a callow young pianist who, using the \u201cShearing sound\u201d then in fashion, dusted off a series of old songs surprisingly fresh and lively performed. Considering the poor music scene of that period he was fairly making a sensation, because his abilities of thrilling \u201cswingman\u201d were like a shot in the arm. The consecration of this new talented man did not take a long time, and during the second edition of the Sanremo festival in \u201857, in front of an international audience and critics, the trio was welcomed as the best performers. Unfortunately the sensational performance was not repeated again (and probably it would have been a hard act to follow anyway) during the following Sanremo edition.<\/p>\n
Intra, who was then in the military service in Sardinia, used one of his permissions to play in the so called \u201ccity of flowers\u201d, but he didn\u2019t succeed in showing the same verve and communicational skills showed the previous year, the numerous ideas which ran through his music. Welcomed definitely into the bound circle of the most remarkable Italian jazz pianists, Enrico in the following years seemed to be unsure about which way to follow. He was probably plunged into the despair which hits those few Italian artists who don\u2019t want to comply with the musical business demands. But this year he gained strength and he came back onto the jazz scene and everyone realized that they could not do without him. \u201cJazz In Studio\u201d is the first long playing produced by him. His artistic maturity, tastes and leanings never before had been highlighted in such a way with the previous records. His emotional and soulful behaviour is best expressed here, especially because of the strong complicity with the other two components of the trio. Pupo De Luca, a really clever drummer and his true \u201cpartner\u201d since \u201957, and the twenty two year up-and-coming Paolo Solonia played an instrumental role in the recordings even without the support of the \u201clead guide\u201d.<\/p>\n
Seven out of the ten pieces have Intra\u2019s signature, where his awareness as a composer-interpreter is inspired by and belongs to a typical jazzman. The performances – introduced by Enrico in person with short subtitles \u2013 are all really outstanding.\u00a0 My personal taste drives me to \u201cPittura\u201d, \u201cJohn Lewis\u201d and \u201cClassic Jazz\u201d. The first one is an ingenious theme introduced by Intra during the \u201957 edition of Sanremo with the title \u201cThe Classic in Jazz\u201d and then reworked by himself with a pictoric influence. This is because during the last summer he met, in his club in Arenzano, the French painter Jean Paul Larufie. \u201cJohn Lewis\u201d renders homage to the leader of the \u201cModern Jazz Quartet\u201d \u2013 who, together with Bill Evans and Miles Davis, is in Intra good books \u2013 where a certain kind of Lewis\u2019 canons are proposed again using personal taste and expert stylization. \u201cClassic Jazz\u201d, which probably is the most beautiful piece, reveals Intra\u2019s romantic heart, his inclination to that \u201csweetness\u201d which is the other side of the coin of his lively personality.<\/p>\n
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