COSÌ COM’È
GIORGIO PACORIG / STEFANO GIUST
CD digipack 6 pagine
Giorgio Pacorig _ pianoforte
Stefano Giust _ batteria
Le tre registrazioni che compongono questo CD sono la musica integrale che i due musicisti hanno improvvisato in un pomeriggio piovoso del settembre 2023, dopo venti anni di frequentazione artistica e amicale. Negli anni hanno condiviso diversi gruppi e festival: Aghe Clope (Brno Contemporary Festival 2013, WIM Zürich, Tarcento Jazz Festival), Mahakaruna Quartet (Defonija Festival, Jazz Club Ferrara), il quartetto con Maier e De Mattia (AngelicA 2016), l’ensemble Setoladimaiale Unit con Evan Parker (AngelicA 2018, Jazz Is Dead Festival 2019), il quartetto con Lullo Mosso e Sfregola al Jazz Rebel Festival 2003, concerto che diventerà il loro primo disco insieme. “Così com’è” è stato registrato presso lo Star & Sun Studio di Staranzano (Gorizia); il mastering è di Tommaso Marletta presso Sonic Ray Studio (Roma).
"(...) On "Così com’è" (roughly, “that’s how it is”), the duets are for piano and percussion. Drummer Stefano Giust and pianist Giorgio Pacorig are both based in Friuli-Venezia Giulia in the northeastern edge of Italy; they’ve played together in various combinations since the early 2000s and appear with each other on several albums. Both also share a background in jazz-derived improvisation with leanings toward open form playing. Their new album features three long improvisations that undergo constant mutations of mood and dynamics. Pacorig is the more introspective player of the two, although on the second performance he plays with an outgoing, high energy; otherwise he tends to favor a discontinous line of short bursts and splashes of chords. Giust maintains a taut tension throughout, as he lays down a flexible pulse that pushes the music along with expanding and contracting tempos and dramatically varied phrasing. Giust is a master colorist, and the two sometimes become difficult to distinguish when Pacorig plays directly on the piano strings with hands and objects." Daniel Barbiero, Avant Music News, 2024.
01 _ Guardavi la boa, era il mare 27:11
02 _ Memorie di amicizie e rugiada 24:14
03 _ Radici per le foglie, ferro 14:22
(C) + (P) 2024
CD digipack 6 pages
Giorgio Pacorig _ piano
Stefano Giust _ drums
The three recordings on this CD are the complete music that the two musicians improvised on a rainy afternoon in September 2023, after twenty years of artistic and friendly partnership. Over the years they have shared various groups and festivals: Aghe Clope (Brno Contemporary Festival 2013, WIM Zürich, Tarcento Jazz Festival), Mahakaruna Quartet (Defonija Festival, Jazz Club Ferrara), the quartet with Maier and De Mattia (AngelicA 2016), the ensemble Setoladimaiale Unit with Evan Parker (AngelicA 2018, Jazz Is Dead Festival 2019), the quartet with Lullo Mosso and Sfregola at the Jazz Rebel Festival 2003, a concert that will become their first album together. “Così com’è” was recorded at the Star & Sun Studio in Staranzano (Gorizia); mastering by Tommaso Marletta at Sonic Ray Studio (Rome).
"(...) On "Così com’è" (roughly, “that’s how it is”), the duets are for piano and percussion. Drummer Stefano Giust and pianist Giorgio Pacorig are both based in Friuli-Venezia Giulia in the northeastern edge of Italy; they’ve played together in various combinations since the early 2000s and appear with each other on several albums. Both also share a background in jazz-derived improvisation with leanings toward open form playing. Their new album features three long improvisations that undergo constant mutations of mood and dynamics. Pacorig is the more introspective player of the two, although on the second performance he plays with an outgoing, high energy; otherwise he tends to favor a discontinous line of short bursts and splashes of chords. Giust maintains a taut tension throughout, as he lays down a flexible pulse that pushes the music along with expanding and contracting tempos and dramatically varied phrasing. Giust is a master colorist, and the two sometimes become difficult to distinguish when Pacorig plays directly on the piano strings with hands and objects." Daniel Barbiero, Avant Music News, 2024.
01 _ Guardavi la boa, era il mare 27:11
02 _ Memorie di amicizie e rugiada 24:14
03 _ Radici per le foglie, ferro 14:22
(C) + (P) 2024