Enrico Zanisi

• DIGIPACK EDITION

Since his debut, Enrico Zanisi has proved to have the makings of a rocketing star, to whom the label of enfant prodige of Italian jazz was soon to become a tight fit. That’s why this piano solo album by Enrico Zanisi seems well-timed for an ideal start to a new era in the career of this young pianist.

Following three trio albums and several side projects, Piano Tales comes to crown a journey during which the Roman pianist has explored the boundaries of his music but leaving its distinguishing natural grace intact. This recording reveals a brand new Zanisi, more full-fledged but, above all, aware of his potential as songwriter and player. This work consists of eleven tracks, mostly less than four minutes long, a purported collection of musical feelings, more than an actual concept album.

It also features more complex pieces with a highly designed improvisational approach. But the prevailing element in a mood accommodating fullness and emptiness, music and silence, is Zanisi’s airy piano-playing, both inexpressible and sharp. In young players like him one seldom finds such a clear awareness of one’s own means as well as an already distinct musical personality like his. Though, Zanisi has both of them, unmistakably.

PERSONNEL:

• Enrico Zanisi - (piano)

Recorded in Cavalicco on 27 - 28 May 2015

TRACKS:

• 01. Ouverture
• 02. Uma Historia
• 03. Mirage
• 04. Cut It Out
• 05. Mà
• 06. Palabras
• 07. Stairs
• 08. No Truth
• 09. Morse
• 10. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
• 11. O Du Mein Holder Abendstern