Rekindling the familiarly flowing interplay with fellow travellers Thomas Morgan and João  Lobo – the trio’s musical partnership goes back over a decade at this point –, on A New Day Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi moreover expands the group’s instrumental grasp with the introduction of American saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, who makes his ECM debut here.

Not only is the ensemble scope widened; with Brandon Lewis in tow, new dialects and fresh perspectives are broached, and different instrumental paths taken, inspired by an overall heightened sense of communication and Lewis’s unmistakable, confident tone. Recorded at Studios La Buissonne, Southern France, in August 2023, the album was produced by Manfred Eicher.

PERSONNEL:

Giovanni Guidi - (piano)
James Brandon Lewis - (tenor saxophone
Thomas Morgan - (double bass
João Lobo - (drums)

August 2023, Studios La Buissonne, Pernes les Fontaines

TRACKS:

01. Cantos Del Ocells
02. To A Young Student
03. Means For A Rescue
04. Only Sometimes
05. Luigi (The Boy Who Lost His Name)
06. My Funny Valentine
07. Wonderland