Roots Magic

DIGIPACK EDITION

This is some kind of familiar and bizarre sound creation, rooted in the essence of African-American music in its most Folkish character. Perhaps, only Non-American musicians could get the right distance to imagine something like this. Some sort of synthesized Black-influenced music based on sharp horn charts and a variety of Backbeats from Funk to Dub mutations. A whole sound world coming from the utmost respect for the originals, mixed up with good humor and subversive attitude. Needless to add that Black Music is at the very origin of every urban musical expression of today and this band shows us how and why…

PERSONNEL:

ALBERTO POPOLLA, clarinet, bass clarinet
ERRICO DE FABRITIIS, alto & baritone sax
GIANFRANCO TEDESCHI, double bass
FABRIZIO SPERA, drums

Guests:

Luca Venitucci, organ on tracks 1, 4, 9 piano on 6
Luca Tilli, cello on tracks 3, 7
Antonio Castiello, dub effects on 12

Abbey Rocchi Studio, Roma, December 2016.

TRACKS:

01. Down the Dirt Road Blues
02. Last Kind Words
03. Tom Rushen Blues
04. Oh Hush
05. Old
06. November Cotton Flower
07. Dogon A.D.
08. Hattie Wall
09. Miss Boweavil
10. Pee Wee Blues
11. Poor Me (Again)
12. Bermuda Blues (Quasi Dub)