Who are you?” “I'm Massimo Urbani.” “Who taught you to play bebop?” “I'm not playing bebop, I'm playing John Coltrane.”

Here is the most comprehensive musical portrait so far most comprehensive of Massimo Urbani, who has now emerged from the somewhat bit of legend that surrounds always the “child prodigies” and entered the circle of true talenses, of the improvisers who count today on the European jazz. The path percourse and the results achieved are- are emblematically reflected in these two records, each with its own title. In the first one the young saxophonist offers a vibrant homage to two idols of his formative period, Albert Ayler and John Coltrane: and he does so in his own instinctive, visceral way, evoking in the long opening track, firstthe shivering glee of the “Aylerian spirits, and then, do- after a percussive passage, the suffering, labyrinthine scales of the Coltranian quest.

Track Listing

• Dedications
• Naima
• L’ Amore
• Max’s Mood
• Scrapple From The Apple
• Speak Low
• Soul Eyes

Additional Details

Label: Red Records

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 71 mins

Release Date: 02/10/07

UPC: 027312316025