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Gianmarco Liguori - Gianmarco Liguori Review
23 Oct 2006 // A review by Shade
Some weeks ago I mentioned having seen the group Dukes of Leisure play at the Auckland Observatory Skydome. On the same bill was Salon Kingsadore, also enjoying an appropriately spacey venue for music that took off on instrumental astral flights.
Ligouri is the guitarist with Salon Kingsadore but here leans more towards jazz than setting his controls for the heart of the sun. He called on his former trumpet tutor Kim Paterson, who got out his contact book and called sympathetic players such as keyboardist Murray McNabb, saxophonist Brian Smith, bassist Andy Atwell and percussionist Miguel Fuentes. Influenced by soundtrack composers -- Ennio Morricone, Piero Piccioni -- whose work womplimented the visual work of film directors, Ligouri crafts music which is evocative, often has a vibrant Latin feel to it, and generously lets the other musicians have plenty of space.
- Graham Reid
Some weeks ago I mentioned having seen the group Dukes of Leisure play at the Auckland Observatory Skydome. On the same bill was Salon Kingsadore, also enjoying an appropriately spacey venue for music that took off on instrumental astral flights.Ligouri is the guitarist with Salon Kingsadore but here leans more towards jazz than setting his controls for the heart of the sun. He called on his former trumpet tutor Kim Paterson, who got out his contact book and called sympathetic players such as keyboardist Murray McNabb, saxophonist Brian Smith, bassist Andy Atwell and percussionist Miguel Fuentes. Influenced by soundtrack composers -- Ennio Morricone, Piero Piccioni -- whose work womplimented the visual work of film directors, Ligouri crafts music which is evocative, often has a vibrant Latin feel to it, and generously lets the other musicians have plenty of space.
- Graham Reid
About Gianmarco Liguori
Liguori teamed up with his friend and former trumpet tutor, Kim Paterson for the project, and through him got involved with the other musicians who perform here. The veteran musicians who contributed to the album have had decades of recording and performance between them since the early 1960s, in the United States, Europe, South America, Asia and Australia, performing with some pretty huge names in Jazz.
Taking inspiration from 1960s film soundtracks, Stolen Paintings weaves a loose story throughout the album as though it were a soundtrack itself. It may be instrumental, but that doesn’t mean it should be taken as “wallpaper” music.
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