Listen online to ANIMAJAZZ No. 749 Thursday, February 16 Podcast

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The episode No. 749 of “ANIMAJAZZ”, conceived and conducted by Bruno Pollacci , aired on Thursday 16 February at 19.30 Italian time (1:30 pm Kansas City time) on Puntoradio, also streamed over www.puntoradio.fm and instantly podcast on http://animajazz.eu will open with the pianist and composer DINO MASSA with his “Kansas City Quintet” (Christopher Burnett, as, Charles Gatscher, g, Andrew W. Stinson, b, Clarence Smith, d / pc), from the CD “Echoes of Europe” we will listen to the same original composition that gives the title track (in the first photo on the left).

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Recent Reviews

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  • FROM SOUNDCONTEST (ITALY): “The exotic atmosphere of Notos (Christopher Burnett) is enchanting. The well-timed playing of Massa is adamant. Christopher Burnett ponders his improvisational speech with wisdom and elegance, seasoning it with some color…” ~ Stefano Dentice, SoundContest (Italy)

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  • DRUM MAG (ITALY): “Five original compositions by Massa, plus two songs composed for the occasion by Burnett and trumpeter guest Marcus Hampton, for a album of contemporary jazz marked by a strong melodic vocation and a great formal elegance.” ~ Guido Bugatti, Drumset Mag no. 54, February 2017 (Italy)

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  • FROM MIDWEST RECORD: DINO MASSA’S KANSAS CITY QUINTET/Echoes of Europe (ARC-2680) – “In which we find smoking contemporary jazz arising out of a chance meeting by players that wouldn’t have run into each other if not for being in the 1990 version of the NATO Jazz Band. Yeah that NATO, the political thing. The sparks flew and they never cooled off. Hooking up all these many years later, they play like this has been going on in New York for some time rather than Kansas City recently. Easy going jazz that isn’t easy listening, straight ahead ears will dig the proceedings. Well done throughout.” ~ Chris Spector, editor and publisher

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  • FROM JAZZ WEEKLY: “Composer/arranger Dino Massa accomplishes much on a smaller scale. Christopher Burnett/as, Charles Gatschet/g, Andrew W. Stinson/b, Clarence Smith/dr for the core with Massa’s piano while guests including “Freda Proctor-Terri Anderson Burnett/fl, Marcus Hampton-Stanton Kessler/tp-fh veer in and out of the seven pieces like characters in an Agatha Christie novel. The pieces are well structured with a chamber feel, featuring soft and warm flutes floating on the Latin “Imagine” and fluffing with the flugelhorns on “Notos.” Massa’s piano and Gatschet’s guitar form a quiet interlude with Burnett’s sweet alto on “Echoes of Europe” and the lithe pulses of “Remembering” and “Paris” are rich water colors of sound. Like listening to Monet.” ~ George W. Harris

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EoE REVIEW by Guido Bugatti, Drumset Mag n. 54, Febbraio 2017 (Italy)

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DINO MASSA KANSAS CITY QUINTET

Echoes of Europe

Recording Artist Collective (ARC)

Poignant echoes of the Mediterranean set to music by Dino Massa, a pianist and composer from Naples. Massa, recorded his fifth album as a leader in Kansas City, Missouri, with the support of saxophonist Christopher Burnett, label owner, who met Massa in 1990 when Burnett was with the NATO Jazz Band and based in Naples. 

Twenty five years later, thanks to Facebook, the two find each other again. Massa is invited to the States for a series of performances with great musicians at venues in the Kansas City area.

Encouraged by the positive feedback they received from these performances, Massa came back to Missouri in April 2016 to record his music in the company of Burnett, guitarist Charles Gatschet, bassist Andrew Stinson and drummer Clarence Smith (plus a few guests on flute and flugelhorn). 

Five original compositions by Massa, plus two songs composed for the occasion by Burnett and trumpeter guest Marcus Hampton, for an album of contemporary jazz marked by a strong melodic vocation and a great formal elegance.

~ Guido Bugatti, Drumset Mag no. 54, February 2017 (Italy)

//ORIGINAL ITALIAN//

DINO MASSA KANSAS CITY QUINTET

Echoes of Europe

Artist Recording Collective (ARC)

Struggenti echi di Mediterraneo nella musica del pianista e compositore napoletano Dino Massa, che ha registrato il suo quinto album da leader in quel di Kansas City, nel Missouri, grazie anche al sostegno del sassofonista Christopher Burnett, proprietario dell’etichetta, incontrato da Massa nel 1990 quando Burnett era in forza alla NATO Jazz Band in quel di Napoli. 

25 anni dopo, grazie a Facebook, i due si ritrovano, Massa viene invitato a raggiungere gli States per una serie di esibizioni con ottimi musicisti dell’area di Kansas City.

Incoraggiato dai riscontri positivi ricevuti, nell’aprile 2016 Massa è di nuovo nel Missouri per registrare la sua musica in compagnia di Burnett, del chitarrista Charles Gatschet, del contrabbassista Andrew Stinson e del batterista Clarence Smith (più un paio di ospiti a flauto e flicorno). 

Cinque composizioni originali di Massa, più due brani composti per l’occasione da Burnett e dal trombettista ospite Marcus Hampton, per un album di jazz contemporaneo all’insegna di una forte vocazione melodica e di una grande eleganza formale.

~ Guido Bugatti, Drumset Mag n. 54, Febbraio 2017 (Italia)

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