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Moving Ahead

by Gerardo Frisina

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michaelsee
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michaelsee This is on heavy rotation. Fantastic!
djjazzyjohnson
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djjazzyjohnson i am truly amazed by the compositions of this album comparing the last album 'latin jazz'. the sounds that set Gerardo apart from any other Electro Jazz composer never gets dull. Much thanks for this GREAT production! Favorite track: Marombo Part II.
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Music Without Labels I and many others who have had the pleasure to see Gerardo DJ live at my MWL events have been waiting for this album since we knew it was being created. It has been all it promised and more and I have had the pleasure to play a number of tracks in advance on my radio shows on both Soulpower-radio, Tuesdays 6-8 and Totally Wired Radio the first and third Sunday of each month. The response from listeners has been electric and rightfully so. Bravo Gerardo!! 10/10 Favorite track: Naihi.
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Naihi 06:17
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Que Dilema 05:24
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Desencantado 05:54
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Naihi's Son 05:18
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Cuiabà 04:36
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Guava 04:16
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Vicky 04:17
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Damay 04:37
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Kerewan 05:55
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Mwanga 04:26

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“Moving Ahead” is the long-awaited new work by Gerardo Frisina, a double LP worth of new material that gathers together the various sounds that have characterized his entire production. The experience collected over this long period therefore strongly affects a multiform album whose stylistic components are easily identifable (Latin jazz, nu-jazz, Afro-Cuban, dub, electronic music) but that transcends any possible classifcation as a whole.
The musical evolution of “Moving Ahead” is centered on hypnotic and pushing rhythmic patterns, on which the various guest musicians express themselves with all their melodic and emotional intensity. In addition to the already known Gendrickson Mena (trumpet), Ernesto Lopez (drums and percussion), Alfonso Deidda (baritone sax, flute) and Fabrizio Bernasconi (piano, Fender Rhodes), a special mention must be credited to Haruna Kuyateh, a young Gambian whom Gerardo saw performing as a street artist by pure chance by walking around the town of Milan: thanks to his instrument, the kora, the album’s sound spectrum is enriched with new sensations in the songs “Naihi”, “Naihi’s Son” and “Kerewan”.
From the “Marombo” EP, which anticipated this release, “Moving Ahead” also delivers a new version of its title-track, with a slightly different rhythm and with the addition of the vibraphone. The CD version of this record also includes the second part of “Marombo” and the exclusive “Mwanga”, a bonus track not present in the 2LP edition.
In short, “Moving Ahead” is the mature continuation of a 20-year long solo career, started in the early 2000s with “Ad Lib”, that once again demonstrates how Gerardo’s creativity still manifests itself today at very high levels.

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released September 25, 2020

Produced, conceived and arranged by
Gerardo Frisina for Schema Records
Written by Gerardo Frisina
Recorded at Blue Spirit Recording Studio
between July 2019 and February 2019
Sound Engineer: Francesco Borrelli
Publishing by Edizioni Ishtar Srl
Fabrizio Bernasconi - Piano, Fender Rhodes
Gendrickson Mena - Trumpet
Alfonso Deidda - Baritone sax, flute
Ernesto Lopez - Drums and percussion
Enzo Frassi - Electric bass, double bass
Mimmo Valente - Tenor sax
Haruna Kuyateh - Kora, vocal
Luca Gusella - Vibraphone
Frabor - Acoustic guitar

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