Olympia, by Gerardo Frisina

Olympia

by Gerardo Frisina

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1.	Olympia 05:47	buy track
2.	Tin Tin Deo 06:07	buy track
3.	Talking Sticks 05:42	buy track
4.	East Breeze 05:33	buy track
5.	The Obsession 05:40	buy track

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One year after the release of his fifth studio album “Movement”, Gerardo Frisina comes
back with a new EP: 5 tracks that outline his current sound. Call it latin jazz dance if you will,
but these tracks display subtleties, indications of dif ferent moods and areas of research.
The title track for instance, “Olympia”, delves into Gerardo’s passion for Brazilian music: a
slow joint (only 115bpm!) where the berimbau plays an important role. Or “Talking Sticks”, a
track that in some way follows the afrofunk mood already explor ed in his latest album. Ge -
rardo eschews ordinary choices and opted for inserting often overlooked or out of fashion
instruments in his tracks: the Hammond organ, the baritone sax, for instance. “East Breeze” reminds one of the latest Gerardo’s EP (do you remember Orient, co-produced with DJ Skizo?) and brings an exotic flavour to Gerardo’s trademark sound. There’s also a cover, an homage to one of Gerardo’s favourite tracks, Dizzy Gillespie’s “Tin Tin Deo”: a jazz classic influenced by afrocuban music of which Gerardo desired for long time to give his interpretation.
The closing track is “The Obsession” – a track led by a repetitive bass, a pure example of Gerardo’s sound: a track that may sound house at first, but that the experienced listener will recognise as a far more complex blend of styles and influences.
The consistency of the sound of this EP is guaranteed by the presence of Gerardo’s musicians, the ones that participated on his latest full length.

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released November 6, 2015

Produced by Gerardo Frisina
for Schema Records
Written by Gerardo Frisina
except “Tin Tin Deo” written by
D. Gillespie and C. Pozo
Recorded at Blue Spirit Recording
studio in April May 2015
Sound Engineer Francesco Borrelli
Publishing by Edizioni Ishtar Snc
except track A2
Giovanni Guerretti – piano and Hammond
Ernesto Lopez – drums and percussion
Hendrickson “Pucci” Mena – trumpet
Domenico Mamone – baritone and
tenor saxophones
Maurizio Vespa – vibraphone
Aleandro Marcado – bass
Gilas – flute

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