Giovanni Guidi Trio: This Is The Day

The Giovanni Guidi Trio plays jazz of unusual originality and full of deep reflection. On their second ECM album, Italian pianist Guidi, US bassist Morgan and Portuguese drummer Lobo continue what they started in 2011 on their recording City of Broken Dreams - with thoughtful, abstract ballads shimmering with inner tension Each of the musicians has a strong feeling for the dialectic of sound and silence. The repertoire is largely written by Guidi, but also includes the standard "I'm Through with Love", as well as "Quizas, quizas, quizas", a piece by Cuban songwriter Osvaldo Farres, which jazz listeners know mainly in Nat King Cole's version, and finally Joao Lobo's "Baiia".