GIOVANNI GUIDI “AVEC LE TEMPS“

Giovanni Guidi Avec le temps Giovanni Guidi: piano; Thomas Morgan: double bass; João Lobo: drums; Francesco Bearzatti: tenor saxophone; Roberto Cecchetto: guitar ECM 2604 CD 6025 7706280 3 Release: 22. MARCH 2019 Giovanni Guidi is one of the most consistently creative pianists in Europe today, focussing inspirations from contemporary jazz and free playing in a strongly lyrical approach of his own. As well as composing his own material, he has a discerning ear for pieces his group might adapt. The new album begins with an extraordinary interpretation of a yearning song of love and loss by the Monaco-born poet-composer-chansonnier Léo Ferré (1916-1993). The melody and atmosphere of Ferré’s “Avec Le Temps”, one of the classics of the French chanson repertoire, are explored in new detail by Guidi and bassist Thomas Morgan. Of Morgan Guidi recently noted: “I don’t know if there are other musicians who are so inside the music with every note, who capture ever