Francesco Polito - Trip (2020)

Trip is my first album as soloist.

A journey that includes my musical experiences over the years between Naples, the family band, collaborations with some Italian artists and with Rai TV; the different sounds acquired thanks to the meetings with many artists in Italy and around the world; and the passion since my early ages for the smooth jazz genre.

The idea of ​​creating this piece has always existed and has taken shape over the years thanks to the possibility of experiencing the smooth jazz world closely. In fact, my music is influenced by the style of saxophonists such as Boney James, Dave Koz, Kirk Whalum, Eric Darius, Richard Elliot, Euge Groove, Najee, Jeff Kashiwa and many others and I also had the opportunity to attend live performances and seminars of some of them in Florida and on cruise ships where I worked as a musician for a period of my life. There I have the chance to partecipate to smooth jazz, blues and bossanova cruises.


TRIP is a smooth jazz album inevitably contaminated by our culture, our melody, what we are and how we express ourselves : as Italians and mediterranean people.

Thanks to all of those whom contributed to the realization of this album starting from my father Enzo Polito, great musician and arranger, to Roberto Polito for the artistic production and for the beautiful drums and to all of my friends and fantastic artists: Beppe Polito, Massimo Romano, Frank Marino, Luigi Gaetani, Silvio De Filippo, and Gianfranco Cloralio.

Thanks to my AlfaMusic friends Fabrizio Salvatore and Alessandro Guardia for believing in this project.

Francesco Polito