Coffee Street Trio - Dialogoi (Johann Sebastian Bach Reworked By Carlo Maria Barile) (2023)

The present work originated in 2016, when Maestro Rino Marrone proposed to the Coffee Street Trio a project focusing on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, in particular on “The Art of Fugue” BWV 1080. The idea was to perform some fugues alternating the classical versions and jazz arrangements. The musical ideas proposed here are developed taking inspiration from Bach’s thematic, harmonic and compositional elements and from the Baroque performing and compositional practice. There are dialogues between historical periods, between apparently different musical styles and genres, between lights and shadows in the typical contrasts of the Baroque, but above all there are dialogues among people through the exchange of their musical ideas. In this recording the choice of different sounds in each track is an integral part of the arrangements as much as the notes that compose them. This recording follows the path of the first concert dedicated to the project, where dialogues and contrasts between different eras and genres are kept alive through the alternation of classical performances and jazz arrangements.
Enjoy the listening!