Juri Dal Dan Trio & Francesco Bearzatti - Immaginario Blues (2018) [Hi-Res]

Juri Dal Dan is one of the many excellent musicians who came out of the Friulian forge, author of other works that we have dealt with in the past including Trilogia di un viaggiatore ) and who presents his latest project, with his trio and the guest (not occasional, nor added as a star attraction) Francesco Bearzatti. Although imaginary, the blues really permeates the CD from its beginning, the short introductory improvisation, with the work of the piano and the intervention of Berzatti, and characterizes it throughout its development. Piano and saxophone are naturally the protagonists of the scene, but the way in which Alessandro Mansutti's drums intervene is interesting, which can be appreciated for example by listening to the second improvisation, "Immaginario Blues #2," in which it first moves freely and aggressively behind the lines of the piano, streaking its developments, and then reinforces the rhythm of Bearzatti's saxophone, doubling its beat. The work perhaps finds its highest point in "Illusione e noia nell'Illinois," a beautiful piece in which the blues dominates from beginning to end, thanks to the intensity and splendid phrasing of Bearzatti, but also to the fluid and lyrical interpretation of the blues by Dal Dan himself. Space here also for an excellent singable solo by Romano Todesco's double bass, who also builds a beautiful solo connection between "Immaginario Blues #3" and "Hallelucination Blues." The singular "Fugue Blues," which opens with the piano alluding to baroque scales and then develops through superimpositions of the theme up to Bearzatti's improvisation. Excellent work of modern jazz, well-made, engaging and excellently played.