"Wood Tales," Jacopo Ferrazza's new solo double bass album, was released on Feb. 5, 2021: twelve tracks, including seven original compositions and five arrangements, including songs and jazz standards, ranging from Fabio Zeppetella ("Choro Pra Gianlu") to Enrico Pieranunzi ("Les Amants"), via The Beatles' "Blackbird" and Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady." The album concludes with "A New World," the only (original) track resulting from overdubs.
In "Wood Tales" the double bass is laid completely bare, giving new ranges of colors and nuances no longer so hidden. This is a project that reveals its essence in the search for sonic independence and a rhythmic, harmonic and melodic identity, as well as timbre, supported exclusively by the use of the voice and bow: "I needed to go back to the roots," Ferrazza says, "so as not to lose contact with the earth and reality, embodied in this case by the true, sincere and even dirty sound of wood.
In this new work by the Roman musician and composer, the influences of Charlie Haden, Ray Brown, and Larry Grenadier remain, as do references to John Patitucci and Ares Tavolazzi (with whom Ferrazza studied in his youth), not coincidentally the authors of the liner notes for this record.
(Guido Gaito press agent)
