Blue Prelude

With her unique artistic journey, recognised by international critics, vocalist Marilena Paradisi brings to Blue Prelude the full depth of her contemporary improvisational vocal exploration, making it her own distinctive stylistic hallmark. On this, her tenth album - the third released by Losen Records - jazz rediscovers its expressive purity, stripped of all artifice. In a musical dialogue with accordionist Natalino Marchetti , an important figure in contemporary jazz, Marilena Paradisi constructs a sonic universe of rare intensity, where the accordion transfigures into an avant-garde chamber orchestra, capable of generating unusual resonances and almost mystical depths. In the most fragile pianissimo and the densest fortissimo, the two artists seem to merge into a single improvisational breath. The vocalist traverses the registers with chameleonic versatility, shifting vocal colour and density between an introduction and a theme, while Natalino Marchetti 's orchestral accordion continually amplifies her nuances. An infinite instrument, the accordion sometimes disguises itself as a bass clarinet, sometimes as a string section, while the sound of fingers on the keys becomes a rhythmic, percussive caress that envelops the voice. The choice of repertoire is overwhelmingly beautiful; Jim Van Heusen, Burton Lane, Dizzy Gillespie, Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny, Gordon Jenkins, Stephen Sondheim, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Horace Silver - compositions by authors with such varied atmospheres seem to communicate with each other, held together by the incredible expressive coherence of the two interpreters. Recorded, mixed and mastered January 17 & 18 by Clive Simpson at Studio Extra Beat, Rome, Italy. Produced by Marilena Paradisi & Natalino Marchetti

1: Here's That Rainy Day
2: On a Clear Day
3: I Waited for You
4: Ana Maria
5: Always and Forever
6: Blue Prelude
7: I Remember
8: Luiza
9: St. Vitus Dance

Number of Discs: 1

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