Pieranunza, Enrico
Perspectives
Pieranunzi, Polga, Fonnesbæk, and Beggio have each absorbed, in their own way, stylistic elements layered through tradition (as well as more recent, US-driven sounds), which they tailor seamlessly throughout the tracks on Perspectives, with a particularly meticulous focus on sound design. If the result in headphones feels like mixing worthy of toptier engineering (just listen to Beggio's inspired solo on back and forth to catch even the last few hertz of cymbals floating in space), it's also because these musicians have trained their ears to the most subtle acoustic possibilities of their instruments, placing them at the service of the music with great naturalness and sincerity. This is a quartetnot a soloist's project with skilled colleagueswhere the absence of any "leader mentality" becomes the key to exploring new sonic territory.