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A beautiful selection of famous Italian hits, arranged for jazz quartet and voice by Italian pianist Roberto Magris the bandleader and initiator of the project. Roberto Magris has been involved in the last years in many successful trans atlantic cooperations with American jazz musicians, via the J-Mood label, but this time he shares the stage with Italian musicians featuring singer Maria del Revere, Paolo Prizon on drums and Mario Cogno on acoustic bass. Roberto Magris Quartet with Voice Canzoni Italiane in Jazz (2011) (Italy) Magris shines on all the ten "Canzoni Italiane" he invests with his own melodic-exploratory sensibility making this highly melodic album an enjoyable jazz record pleasant to a broader audience as well. The atmosphere is relaxed, the piano keeps the improvisation flowing freely, expanding beyond the surface of the original song, swinging unpredictably without overshadowing Maria del Revere's jazzy voice. There are intimate ballads ("Bambina innamorata" , "Napule e'" "Mi sono innamorato di te, E penso a te), joyful moments including the famous bossa "Estate" , "Un'estate fa" "Arrivederci" . and an especially modernistic exuberant piano version of "La Canzone di Marinella" An album worth listening even for those already familiar with Italian pop-jazz themes as Roberto Magris playing and direction turned them into a collection of new gems Roberto Magris @ JWQ Roberto Magris website