Alchemy In Jazz

by Oscar Rocchi Quintet

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Besides being a leading session musician in Milan's jazz scene between the 60s and 90s, Italian pianist Oscar Rocchi created a number of exquisite library albums in the pop-jazz genre. These include among others "Erbe Selvatiche", "Pop-Paraphrenia" and "Woman's Colours" (the latter co-written with his friend Giancarlo Barigozzi) as well as "Alchemy in Jazz", which is now available in digital format for the first time ever.

Originally released on Ring, an imprint of Edizioni Minstrel, the album was recorded by a quintet featuring Rocchi on piano plus long-time collaborators Hugo Heredia (sax and flute), Sergio Fanni (trumpet), Gianni Cazzola (drums) and Furio Di Castri (double bass), and has since become a cult record in countries from the US to Japan, where it was released for the first time on CD in 2013.

With a palette ranging from frenzied post-bop echoes("Gold-Fast", "Nigredo") to sentimental nocturnal ballads ("Solution", "Rubedo") to cheerful modern-jazz vibes ("Mercury", "Silver-Bop", "Sulphur"), here Rocchi paints an elegantly syncopated musical fresco that, like the magical, alchemical process referred to in the title, transmutes the harsher aspects of jazz syntax into a graceful and more euphonic style that is approachable for jazz neophytes and yet enjoyable for seasoned jazz lovers.

©℗ 1979 – Minstrel Edizioni Musicali. Licensed to Holy Basil Records by Four Flies Srl

TRACKLIST

A1. Gold-Fast
A2. Mercury
A3. Solution

B1. Silver-Bop
B2. Sulphur
B3. Rubedo
B4. Nigredo

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released June 30, 2023

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Founded in 2021 with the sole intent of releasing as well as reissuing good music without any kind of genre or geographical restrictions, Holy Basil Records is a record label based in Roma, Italy.

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