DESCRIPTION:
Recorded in Sala del Rosso (Florence).

Gianluca Petrella (trombone, samplers, vocoder, synth); Michele Papadia (hammond, wurlitzer, synth, bass synth); Stefano Tamborrino (drum, percussion, live electronics). Special guest on request: John De Leo (voice and live electronics).

“Trio 70’s” has been produced for a live recording series dedicated to the most important jazzmen in Italy and published by Italian magazine L’Espresso. Precisely to jazz personalities like internationally acclaimed trombone phenomenon Gianluca Petrella from Bari because of his artistic maturity, his inexhaustive new energy he puts into his productions, his blending North European with “classic” Detroit sounds, and new frontiers of electronics with styles close to J Dilla.

The band only needed a few hours of checking to understand that this could be the very project to create a new, powerful, homogeneous sound.

“Trio 70’s” is a trip back in time moving between acid tinges and funky vibes, a journey that delves into the roots and depths of last century African-American music to open up and lead to
contemporary sound scenarios: Gianluca Petrella has embraced and explored more than 40 years of that particular music making to give life to a new trio project between research and interpretation with Michele Papadia on keyboards (a true master of the Hammond Organ sound) and young talented drummer Stefano Tamborrino.

The result is a perfect blend of Afrobeat, nu jazz, hip hop and electronic music, with Petrella’s mature trombone playing, freely dialoguing with Papadia’s powerful, rhythmic Moog and warm Hammond’s twists of harmonies, and with drummer Tamborrino’s at once solid and creative groove. The repertoire, arranged by Gianluca Petrella, is entirely original, new and fresh.