DESCRIPTION:
Elias Nardi - Oud;
Carlo La Manna - fretless bass;
Roberto Segato - Piano, Keyboards, Synth;
Zachary J Baker - Drumkit, Cymbals
Guest on "The Emperor": Andrea Vezzoli, Baritone Sax

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“The Strength” is an illustrating example of the ethno jazz fusion style that can be found on The Tarot Album (2012) by Elias Nardi Quartet.

"Elias Nardi is an oud specialist and he is accompanied by a rock instrumentation […] progressive and jazzy touches alongside classical and world music brands. This is Cinematic Ethno-Jazz for gourmets.”
iO PAGES Prog Rock Music Magazine (Netherlands) 2013

”A Monumental Work” […] Elias Nardi simply traces a more adventurous path than most of the others, but he knows very well where to go. Follow him!”
SALAD DAYS MAGAZINE (Italy) 2012

“After the successful “Orange Tree” (2010) the musician from Tuscany comes back to the scene with an Excellent album that goes beyond the simple Ethno-Jazz, reaching new ages territories […] but pointing the route to the joint with progressive music. The Tarot Album is a fascinating work […]”
DRUMSET MAG (Italy) 2013

”A SYMPHONIC POEM OF OUR TIME”
C’era una volta il Rock (Once upon a time, Rock) by Riccardo Storti - November 2012
MENTELOCALE (Italy)

"Elias Nardi plays the oud, and does it so more than excellent. He plays so in a special way, by failing to adhere to the traditional conventions. That alone makes the music of Nardi interesting and exciting [..] I am off with most of ethno-jazz, but The Tarot album is an album that I listen with pleasure in its entirety, without being moments of boredom or overfed. There are plenty of rests, fine introductions, head and tail compositions, dynamics and excellent sound (recording) quality."
NEW FOLK SOUNDS (NETHERLANDS) 2013

"Here it is an unique and surprising artist […] Elias Nardi founded in 2010 the Elias Nardi Quartet […] inventing the Ethno Jazz Progressive of the XXI Century. Totally original, the music of Elias Nardi Quartet is without comparison […] A complete work of art, a complete world, a rare gem, a jewel. Ethnic? Classical? Experimental? Yes, of course. Innovative first of all, and mostly poetic. A surprising revelation”
MUSIC WAVES/PROGRESSIVE WAVES (France) 2013 – RECOMMENDED - 8/10

“ARTISTIC FOLK:
Elias Nardi makes a very personal music, a kind of newly composed classical music with folk in the background.”
NORRAN (Sweden) 2013

“The music of this quartet flows sometimes ethereal sometimes more energic, but always wonderfully arranged and composed through all of the precious and refined 18 tracks, between Folk and Classical Music, but also with modern Jazz sounds and many elements of research inside the compositions typical of the ‘60/70s Prog Rock.”
CULTURALISMI (ITALY) 2013

"The Tarot Album" is classy, refined, sensitive and poetic […] an album that need attention and reflection.”
ROCK IMPRESSIONS (Italy) 2012