Artist: Omit Five
Title: Speak Random
Cat Number: SLAMCD551
Year released: 2014
Format: CD & all digital platforms
Barcode: 5028386055129
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Omit Five are an Italian contemporary jazz quintet, whose music presents itself as a colourful kaleidoscope of timbres, melodies, harmonies and free improvisations.
The thirteen pieces on this album are entirely based on wide-ranging original tunes, compositions where the group tries to combine detailed composition and free improvisation, linking the post-bop tradition with a contemporary sound to serve as a mirror to our age.
Mattia Dalla Pozza: alto saxophone
Filippo Vignato: trombone
Joseph Circelli: guitar
Rosa Brunello: double bass
Simone Sferruzza: drums
“Omit Five has a heart in the post-bop tradition, with gleanings from the freer side of the street. Boppish pieces such as “Pomeriggi Ameni” display clean lines from the horns as well as linear guitar musings, while the two horns unify for some harmonious moments on a chanting “I Wanna Feel Nasty” and gently striding “Family.” Brunello gets spotlighted in some solos and duets on “Berlin June Walk” and “Uyusukluk” while the whole team gets down and funky on “Anni Luce”. Vignato’s trombone gracefully glides throughout, especially on the flowing “Pina Baush” making the whole a greater piece than the separate parts. Fresh and fragrant.” – George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
Recorded on May 1st-2nd 2013 at Barchessa Bolivar Recording Studio, Rubiera, Italy
Mixed at P1 Studio, Berlin, Germany by Marco Birkner
Mastered at Artesuono Studio, Cavalicco, Italy by Stefano Amerio