2009-08-01
Keyboard Magazine - Review
Ciacca plays from the heart, and Rush Life is worth an unhurried listen.
Keyboard Magazine
CD Reviews
August 2009
Italian-born, New Yorkbased pianist and composer Antonio Ciacca channels the ghosts of recordings past on Rush Life, an old school, strut-ified blowing session. Backed by the sympathetic rhythm section of Kengo Nakamura on bass and Rodney Green on drums, (and joined by saxophonist Stacy Dillard and trumpeter Joe Magnarelli), Ciacca dishes-out a healthy dose of originals and jazz standards, with his elegant touch taking center stage throughout the varied set. On the venerable “I Remember Clifford,” Ciacca’s surprising reharmonization and whisper of a solo serve to make the tune all his own. And on “Green Dolphin Street,” the staccato ensemble figures and metrically modulated swing breathe new life into the most familiar of songs. Ciacca plays from the heart, and Rush Life is worth an unhurried listen. Jon Regen (Motema, antoniociacca.com)
http://www.keyboardmag.com/article/cd-reviews-august/aug-09/98967
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