Enrico Pieranunzi & Rosario Giuliani embark on a musical journey on their album 'Duke's Dream,' reimagining Duke's music with contemporary elements.

Enrico Pieranunzi and Rosario Giuliani embark on a musical journey with their album 'Duke's Dream,' reimagining Duke Ellington's music and infusing it with contemporary elements. The duo, both rooted in jazz history, acknowledges that a successful tribute involves a personal touch, making it a self-portrait. Drawing on their European background, they approach Ellington's Afro-American music with respect but bring in their own experiences, including contemporary jazz influences. The album explores new harmonic interpretations, rhythmic refinements, contrapuntal dialogues, and melodic inventions while maintaining the essence of Ellington's warm heart at the core. The duo navigates the 'Ellingtonia' atmosphere, capturing the diverse emotions of ballads, blues, exuberance, and lamentation, all grounded in a consistently imagined swing feeling.

'Duke's Dream' becomes a humanistic and universal exploration, allowing Pieranunzi and Giuliani to create new music in the spirit of Duke, embracing the essential element of poetry and inviting listeners to indulge in their own fantasies.

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Label: Intuition

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 52 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 01/13/17

UPC: 750447344525