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UN BALLO CON LA LUNA FOR MIRABASSI/ZANCHINI DUO

EGEA’s second album with the duo Mirabassi – Zanchini, a work that is in line with the previous Il gatto e la volpe , but which broadens the range of sounds, atmospheres and colours that this surprising and close-knit duo is able to construct.

Both are virtuosos of their instrument. Gabriele Mirabassi of the clarinet. Simone Zanchini of the accordion. Both boast a long and prestigious curriculum. having measured themselves with the language of Jazz, of course, but also the language of classical, contemporary, Italian popular music and other traditions.

In Un ballo con la luna you can clearly hear all of this. It ranges from songs where you can breathe in atmospheres of clear Italian popular origin, like Re bello, to songs of South American inspiration, like Besame mucho, Carioca, to songs where improvisation takes over the starting melodic theme. The common thread is dance music. A music that sometimes faithfully proposes rhythms and movements typical of the dance hall music of Fellini memories, while other times transfigures them into something else, imagined, dreamed, moody. The real glue of the dance music review proposed by Gabriele and Simone is the originality of their language, the way of treating the themes, the melodies, the harmonic structures, and the development of them. A way where great creativity, individual inventiveness is always at the service of the final result. Another fascinating work created by a truly great duo.

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A NEW CD FOR GABRIELE MIRABASSI & SIMONE ZANCHINI

A new cd to be released on March 19th 2021 for the italian duo Gabriele Mirabassi (clarinet) & Simone Zanchini (accordeon): IL GATTO E LA VOLPE (The cat & the fox) for the italian based label EGEA records. A cd full of a thousand musical ideas and colors. Eight pieces, most of which written by the performers themselves, where the engaging dialogue between the two instruments, alternating popular atmospheres with other cultured ones, reaches peaks of pure lyricism.

Gabriele and Simone are a real duo: absolute masters of their instrument, with strong individual imprints and inexhaustible personal creativity, but at the same time with a great understanding and a perfect sense of general balance.

Tracklist
1. Choro Romagnolo (Simone Zanchini) 5:37
2. Our Spanish love song (Charlie Haden) 7:56
3. Chisciotte (Gabriele Mirabassi) 4:39
4. Impro N.5 (G. Mirabassi-S. Zanchini) 1:24
5. Felliniano (Simone Zanchini) 5:53
6. Pinocchio (Gabriele Mirabassi) 6:51
7. Sospesi a primavera (Gabriele Mirabassi) 5:45
8. Um Tom para Jobim (Sivuca) 5:37

Gabriele Mirabassi & Simone Zanchini duo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7nsNHHSLsU

EGEA: https://www.egearecords.it/attivita/suoni-e-segni-in-romagna/gabriele-mirabassi-simone-zanchini/

https://www.egearecords.it/product/il-gatto-e-la-volpe/

More infos: https://www.df-artists.com/artists/gabriele-mirabassi-simone-zanchini-duo