Evanscape Enrico Pieranunzi & Bebo Ferra

• 1 Dreams and the Morning 05:17
• 2 Song for Helen 04:37
• 3 Passing Shadows 05:03
• 4 Incanto 04:16
• 5 Il giardino di Anne 04:24
• 6 Very Early 05:26
• 7 Twoliness 04:13
• 8 Siren's Lounge 06:36
• 9 Once Upon a Summertime 03:20
• 10 Calling Enrico 03:50
• 11 Evanscape 03:56
• Total Runtime 50:58

Info zu Evanscape

Sich wirklich in die Welt von Bill Evans zu vertiefen, bedeutet nicht nur, über großartige Technik zu verfügen; es bedeutet vor allem, eine einzigartige Sensibilität zu besitzen, die es ermöglicht, eine harmonische Sprache von seltener emotionaler Intensität zu tragen – mit Akkorden, die nicht einfach nur gut klingen, mit Pausen, die die Stille zu einem lebendigen Bestandteil des musikalischen Diskurses machen, und mit Melodielinien, die gleichzeitig von Chopin und Bebop inspiriert scheinen. Nur wenige Musiker schaffen es, sich dieser Welt zu nähern, ohne von ihr überwältigt zu werden oder, schlimmer noch, ohne in sterile Imitation zu verfallen. Enrico Pieranunzi hingegen besaß diese innere Veranlagung schon immer. Seine Verbindung zu Evans ist weder episodisch noch oberflächlich: Er widmete ihm ein Buch, dann 2001 die Platte mit Blasinstrumenten „Evans Remembered“ und vor allem einen langen Prozess stillen Verinnerlichens. Mit „Evanscape“, aufgenommen im Mai 2025 in Meudon und veröffentlicht von Bonsai Music am 24. April 2026, erreicht diese Beziehung eine neue Reifestufe. Sie reduziert die musikalische Sprache auf ihr Wesen, eröffnet neue Hörperspektiven und erweitert sie um Perspektiven jenseits ihrer eigenen.

Die Entscheidung, als Duo mit Bebo Ferra zusammenzuarbeiten, erweist sich als wegweisend. Ferra, ein sardischer Gitarrist, gehört zu jenen Musikern, die verschiedene Welten durchqueren können, ohne ihre eigene Stimme zu verlieren. Sein Klang erinnert an Jim Hall und Bill Frisell, doch seine Phrasierung bleibt essentiell, introvertiert und mehr auf Reduktion als auf Anhäufung ausgerichtet.

Enrico Pieranunzi, Klavier
Bebo Ferra, Gitarre

Enrico Pieranunzi
was born in Rome in 1949 and has for many years been among the most significant and well-known protagonists of the international jazz scene. A pianist, composer, and arranger, he has recorded more than 70 albums under his own name, ranging from piano solo to trio, from duo to quintet. He has collaborated, either live or in the studio, with Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Paul Motian, Charlie Haden, Chris Potter, Marc Johnson, and Joey Baron. Pieranunzi has been named Artist of the Year three times by the Musica Jazz magazine critics’ poll (in 1989, 2003, 2008). He also won the French Django d’Or prize as “Best European Musician” in 1997 and the German Echo Jazz Award in 2014 as “Best International Keyboard Artist”. Pieranunzi has performed his music all over the world in the most prestigious international festivals, from Montréal to Copenhagen and Buenos Aires, from Berlin and Madrid to Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Beijing. For the past ten years, he has been playing more and more in the USA, and has taken part in the San Francisco and Spoleto (Charleston, South Carolina) festivals. He has also been regularly featured in the most important New York clubs, especially the Village Vanguard, where in July 2010 he recorded the album Live at the Village Vanguard with Marc Johnson and Paul Motian. This is the first album ever recorded by an Italian musician (and one of the very few by European musicians) in the legendary diamond shaped 7th Avenue venue. A second Live at the Village Vanguard, recorded in 2015 with Donny McCaslin, Scott Colley and Clarence Penn, will be released at the end of 2016. Enrico Pieranunzi has composed over 300 pieces, many of which have become standards performed and recorded by musicians all over the world (Night Bird, Don’t Forget the Poet, Fellini’s Waltz).

“Pieranunzi can swing – crisply and surely. But in those tempos, he remains his lyrical self. His music sings” (Nat Hentoff, 1990)

“Enrico Pieranunzi breathes new life into contemporary jazz” (Ray Spencer, Jazz Journal International, 1992)

“Remember the name, me, get lost in the music” (Josef Woodard, Jazz Times, 2000)

Bebo Ferra
is an artist originally from Sardinia who has made Milan his home. For years he has established himself as one of the most important Italian jazz guitarists, and his long tenure with Paolo Fresu's Devil Quartet has also brought him to the attention of an international audience.

Bebo Ferra is an artist who hails from Sardinia and has made Milan his home. He has played, recorded, and collaborated with many other leading figures in Italian and international jazz, including Alex Foster, John Clark, Enrico Rava, Enrico Pieranunzi, Steve Grossmann, Maria Pia de Vito, Jim Black, Billy Cobham, Peter Bernstein, Joe Lovano, Dedè Ceccarelli, Rita Marcotulli, Franco Ambrosetti, Franco D'Andrea, Mark Nightingale, George Robert, Emmanuel Bex, Carol Welsman, Danilo Rea, Eddie Martinez, Gianluigi Trovesi, Antonello Salis, Roberto Gatto, Flavio Boltro, Paul McCandless, Jaribu Shaid, Paolo Damiani, Pietro Tonolo, John Stowell, and others.

He has recorded approximately one hundred albums, about twenty of them as a leader or co-leader. Throughout his long career, he has performed in many countries across Europe and around the world. In addition to his concert activities in the jazz field, he has also composed film scores, for which he has received numerous awards. He has also been nominated as an acoustic and electric guitarist and has won awards for his recordings.

In 1997, as a soloist with the Orchestra della Scala in Milan, he recorded the incidental music for the ballet "Games," written and conducted by Maestro Carlo Boccadoro. He has collaborated with many leading figures in Italian theater on multimedia projects and recordings, as well as with several pop musicians, including Ornella Vanoni, Sergio Cammariere, and Antonella Ruggero.

He performs in various ensembles, from solo to duo performances with Andrea Dulbecco (vibraphone and marimba), Rita Marcotulli (piano), Paolo Fresu (trumpet), and Raffaele Casarano (saxophone). He is the leader of the quartet with Fulvio Sigurtà (trumpet), Salvatore Maiore (double bass) and Alessandro Paternesi (drums), with whom he released the album "Metaphysics of the Monkeys" at the end of 2021, and of the trio with Gianluca Di Ienno (piano and organ) and Nicola Angelucci (drums), with whom he has now released the album "Lights" after the album "Voltage" from 2016.

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