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Cat-No:SCLP406SE
Release-Date:29.03.2024
Genre:Jazz
Configuration:2LP
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Mario Biondi And The High Five Quintet - A Child Runs Free
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Mario Biondi And The High Five Quintet - No Mercy For Me
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Mario Biondi And The High Five Quintet - Slow Hot Wind
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Mario Biondi And The High Five Quintet - This Is What You Are
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Mario Biondi And The High Five Quintet - I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes
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Mario Biondi And The High Five Quintet - Rio De Janeiro Blue
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Mario Biondi And The High Five Quintet - A Handful Of Soul
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Mario Biondi And The High Five Quintet - On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
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Mario Biondi And The High Five Quintet - Never Die
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Mario Biondi And The High Five Quintet - Gig
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Mario Biondi And The High Five Quintet - No Trouble On The Mountain
Originally released in 2006, this album sold more that 300.000 copies.
It is now reissued by Schema Records in a new special edition, consisting of a 2-LP set, blue transparent colored vinyl enclosed in a gatefold sleeve

Everything about this incredible album, that hit like a bolt from the blue at the time, has already been said. Mario’s deep and warm voice recalls the great soul and rhythm’n’blues music interpreters. Many will think of a black singer, while Mario comes from the town of Catania, Sicily. “Handful of Soul” ranges between jazz and soul, resulting in a very enticing music release, whose sound swings from smooth vocal melodies to rhythmic tracks to dance to. The singer and the producers successfully managed to find out songs that wouldn’t change the nature of Mario’s voice, that could highlight the deepness of his tone, yet in the same time would still be able to represent the artistic direction and the music lead followed by Schema Records.

The love for r’n’b and soul, the styles of music mostly appreciated by Mario, brought him to listen to a certain music repertoire, in particular some of the most representative related artists (Earth, Wind & Fire, Donny Hathaway. Billy Paul, Luther Vandross, Lou Rawls, Aretha Franklin, Eryka Badu, Will Dowing...).

The songs on this record have been played by trumpeter Fabrizio Bosso and his High Five Quintet, a strong all-star ensemble with an excellent interplay that involves some of the best musicians in today’s Italian jazz scene: Daniele Scannapieco on tenor sax, Luca Mannutza, Pietro Ciancaglini and Lorenzo Tucci, respectively on piano, double bass and drums, forming a solid rhythm section. Mannutza and Ciancaglini were also in charge of the arrangements. High Five are able to play Jazz in an instinctive way; they perfectly adjusted to this production in a natural way, making this album a very pleasant listening.

A1 - A Child Runs Free
A2 - No Mercy For Me
A3 - Slow Hot Wind
B1 - This Is What You Are
B2 - I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes
C1 - Rio De Janeiro Blue
C2 - A Handful Of Soul
C3 - On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
D1 - Never Die
D2 - Gig
D3 - No Trouble On The Mountain More