CD: Enrico Pieranunzi: Ballads (2006)

A collection of ballads performed by a trio that no longer needs introduction... The trio of our dreams... Over sixty minutes of pure musical pleasure; honey for your ears. Ballads, recorded by Enrico Pieranunzi with bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joey Baron, or rather his American trio, or better: ''the trio of my heart'' as the Roman pianist once put it, is their fourth album for CAM Jazz. The musical adventure of this admirable trio has become, since the beginning, a symbol of the way to make music that unites formal elegance with expressive depth. Ballads confirms the wonders that Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson and Joey Baron are able to bring to life when playing together, but it also adds something new: the thematic homogeneity which characterizes this new CD fully highlights the more intimate and colloquial side of the trio, and once again inevitably captures the attention of the listener for the great sense of interplay that gives it life. Throughout the album one can admire the solidity and elasticity of the trio, surely among the best out there today on the international scene. Lineup: Enrico Pieranunzi (piano) Marc Johnson (bass) Joey Baron (drums)