The Third Man (album)
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The Third Man is a live album
by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava
and pianist Stefano Bollani
recorded in Switzerland in 2006 and released on the ECM label.
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava , is a prolific jazz trumpeter and arguably one of the best known Italian jazz musicians. He originally played trombone, changing to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's Italian quintet in the mid-1960s; in the late 1960s...
and pianist Stefano Bollani
Stefano Bollani
Stefano Bollani is an Italian jazz pianist from Milan.He made his professional debut at fifteen and received his diploma in piano from the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence. He performs classical music, smooth jazz, avant-garde jazz, Brazilian jazz, and pop rock...
recorded in Switzerland in 2006 and released on the ECM label.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "The Third Man is a brilliant collaboration and a beautifully accessible as well as adventurous offering".Track listing
- All compositions by Enrico Rava except as indicated
- "Estate" (Bruno Brighetti, Bruno MartinoBruno MartinoBruno Martino was an Italian jazz composer, singer and pianist. Internationally he was mostly known for Estate, composed in 1960, a standard that has been played many jazz performers since the early sixties, including João Gilberto, Joe Diorio, Chet Baker, Toots Thielemans, Shirley Horn, Michel...
) - 8:39 - "The Third Man" (Stefano Bollani, Enrico Rava) - 5:10
- "Sun Bay" - 4:35
- "Retrato Em Branco y Preto" (Antonio Carlos JobimAntônio Carlos JobimAntônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...
) - 7:46 - "Birth of a Butterfly" - 7:28
- "Cumpari" - 4:51
- "Sweet Light" - 6:11
- "Santa Teresa" (Bollani) - 4:48
- "Felipe" (Moacir SantosMoacir SantosMoacir Santos was a Brazilian composer, multi-instrumentalist and music educator. Baden Powell de Aquino and Wilson das Neves both studied under him...
) - 5:10 - "In Search of Titina" - 4:27
- "Retrato Em Branco y Preto, Var." (Jobim) - 7:42
- "Birth of a Butterfly, Var." - 5:15
- Recorded at Auditorio Radio Svizzera in Lugano, Switzerland in November 2006
- "Estate" (Bruno Brighetti, Bruno Martino