Paolo Fresu trumpet, flugelhorn; Daniele di Bonaventura bandoneon

A Filetta: Jean-Claude Acquaviva : seconda; Paul Giansily: terza; Jean-LucGeronimi:seconda; José Filippi, bassu; Jean Sicurani, bassu; Maxime Vuillamier: bassu; Ceccè Acquaviva: bassu


This is a fascinating collaboration between lyrical Italian jazz improvisers Paolo Fresu and Daniele di Bonaventura and the transfixing voices of A Filetta from Corsica. A Filetta, prize-winning vocal ensemble, internationally renowned as the standard-bearers of Corsican polyphony, make their ECM debut here. The appealing combination of sound-colours and idioms adds up to `Sketches of Corsica'. As the improvisers approach this regional music of universal appeal, Fresu's pensive, romantic trumpet inevitably brings Milesian associations to mind, and the ingenious bandoneon of di Bonaventura implies `chamber music' and `folk music' in every breath of the bellows.