“Gassmann's trumpet, sounding like Enrico Rava's, piles on the nostalgia in ‘Cosa sono le nuvole’.”
Tyran Grillo · ECM Reviews ↗ — Stefano Battaglia — Re: Pasolini (ECM)
“his ornamental-like improvisations, always searching for beauty, remind one of Charles Lloyd”
NZZ · Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗ — The Moholo Songs
“kunstvoll ausgearbeitete, wie vom Bildhauer gemeisselte Werke”
Reiner Kobe · Jazz'N'More ↗ — The Moholo Songs
“zuweilen an Telepathie grenzende Zusammenspiel”
Tom Gsteiger · Der Landbote ↗ — The Moholo Songs
“eine der schwereren CD's des jüngeren Jazz”
Stephan Richter · Stereo ↗ — The Moholo Songs
“Fantasie und Teamarbeit”
Frank von Niederhäusern · Tagesanzeiger Zürich ↗ — The Moholo Songs
“you sometimes cannot identify individual players”
jazzthing.de ↗ — The Moholo Songs
“The content and message of this recording may affect the way you see the world.”
Dominy Clements · MusicWeb International ↗ — Re: Pasolini
“Battaglia and his allies have crafted a genre unto itself.”
Between Sound and Space · ECMReviews ↗ — Re: Pasolini
“A triumph for Battaglia, the pianist, composer and arranger.”
Steve Futterman · JazzTimes ↗ — Re: Pasolini
“Bittersuess. Bitterer geht es kaum. Und suesser auch nicht.”
Stefan Hentz · Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗ — Re: Pasolini
“To call Stefano Battaglia's Re: Pasolini on ECM, ambitious would be an erroneous understatement.”
Thom Jurek · AllMusic ↗ — Re: Pasolini
“Rea has an overall sound in between that of Ronin's Stoa and Mobile's Aer”
All About Jazz ↗ — Rea
“tra scrittura e libertà controllata, come pratica della misura”
Francesco Cataldo Verrina · Doppio Jazz ↗ — Esteem
“a lovely languid book of textures and muted colors”
AllMusic ↗ — Inner Book
“Battaglia is by far the strongest improviser”
AllMusic ↗ — Mut(e)azioni I-XV
“trova in questa raccolta un sapore per nulla commemorativo”
Francesco Peluso · Jazzitalia ↗ — Azurka
“places, colours and landscapes in the manner of Cezanne”
All About Jazz ↗ — Places
“Kritikerlieblinge”
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen · SRF 3 (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen), Pop-Archiv ↗ — Sounds Session 6
“As fast as a subway train and just as grounded”
All About Jazz ↗ — London Tube
“Manning's understanding of what shapes a really good smooth jazz project is evident here”
The Smooth Jazz Ride ↗ — Dance With You
“the normalcy of treachery and violence are all realised but with macabre humour rather than melodrama”
All About Jazz ↗ — The Blanket Of The Dark (A Study For Lady Macbeth)
“un gran bel disco”
Pier Paolo Martino · Mescalina ↗ — Inner Sounds
“sensoriale, profondo, arcano e contemplativo jazz moderno”
Fausto Gori · Mescalina ↗ — Inner Sounds
“un egregio capitolo nella lunga carriera del sassofonista”
Luigi Cattaneo · ProgressivaMente ↗ — Inner Sounds
“a beautiful trumpet played by Michael Gassmann”
AllMusic ↗ — Where The Ceaseless City's Crowd Moves On
“intensita, vivacita dei colori, dinamica, alternanza di pieni e di vuoti”
Musica Jazz ↗ — Haiku Time
“a beautiful album with its own logic”
All About Jazz Italia ↗ — A Silvery Silence/Fragments From Moby Dick
“can transport American jazz history better... than many groups from the US itself”
Vienna · Jazzzeit ↗ — Les Sirènes
“Wo die Welt ihre scharfen Konturen verliert, die Linien sich in Silhouetten aufloesen”
Christoph Merki · Herbst in der Helferei ↗ — Timeless Flow
“cheerful, almost poppy music”
issue 130 · Jazz thing ↗ — The Journey
“Scrittura e apporti improvvisativi risultano sempre in perfetto equilibrio”
Musica Jazz ↗ — La Fòla De L'oca/Overtime
“a glorious album of orchestral jazz that combines a winning mix of thoughtfulness, technical prowess and beauty”
UK Jazz News ↗ — La Fòla De L'oca/Overtime
“Roberto Bonati is one of the most important composers in jazz today”
All About Jazz ↗ — Si Erano Vestiti Dalla Festa
34 selected quotes · more from the Swiss & Italian archives to come