Eco D’Alberi are from Italy and consists of saxophonist
Edoardo Marraffa, pianist Alberto Braida, drummer Fabrizio Spera and bassist Antonio Borghini. Their duet CD captures
them live in three separate settings; ‘08 Vision Festival, ‘09 An Insolent Noise Festival and the ‘09 Taktlos
Festival. Eco D’Alberi adapt a Free Jazz styled go-for-broke performance ethos with the quartet’s sound and method
of operation that is completely it’s own. On tenor sax, Marraffa is most upfront, growling and shrieking with pressurized
reed bites and tonal smears. Spera smacks and clatters cymbals and uses opposite sticking to expose ruffs and flams. Braida’s
stressed, two-handed patterns and vibrating bounces make common cause with Borghini’s spiccato rubs and strums. Eco
D’Alberi has confirmed its skill and the significance of this CD as a masterful example of free expression from musicians
of any country.
