A traditional (featuring Pieranunzi on piano, Luca Bulgarelli on bass, and Mauro Beggio on drums). A String Quintet . A Wind Quintet .
Pieranunzi teamed up with brilliant arranger Michele Corcella to take Lewis's concepts a step further. Together, they spent years developing and refining the project, which culminated in recordings made in Brescia, Italy, in late 2021. 🎻 A "Crossover Within a Crossover" enricopieranunzi.blues_bach.themusicofjohnlewis...
To mirror Lewis's ambition, Pieranunzi and Corcella designed a highly specific, hybrid instrumentation: On songs like "Vendome," Pieranunzi bounces between brisk
Instead of just having the orchestra play background padding, Corcella's arrangements forced the classical players and the jazz trio into a tight, breathtaking conversation. On songs like "Vendome," Pieranunzi bounces between brisk classical fugues and hard swing, while on "Django" (Lewis's famous tribute to guitarist Django Reinhardt), the violins carry the strict Baroque counterpoint while the trio swings the blues underneath. 🎶 The Album Content On songs like "Vendome