The quartet of Turin Hexagon comes to life in 1975 from an idea of \u200b\u200bthe jazz bassist Mark Welsh, the former Errata Marco Cimino (keyboards, flute), the drummer George Diaferia ee a second keyboardist, Aldo Rindone . According to the official page of the group, the band was born "the inherent project to bring together jazz and rock musicians contaminated by leaving the academy without the blindfold and the wax in the ears " and according to the results and the estimation achieved even at the international level, the bet turned out to winning the point that in their first period of live activity made by none other than the shoulder Dizzy Gillespie and the Brecker Brothers .
Their first album " Alley" was released in 1976 for the small label Turin MU (catalog UM 101) for the occasion and the core-base surrounded himself with collaborators from the prestigious fellow Arts and Crafts - Arturo Vitale, and John Vigliar Gigi Venegoni , veterans' waltz for tomorrow "- as the flutist Claudio Montafia and oboist Gianni Cinti, thus continuing the tradition jazz-fusion inaugurated in Italy by Perigeo and continued by several other groups including Dedalus, Etna, Libra , Nova and the same Arts and Crafts.
Unfortunately, despite the extraordinary technical level of the musicians, the value of his compositions and yet comprehensive duration (almost 50 minutes) , the record went unnoticed, aided also by a sluggish and limited distribution. For this reason, the original vinyl is still very sought after and not just per il suo valore collezionistico , ma specialmente per il suo contenuto musicale particolare e coinvolgente che riuscì ad ammaliare sia i cultori del jazz che gli appassionati di prog .
Non a caso è davvero difficile se non impossibile imbattersi in una recensione biasimevole e il trend critico è normalmente assimilabile a queste parole di Donato Zoppo che riportiamo dal sito “ movimenti prog ”:
” Le sessions di registrazione erano all’insegna della massima apertura: Venegoni sedeva al banco di produzione e spesso entravano in studio percussionist Mark Astarita (then Venegoni), the great Arturo Vitale, fiatista / vibraphonist, and John Vigliar, violinist, both from the ranks of A & M. was a time of great energy and enthusiasm, especially for testing that was done on new instruments such as synths more advanced. [...] "Alley" is a work that shines with the verve, imagination and color flashy "
At international level there is then even those who have risked exaggerating the grounds" the bassist a monster, the flutes are heavenly and the keyboard solos out of this world . ( Progarchives )
Perhaps, it would be better to limit the court's Solomonic Riccardo Storti who speaks of "a hard impeccable [...] with an appeal different from the usual records of climate Turin. [...] Are a number of ringed pearls somewhere between jazz-rock fusion of eastern melodies and rich synthesizer capable of making very pleasant drive, even for non accustomed to the genre. "
Despite melange very unusual for Italy, however, some lovers of jazz could not refrain from reaping some specific references that disperse a bit 'of originality. I doubt that
Hexagon Michal Urbaniak knew, but hearing the first notes of "Five to four ", the similarity with the ethno-fusion violinist of Polish is impressive (and incidentally, it will become even embarrassing in "Anaconda," including in the next LP of unreleased " Hexagon 2") , thanks mainly to the same use of electrified violin and composition of the same patterns.
However, since the figure of the second song Urbaniak walks away, giving way to an aftertaste of Weather Report whose influences that are most noticeable in "Snake Feathered "very blatant and at times of" Diatom .
We then put something Perigeo and Arts and Crafts with some components of Hex have pursued their careers and their ingredients are all there.
Assonances aside however, the historical evidence is clear: Prog there, always, but it is clear that we are transforming : the large and continuous patterns of plan Fender are now the protagonists of the sound spectrum, the Synth (Arp 2600, Odyssey e Minimoog) cessano di essere suonati così come avrebbe fatto Bach se fosse stato vivo e i fiati si liberano da quel “ ruolo a se ” di derivazione Underground , compenetrandosi nella struttura armonica con tanto di solismi e raddoppi. Il groove , da selvaggio e polidimensionale diventa levigato e compatto e le peripezie del Prog cedono il posto alla tecnica del “ call and answer ” inaugurata dal Rag e consacrata dal Be Bop .
Nel caso degli Esagono poi, uno spiccato gusto contaminatorio fa si che la musica diventi in all respects a fusion light and - I repeat - played exceptionally well as evidenced by the very special representative " phoenix."
Disc testimony thus far shows that the nobility of a musical collective that will continue with various vicissitudes until 2000, and personally, I consider essential to live.
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