# CD review: Roberto Zanetti Quartet – Bud’s Power – 2023: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2023/05/17/cd-review-roberto-zanetti-quartet-buds-power-2023-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2023-05-17T00:02:05+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**New album for Roberto Zanetti, Veronese musician and talented composer, with many
years of career behind him.**

Zanetti intended to make a record that was a tribute to the memory of Bud Powell,
a virtuoso of jazz music, considered by all to be one of the inventors of that be-
bop that revolutionized the music scene of the time in the 1940s.

The chosen formula is that of the jazz quartet, for a very interesting “line up”
characterized by the presence – as well as Roberto Zanetti himself, on piano – by
Valerio Pontrandolfo, on tenor sax, Martino De Franceschi, on double bass and Oreste
Soldano to the battery. The album is titled “Bud’s Power” and includes thirteen 
tracks, ten of which are reinterpretations of Bud Powell’s repertoire, such as the
extraordinary “Cleopatra’s Dream”, “In The Mood For A Classic”, “Bud On Bach” and“
Down With It”. The other three compositions on the disc are “She”, a successful “
cover” of a song written by George Shearing, and two original pieces.

The first of these is entitled “Elettroshock”, a composition written by Zanetti 
himself and dedicated to the period spent by Bud Powell in an American psychiatric
hospital; the piece includes the suggestive “spoken word” recited by the actor Nicolò
Sordo. At the end of the disc there is then “Come Closer To Me”, a piece full of
nostalgia that sees Matteo Zanetti, Roberto’s son, on the cello.

Before recording the record I listened extensively to Bud Powell’s discography and
delved into his troubled life. The set list I chose are songs where I am comfortable
and comfortable both as time and melos. I am currently working on songs that I wrote
during the lockdown and would like to record them by the end of the year. The musicians
who played on the record are first and foremost friends with whom I shared many 
years of concerts and daily life experiences. Only young Martino De Franceschi Nicolò
Sordo voice acting in the first take “Elettroshock” and my son Matteo on cello in
the last take “Come close to me” inserted themselves for the recording,- an interview
with me said **Roberto Zanetti.**

The album is very enjoyable and pleasantly “swinged”, the notes of Pontrandolfo’s
tenor sax are always in the foreground and delicious Afro-Cuban arrangements form
the background for Roberto Zanetti’s jazz piano scores.

**We recommend that you definitely own this CD and enjoy it, especially Bud on Bach!!!**

01. Elettroshock
 02. Bud on Bach 03. Time Waits 04. Buster Rides Again 05. She 
06. Blue Pearl 07. Sub City 08. In the Mood for a Classic 09. Duid Deed 10. Monopoly
11. Cleopatra’s Dream 12. Down with It 13. Come Close to Me

**Roberto Zanetti (Piano)**
 **Matteo Zanetti (Cello)** **Valerio Pontrandolfo (
Tenor Sax)** **Martino De Franceschi (Double Bass)** **Oreste Soldano (Drums)** **
Nicolò Sordo (Spoken Voice)**

[**Buy from here – New CD 2023**](https://www.simpatyrecords.com/it/prodotti-roberto_zanetti_quartet_bud_s_power-45796)

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