Micaela Martini describes herself as a folk and jazz performer. There is certainly a jazz base in her music, but judging by this disc, I would define this project as a crossover. Micaela uses the style she considers necessary in a particular composition, without thinking too much about definitions.
She plays the guitar superbly, using modern jazz techniques. She plays quite universal music, complex and at the same time accessible and understandable to lovers of modern jazz. Another unique touch in the picture will never hurt a lover of real art. And here is the guitarist’s personal confession, a confession that is sometimes astonishing in its frankness.
“Just two for tea” was born as a work dedicated to small groups: it’s a context that opens up many expressive possibilities. Sometimes I worked by subtraction as in “Moody’s Mood”, other times taking space to dialogue with myself as in “Have you met Miss Jones”. Other times I was looking for an original voice as in “Aleida”. In “Alone together” I looked for a particular lunar atmosphere, “Jakarè” is one of my songs dedicated to nature, to the animals that I love very much. In “Stars fell on Alabama” I wanted to mix the old and the new,”The peacocks”, strongly inspired by Bille Evans’ version, has a very particular and different colours. Finally “Be blues be bop” is my homage to bebop, my truly only love… I really loved challenging myself in a different way in each song. I think my career will continue with a solo guitar album, but I don’t rule out a trio work with double bass and drums. At the moment I only have some ideas. The sound has changed compared to the previous work. Perhaps more authentic. I chose the musicians who collaborated with me for their fantastic way of playing, each with a different peculiarity. Alessio Menconi, Fabio Giachino, Annamaria Musajo, Luca Pasqua, Edoardo Bolamperti, Giovanni Crescenzi, Johnny Lapio, Giuseppe Blanco are all excellent musicians with a lot to express with their skills and their depth souls,- an interview with us said Micaela Martini.
You shouldn’t look for any conceptual approaches in Just Two For Tea, it’s just a collection of songs, good and different. Which ones are more numerous? It depends on your own tastes.
This is the album. Very colorful, very powerful, defying a single assessment. But it is definitely worth listening to. And the name Micaela Martini is also worth remembering. She is an extremely bright, independent, interesting person, and in her world you can meet such unusual people.
We recommend that you definitely purchase this CD, also from here, and enjoy it.
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