Artist.......: Ada Rovatti
Album........: Airbop
Label........: Kindred Rhythm
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: KRMCD1120
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Avr-04-2007
str.date.....: Jun-27-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.adarovatti.com
track title time
01. Airbop 06:04
02. Choose Your Life 06:47
03. Shelter Island 07:33
04. What We Miss 08:04
05. My Shining Hour 04:47
06. 2-Bros 06:53
07. One Dollar And 20 Cents 05:31
08. The Others 06:34
09. The Man On The Moon 07:26
Runtime 59:39 min
Size 78,10 MB
Release Notes:
Born in Pavia, Italy, Ada Rovatti has been studying
music since the age of four when she began taking
formal piano lessons. During high school, she began
listening to blues, jazz and funk-oriented music,
where she also began to actively pursue the
saxophone. After high school, additional study
included attending Berklee's School of Music and
any number of other educational opportunities.
Professionally speaking, she has performed with
Randy Brecker, Bob Mintzer, Phil Woods and many
others to further enhance her abilities. Those
pursuits have recently set the pace to reunite
Rovatti as a leader with Brecker and Mintzer to
collectively collaborate with one another again.
With two earlier releases behind her, one entitled
'For Rent' that was recorded with the Elephunk Band
and the other being 'Under The Hat' released in
2003, Ada has released another solo effort entitled
'Airbop' for the Apria Record Label.
'Airbop' is the culmination of everything Ada
Rovatti has learned musically and professionally.
As a superb jazz improviser, Ada's fresh and
dominant tonal quality is a refreshing change
compared to what is considered normal by today's
impressionistic approach to jazz. Her bop
translation skills criss-cross the harmonic lines
of jazz with a relevant percussive attitude. With
the addition of her old friends Randy Brecker and
Bob Mintzer, Ada moves and grooves eloquently
through nine tracks of one of jazz's finest
interpretive efforts. From the very beginning of
'Airbop,' which is the title track, Randy Brecker
illuminates the set with fluid trumpet work, while
Dave Kikoski's piano serves as an underlayment of
blended accompaniment. The addition of Mintzer's
bass clarinet is a welcomed addition as well. Ada's
ever present saxophone ebbs and flows with ease in
an environment she seems ideally compatible with.
Even in her more subtle moments, tracks such as
"Choose Your Life," "What We Miss" and "My Shining
Hour" arise like early morning mist on a moist warm
spring day. All of the ingredients combined on
'Airbus,' including the addition of an impeccable
array of musicians has made this recording a
memorable experience to rely upon lyrically. The
CD's appeal lies in Ada Rovatti's devotion to her
craft and her visionary response to bop tradition.