adEIdJ – Associazione delle Etichette Indipendenti di Jazz

Mi ritrovo molto in questa frase di Duke Ellington: “ci sono due tipi di musica: la musica buona e tutto il resto”.

Nella mia carriera ho collaborato con diversi musicisti, con cui ho condiviso esperienza, conoscenza, vita e pubblicato già altri lavori discografici. Tutto ciò è confluito nel mio nuovo disco solista “Crazy Jungle”, include sei brani originali e due cover. Perciò non è solo jazz, non è solo rock e non è solo pop: questo disco è fedele a sé stesso, mutevole, cangiante e soprattutto sincero. La musica per me è comunicazione autentica di ciò che vedo e che sento: l’intento del mio disco è raccontare questa emozionante esistenza, inquieta, non eterna.

Ecco Crazy Jungle. 

Marika Pontegavelli

ENGLISH

This album is very important to me: it represents my first solo work; a synthesis, as well as a starting point, of my last fifteen years as a musician. My academic training was focused on classical music: everything revolved around perfection and elegance. Then jazz came along, and with it, I found my way of communicating, my way. My listening and experimentation started to include rock, liquid adrenaline, sincere and profound singer-songwriters, world music, and pop, the mainstream language of my generation. All, in all, I strongly identify with this quote by Duke Ellington: “There are two kinds of music: good music and all the rest”.

In my career, I have collaborated with various musicians, with whom I have shared experience, knowledge, life, and already published other group recordings. All of this has culminated in my new solo album Crazy Jungle, which includes six original tracks and two covers.

So, it’s not just jazz, it’s not just rock, and it’s not just pop: this album is true to itself, changeable, shimmering, and above all, sincere.

For me, music is the authentic communication of what I see and feel: the intention of my album is to tell this exciting existence, restless, not eternal.

Here it is: Crazy Jungle. 

Marika Pontegavelli