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The Jazz between two worlds - Interview with Lucio
Ferrara
April 15, 2011
tags: House of Jazz , it's all right with me , Live Music , Luke Mannutza , Lucio Ferrara , Nicola Angelucci , Rome Jazz
by Charles Cammarelle
It 'a project by an international flavor clear what we have heard yesterday in the House of Jazz , an album that
encompasses years of travel and work full of enthusiasm. Let's talk about the last work of guitarist Lucio Ferrara, "It's
all right with me", presented yesterday in one of the most beautiful locations in the capital. Along with him were Nicola

2. Angelucci (drums) and Luke Mannutza (Hammond), two musicians that Lucius knows, with whom he shared many
experiences and who took part in a project started half a world away, in the U.S. . Thus, a disk which was attended,
besides the names just mentioned, artists such as Lee Konitz, Anthony Ciacca, Ulysses Owens, Kengo Nakamura and
Yasushi Nakamura. Ferrara Lucio told us first hand experience.
Lucio, I wanted to start talking from the genesis of this project: "It's All Roght with me." Why was recorded
several places, between Sorrento, Rome and the state of New Jersey?
"Let's say there's a reason. What I chose were the groups with sonare as I prefer the piano quartet, the trio with Hammond
and the quintet with saxophone. The real choice was the idea of !a record in New York, but in the end I decided to add two
tracks with two musicians, Nicola Angelucci Mannutza and Luke, which are year-round. With them was a real friendship
because we constantly see, and experience with American musicians are occasional moments in which we meet once a
year in New York. "
So, we could say that there is a soul in this project internationally?
Exactly, we say that this project is out of my international related to labor relations and constant travel. It 'something that
actually represents the last years of my career.
And the title of your
project this is perhaps related to your particular mood?
"It's definitely related to the positivity that I encounter when I work with the Americans in the United States and
quell'incoraggiamento they have towards life. This project is all the positivity that I feel when I go in this country. It 'a
time when I hear one in which air and breathe in another environment. With this title I have openly tried to describe this
state of mind. "
The fact of not having a stable formation is probably related to the fact of looking at music as something changing?
"Yes, surely there is the advantage of playing with other musicians and find out how the music comes out in an
increasingly different. Obviously the ideal thing would be to play with a band fixed to work with for a lifetime because
only in this way reach a unique Interplay, but there are also aspects related to innovation. Playing with different people
learn from all experiences and collections that help you grow. "
So, we could say that the approach with the musicians sounds linked precisely to the concept of Interplay?
"I think so, I live it well. The way I play also depends on other musicians, the defendants continued to send me and the
continued development of the idea of !Interplay. "
And the fact that he traveled a lot as it may have influenced your music?
"It certainly has affected a lot. Traveling is essential because at some point, when you think you know everything, you
discover that there are some new. To grow you need to seek new experiences. "
And if we were to make a parallel between the experience live in America and one in Italy ...