The Boy Next Door Sandro Gibellini, Giulio Corini, Emanuele Maniscalco

• 1 Somebody Loves Me 06:19
• 2 The Wait 01:05
• 3 Zingaro 03:06
• 4 The Boy Next Door 05:06
• 5 You Do Something to Me 04:26
• 6 I Love You Samantha 06:12
• 7 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 04:54
• 8 Tender Is the Light 01:49
• 9 Rosetta 01:01
• 10 Moon Ray 04:50
• Total Runtime 38:48

Info zu The Boy Next Door

In 2016, during the “Maniscalco meets Gibellini” sessions, the legendary jazz guitarist Sandro Gibellini and the multi-instrumentalist/composer Emanuele Maniscalco were recorded together for the first time at the Studio Ritmo&Blu. Five years on, the same studio welcomes them once again for a “jazz standards revisited - stage 2” session, that is poised on the same point of balance between tradition and experimentation.

It’s a musical path that evolves uninterrupted through transformation: the duo here is enlarged to feature Giulio Corini, among the most refined double bass players in Italy and long time musical partner of the duo.

“The Boy Next Door” is the title of their new album, recorded by Stefano Castagna directly on tape.

The tracklist is mainly played by the usual guitar-double bass-drums set trio, while three tracks have been played with the piano taking the place of the drums.

The choice ranges from Kern to Jobim, interspersed with short and evocative improvised interludes that complement the main musical narrative and bear out the trio’s more experimental streak.

Sandro Gibellini, guitar
Giulio Corini, double bass
Emanuele Maniscalco, drums

Sandro Gibellini
began with rock-blues and jazz chords equally on his guitar, but from the Eighties on he has been dedicating his musical activity  to jazz  solely, developing a unique sensibility and an unmistakable, signature " touch”. His simplicity comes from the rich experience he accumulated through his collaborations onstage with the likes of Lee Konitz, Mel Lewis, Al Grey, Dave Schnitter, Sal Nistico, Steve Grossmann, Lew Tabackin, Jimmy Owens and Gerry Mulligan. Playing and playing his way through jazz music festivals in Italy, Europe, the United States and Cuba  with increasing acclaim,  or as a member of the RAI Orchestra for over a decade, he has developed his own unique style, essential but never barren, strangely melodic and endowed with an inner concentrated energy, as if rhythm were already part of the sound.

Giulio Corini
is now considered one of the most interesting double bass players and improvisers on new Italian jazz scene. He has been collaborating for many years with internationally relevant  jazz musicians: from Enrico Rava to John Abercrombie, Francesco Bearzatti, Stefano Battaglia, Ralph Alessi, Jim Snidero, Tino Tracanna, Bebo Ferra, to Garrison Fewell et al.. 


Since 2005 he has been a leading figure in the experimental  "Libero Motu” ensemble, with whom he published the albums “Libero Motu” (2007), “Off-site Meetings” (2009) and “Future Revival” (2015)  for El Gallo Rojo Records. His discography includes more than 50 titles.

Emanuele Maniscalco
is a multi-instrumentalist player and a composer who oscillates between the colours of jazz and pop music in their most experimental hues. His musical education years were spent between  Siena, Brescia and Copenhagen but very early on he began collaborating with relevant international jazz icons such as Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava, Gianluca Petrella, Ares Tavolazzi, Stefano Battaglia, Pietro Tonolo and Giovanni Guidi. For 20 years now, his relentless activity has been going on “in parallax” on the pop and indie scene, focussing on the creation of a unique and multifaceted musical language.

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