| Performance Notes | Tommaso Starace Quartet: 'Celebrating the music of Michel Petrucciani'. Saxophonist Tommaso Starace and his quartet comprising Frank Harrison on piano, Laurence Cottle on bass, and Chris Nickolls on drums perform a concertdedicated to the great French pianist Michel Petrucciani with the addition of some jazz standards by composers such as Billy Trayhorn, Duke Ellington and Horace Silver. Petrucciani was very much respected by the American jazz community and around the world for his extraordinary technique, elegance of execution, and his charismatic energy conveyed through his many memorable compositions. In the concert, the quartet performed some of the most popular tunes from his extensive repertoire - Petrucciani led his band over many years, producing a total of 32 albums. |