Gianluigi, who blows a mean sax, not to mention piccolo and clarinets (see Euridice and Frammenti orfici), fronts an opera band, the horn-heavy kind Verdi liked, in hommage to the city bands of his youth. An opera ensues and is converted into, at mildest, third stream music and conventional jazz that ranges from elements of Gershwin to bop and, at interludes, fusion and free jazz, if not all the way to Albert Ayler at least Ornette Coleman. It's a pretty good trick, all in all.
Although I'm left wondering whether to park it in the jazz or classical sections on my shelves, I know it would compliment either. Not the kind of thing you want to approach without being committed to appreciating its intricacies. Worth every minute if your mind is right.
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