Roberto Ottaviano

The new album by saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano, entitled "Change The World", will capture you from the first listen. The album is a journey between some rock classics and the American and British singer-songwriters scene, the only detour is the transcription of the "Luiza" Jobiniana pearl, while the other jewels are masterpieces by Joni Mitchell, Roger Waters, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Lennon and McCartney … This project was born after the tour with the show "The Nights Of Attorney Guerrieri" and resumed later by Ottaviano and the Pinturas following up those suggestions, adding other themes already present in their repertoire giving birth to this sparkling work. The songs are performed by a star formation all over Puglia

Dopo il lavoro dedicato in spirito a John Coltrane pur senza omaggi diretti (Sideralis) e quello precedente dedicato a Steve Lacy (Forgotten Matches), Roberto Ottaviano ha sentito il bisogno di "un "bagno mistico" in cui il Jazz si fa infine Musica Totale, ma sopratutto travalica l'idea fine a se stessa di fare musica, per scavare a fondo nel nostro ego e per capire se esiste un "noi" universale da cui ripartire."

The collaboration between the Salento record label continues Twelve moons and the saxophonist from Bari Roberto Ottaviano. After “Un Dio Clandestino” (2008), “Arcthetics. Primitive Breath” (2013), “Forgotten Matches. The Worlds of Steve Lacy” (2014), “Astrolabe” (2015), “Eternal Love” (2018) and the two records of the year for Top Jazz (referendum organized by Musica Jazz magazine) “Sidera lis” (2017) and “Resonance & Rhapsodies” (2020), on July 31st “Charlie’s Blue Skylight“. In the new recording project, distributed by distributed in Italy and abroad by IRD and in the best online stores from Believe Digital and produced in programming Puglia Sounds Record 2022 of the Puglia Region (POC Puglia 2007-2013 – Development Action of Cultural Activities and Entertainment), Ottaviano, after the experience in the cd “Forgotten Matches” and various live performances, meets again the English pianist Alexander Hawkins re-reading together eleven compositions by Charles Mingus.