The Legends of Otranto [CD]

Ferdinando Romano - The Legends of Otranto [CD]

The Legends of Otranto is by Italian double bassist and composer Ferdinando Romano, whose earlier albums are Totem (2020) and Invisible Painters (2023). His international quartet features Veli Kujala (accordion, Finland), Kirke Karja (piano, Estonia) and Ermanno Baron (drums).

The music is a six-movement suite based on stories and legends of Otranto in southern Italy, commissioned by AccordionFest Estonia and premiered in Tallinn in October 2023. It mixes jazz, contemporary and chamber music with rock and drum'n'bass rhythms, polyrhythms and improvisation.

1. La Torre del Serpe
2. Idrusa
3. La Cava di Bauxite
4. L'albero della Vita
5. Le Due Sorelle
6. Re Artù