Modern Art Trio [180g LP]

Franco D'Andrea - Modern Art Trio [180g LP]

The Modern Art Trio was a Rome group of pianist Franco D'Andrea (also soprano saxophone and electric piano), bassist Bruno Tommaso and drummer Franco Tonani (also trumpet and slide whistle). Its only album was recorded in Rome on 17-18 April 1970 and first issued on the Vedette label.

The music applies serial and twelve-tone ideas to free improvisation and hard bop. This licensed Gleam Records reissue was remastered from the restored original analog tapes by Jeremy Loucas at Sear Sound in New York, with new liner notes and an essay by Luca Bragalini. This edition is the album's first vinyl reissue, a 180-gram LP in a reproduction of the original sleeve with an 8-page large-format booklet.

1. URW
2. Frammento
3. Un Posto All'Ombra
4. Ain't Necessarily So
5. Echi
6. Beatwitz