Wandering Away Is Safer Than Getting Lost On Your Own [LP]

Giacomo Zanus - Wandering Away Is Safer Than Getting Lost On Your Own [LP]

Five years after his first quartet release Kora, Giacomo Zanus returns with a new album titled Wandering Away Is Safer Than Getting Lost On Your Own. Composed and produced by the Italian guitarist, Wandering Away is a collection of little stories -- postcards and travel notes that evoke faces, places and sensations to immerse oneself in, get lost in and ultimately rediscover. There are lived and dreamt memories, as in the diptych "I picked up a flower to say hello" and "but hell. It became a farewell," as well as cinematic moments recalling the more melancholic atmospheres of Morricone and Ry Cooder in "canto pagano." With Wandering Away, Zanus offers his vision of contemporary jazz skillfully infused with folk, post-rock and a soundtrack aesthetic, where the sound of his guitar becomes a voice that guides, narrates and enchants through the wide melodic breath of the compositions. Supporting him in this interplay between composition and improvisation are Giorgio Pacorig (Fender Rhodes, piano), Mattia Magatelli (double bass and electric bass) and Marco D'Orlando (drums and percussion), among the most brilliant musicians on the Italian jazz scene. Recorded and mixed by Matt Bordin, mastered by Manuel Volpe, with artwork by Franz Longhi.

01. Dear Palomar
02. Return To Maren
03. I Picked Up A Flower To Say Hello
04. But Hell.. It Became A Farewell
05. Canto Pagano
06. Half Awake
07. Half Asleep In The Water
08. Ymnus/Vesper