Brilliant fourth album by roman soul jazz funk keyboard master Gazzarra. Next big thing in the pure pop for stylish people (if any). Somebody must do something!!!

Gazzara is a thirtysomething roman keyboard player with a strong following in the world circuit of soul jazz funk brotherhood.
“Brother and sister “ his latest, fourth, album is the more complete and adult of his ten years long career with songs full of groovy hooks and references to the seventies but a with strong continous contemporary feel.
The album presents a collection of 12 stylish pop music oriented songs for the modern world and – luckily – none of them touch ground with futility and/or superficiality giving “Brother and Sister”a strong perspective and full deepness.
Every songs, from the good initial one-two sequence of “Love needs time “ and “Love is the answer”, to the long deep soul final track, “Orinoco”, instrumental, the best of the whole collection, has a meaning. Special track as “Back to Memphis “, direct tribute to american smooth soul jazz world but with some funky organ grinder’s swing, is more half-seventies ‘ Steely Dan than the actual duo itself. Cool.
Most of the instrumental tracks on “ Brother & Sister” ( “Rio funk “, “Train to Sambaville”, Isaac Hayes’s “Hung up on my baby” from the 1974 blaxpoitation movie “3 Tough guys “, “Orinoco” ) are showcase of the potential of Gazzara’s live unit too, a quintet plus vocalist that is no less interesting that the well oiled production team showcased by “Brother and sisters”.
Gazzara shows the progress of the italian soul jazz funk music world, an unique style in itself. Gazzara is a top artist in this genre and unbeatable on the composing ground. International success is, now, expecetd with trepidation and if it is not, is not up to him.

Ernesto de Pascale