Luciana Morelli – Lo abismal, el agua (Ears & Eyes Records, 2021)
Argentine vocalist and composer Luciana Morelli intertwines Argentine folk music with contemporary jazz. Currently based in Switzerland, Luciana Morelli has a superb international band that includes virtuoso musicians form Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and Switzerland.
The title of the album “Lo abismal, el agua” points to the hexagram of the “I-Ching, the book of mutations.” Luciana Morelli has an expressive and poetic voice. Her inspiration came from poems, travels, photographs, dreams and her own experience as a migrant.
Lineup: Luciana Morelli (Argentina) on vocals; Philipp Hillebrand (Switzerland) on clarinet and bass clarinet; Mauricio Silva Orendain (Mexico) on piano; Sebastián de Urquiza (Argentina) on bass and backing vocals; and Paulo Almeida (Brazil) on drums.
Luciana Morelli currently lives in Basel, Switzerland, where she was awarded a scholarship to study a master’s degree in Jazz Performance. Her musical tastes include jazz and traditional music as well as improvised and experimental music. She is a professor of Combined Arts, graduated from the University of Buenos Aires. She worked as a teacher in art schools and wrote about contemporary Argentine theater and film in specialized magazines and websites. She also worked in theater as an actress and as a composer. Her previous work was the music for “Suyay” (2020), a monologue by Pilar Ruiz played at the Moscú theater in Buenos Aires (March – May 2021).
Luciana Morelli led a quintet during 2012-2015, with which she recorded her first album “Mandala” featuring jazz standards and her own compositions.
Since 2020, she leads a new group in which she explores her Argentine roots and her connection with jazz and improvised music.
buy the album from lucianamorelli.bandcamp.com
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
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