ALL ABOUT JAZZ: "Giovanni Guidi/Gianluca Petrella/Louis Sclavis/Gerald Cleaver: Ida Lupino"- by MARK SULLIVAN

  This largely improvised quartet project is built upon the improvisational rapport of Italians pianist Giovanni Guidi and trombonist Gianluca Petrella. In addition to their work in trumpeter Enrico Rava's band—they appear together on Tribe(ECM, 2011)—they have worked as a duo which seeks encounters with fellow improvisers. Here they are brought together with American drummer Gerald Cleaver and French clarinetist Louis Sclavis, for a set of music that is extroverted and atmospheric by turns.  READ MORE