Enrico Rava and Fabrizio Bosso Explore Jazz and Art in New Book
In a dual interview for the forthcoming book "Lo sguardo della gallina" (The Gaze of the Hen), Italian jazz trumpeters Enrico Rava and Fabrizio Bosso explore themes of creativity, improvisation, and the connection between music and visual arts. Edited by Riccardo Bello, the book is set to be released by Lazy Dog in June and includes insights from musicians such as Salvatore Bonafede and various industry professionals. Rava defines creativity as the sublimation of memory, while Bosso highlights the importance of self-reflection in improvisation. They touch upon jazz as a form of dialogue and narrative, recalling Rava's 1960s experiments that associated notes with colors, as well as their complex feelings towards the trumpet and differing perceptions of beauty.
Key facts
- Book "Lo sguardo della gallina" edited by Riccardo Bello, published by Lazy Dog, due in June.
- Features Enrico Rava, Fabrizio Bosso, Salvatore Bonafede, Luca Baldini, Antonella Ruggero, and other professionals.
- Rava: creative process is sublimation of memory fragments; jazz cannot be corrected live.
- Bosso: improvisation involves constant self-questioning; unity of feeling and imagining.
- Rava prefers 'incontro' over 'contaminazione' for jazz influences.
- Rava: jazz structure follows narrative arc; Bosso: expressiveness and audience synergy key.
- Rava: recording technology (78 RPM, vinyl, CD) changed compositional space.
- Rava: 1960s drug experiments linked notes to colors; Bosso: associates tones with colors.
- Both have conflicted relationship with trumpet; Rava often sees it as enemy.
- Rava: viewing art evokes emotion but not sound; Bosso: sees colors tied to music genres.
Entities
Artists
- Enrico Rava
- Fabrizio Bosso
- Salvatore Bonafede
- Luca Baldini
- Antonella Ruggero
- Riccardo Bello
Institutions
- Lazy Dog
- Artribune