Giovanni Guidi
A New Day
*2025 stock* Rekindling the familiarly flowing interplay with fellow travellers Thomas Morgan and João Lobo – the trio’s musical partnership goes back over a decade at this point –, on A New Day Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi moreover expands the group’s instrumental grasp with the introduction of American saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, who makes his ECM debut here. Not only is the ensemble scope widened; with Brandon Lewis in tow, new dialects and fresh perspectives are broached, and differe…
Avec le temps
Album by pianist Giovanni Guidi with Thomas Morgan (double bass) and João Lobo (drums), joined on six tracks by Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone) and Roberto Cecchetto (guitar). Recorded November 2017 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 2604, 2019.
Ida Lupino
Largely improvised quartet album by Giovanni Guidi (piano), Gianluca Petrella (trombone), Louis Sclavis (clarinet, bass clarinet) and Gerald Cleaver (drums), recorded in February 2015 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.