Young clarinet-player from Naples with a solid background of classical studies (but already teacher), Luciano shows in this first recording session as soloist all the strength typical of that kind of man who has been dedicating all his life to the music.

The cd, dispite of its duration (less than thirty minutes), shows the differnt "interests", or better, "passions" of this musician. For example, Poulenc is present in the last Encore! in which the leader performs, not without any courage, the complex material of '900s. About the standards there is a warm interpretetion of Autumn Leaves, very soft and passionable at the beginning till the explosion on the solo.
The original compositions written by the clarinet-player, then, are savoury, like the latin sounds of Tiempo a Viento or Thank you Hindemith that easly glances to dixieland thanks to a fabulous Pietro Condorelli.
Gianmichele Taormina - JazzIt - maj/april

Twenty-eight-year old MU member Luca Luciano has recorded a 25 minute sampler disc of his spirited clarinet and flute talents, largely in the jazz and Latin idioms. This selection of nifty numbers is mostly his compositions, along with Autumn Leaves and an excerpt from Poulenc’s Clarinet Sonata. The latter, wile well played, is quite diverse form the rest of the programme, and doesn’t really fit into the collection. Mr. Luciano’s command of the clarinet, in particular, is clearly evident providing the listener with a frolicsome approach to his solo which, while engaging enough, wants for a bit more depth and appropriate stylistic ”vocabulary” in his improvisation. It is as if the musicians are playing at the pieces in a recreational fashion, rather than embracing them from within enabling them to build and create a more substantial sum of the parts. That said, this effort by the young Italian might effectively assist him in developing his profile in the UK and abroad. His promising attributes evident here will undoubtedly be developed to realize richer results in the future recording outgoings
Frank Griffith - Musician (Musicians’ Union Magazine) - June 2003

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Sold in exclusively at Mole Jazz LTD 311 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8PX (UK) and on the MAP web site (www.map.it ).
 

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