“Marco Fumo’s Reflections should be part of the heritage of teaching jazz history. Yes, because the Abruzzese pianist is not simply an excellent pianist, but he is one who has made historical research his starting point. After having performed the ragtime repertoire far and wide, here he unfolds his musical knowledge in those interests – ignored by the classics, or frowned upon – between the Euro-cultured universe and that of African-American music. He underlines, as few are capable of doing, all the links that certain great composers of the late 19th and 20th centuries have created between two musical hemispheres that are only apparently distant. From the chorus mentioned by Scarlatti in Sonata K. 382 to Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy, one of the most popular pieces of modern classical music – with its discontinuous metric, caressed by the timbral lightness that dissolves the harmonic tensions. There is the Tango by Igor ’Fëdorovič Stravinskij: composer who has never hidden his passion for music from the New Continent. There is Darius Milhaud, who recalls the Brazilian choro, with the poignant notes of Sorocaba From saudade do Brasil. Marco Fumo investigates, deepens and displays all the interstices of the combinations between Latin American music and the Classical epoch. He does it by giving us gems such as Aníbal Troilo’s Romance de barrio, and also a superlative performance of Aaron Copland’s Four Piano Blues; not to mention another jewel that fits into the diadem, represented by the Novelette no. 3 by Francis Poulenc. There are 18 tracks in the lineup; therefore, apart from those mentioned, the attentive listener can also enjoy Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Ernesto Nazareth, Scott Joplin, just to name a few. And you will be able to enjoy the interpretation rendered by a timeless pianist, of those who – ictu oculi – love both the piano and the music, but without sinning in the executive originality, a great brand by Marco Fumo.”