''Blue from Heaven'' is a

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

album by Italian bassist

Pierluigi Balducci Pierluigi Balducci (born 3 October 1971) is an Italian jazz musician and composer, specializing in electric bass.Caprera F., Dizionario del jazz italiano, Feltrinelli. He performed at numerous festivals and Jazz clubs throughout Europe and Asia ...

with a quartet featuring

Paul McCandless Paul Brownlee McCandless Jr. (born March 24, 1947) is an American multi-instrumentalist and founding member of the American jazz group Oregon. He is one of the few jazz oboists. He also plays bass clarinet, English horn, flute and soprano saxop ...

, John Taylor and Michele Rabbia. The album was released by the Italian label Dodicilune in December 2012.

Reception

''All about jazz'' review awarded the album 5 stars writing that "at just under 44 minutes, Blue from Heaven seems to pass by in an instant, but if there's truth in the adage "leave them hungry for more," Balducci succeeds in spades. He may have done so with musicians possessing considerably greater cachet, but throughout Blue from Heaven, this evocative and provocative bassist/composer is never less than a full-on and absolute equal."Kelman, J
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Track listing

Personnel

*Paul McCandless - soprano saxophone, oboe *John Taylor - piano *Pierluigi Balducci - electric bass *Michele Rabbia - drums, percussion

References

{{Authority control 2012 albums Jazz albums by Italian artists