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Roberto Badoglio Delivers Re-Evaluation Time
- Artist(s):
- Genre: Jazz - Contemporary
- Personnel:
Roberto Badoglio on bass, Steve Hunt on piano and keyboards, Pablo de Biasi on drums and percussion, and Marty Richards on drums
- Tracks:
Scirocco’s Theory, Perfect Landing, Kriby, Inner Urge, Abstract Love, Bruce Wayne On The Run, Whenever It Takes, Dojo, Essaouira Market, The Song Of The Wine The Wind And The Roses, Albatross
With an aptitude for dazzling improvisations and frilly accents, bassist Roberto Badoglio displays a vigorous mind and a manual dexterity that others aspire to achieve in his instrumentals. Badoglio’s latest release Re-Evaluation Time from Spice Rack Records is lounge music made to be shared in both public and private spaces.
The lacy twirls in Badoglio’s phrasing along “Perfect Landing” demonstrates his proclivity for relaxing grooves, and the trellis of twists looped along “Scirocco’s Theory” boast his creative leanings for decorative improvisations. A hint of flamenco twittering embellish “Kriby” and a funky beat in Badoglio’s bass lines hewn a coasting momentum across “Inner Urge” giving the track a R&B shading. Badoglio makes the bass sound like a provocative instrument able to sound as romantic as the guitar in “Abstract Love” and as soaring as the rambling toots of the saxophone in “Whenever It Takes.”
Joined by Steve Hunt on piano and keyboards, Pablo de Biasi on drums and percussion, and Marty Richards on drums, Badoglio shows that the bass can be move than a background instrument. He is able to helm the melodic mobility of the tracks and add frilly trimmings along the chord progressions pressing avant swizzles along “Bruce Wayne On The Run,” hypnotic aerials hovering over “Dojo,” and slinky ruffles dotted across “Albatross.” Badoglio keeps the tracks action-packed by splurging on dynamic movements and articulating each curve and crest along the melodic seams.
With all tracks written and arranged by Roberto Badoglio with the exception of “Whenever It Takes” which was written by Enrico Pasini and arranged by Badoglio, Re-Evaluation Time is a product of Badoglio’s creative talent and his propensity to convert rambling bass lines into a bouquet of fragrant colors. Both racy and melodic sounding , Re-Evaluation Time is excellent material for bass-driven material. Born in Trieste, Italy, Badoglio began playing the piano at 7 years old and changed to the bass at 14. He graduated from the Berklee College of Music in jazz studies, and honed his craft by performing live as both a sideman and a member of jazz bands. He treats the bass like it is as versatile as any other instrument in the band, and the bass responds to his ministrations.
