Italian violinist and multi-instrumentalist Luca Ciarla has performed everywhere around the world, from Montreal to Melbourne Jazz Festivals. With Manuel Petti on accordion, Lorenzo Mastrogiuseppe on double bass and Marco Molino on percussions, the Luca Ciarla Quartet owns a unique sound, giving birth to charming and irresistible compositions and arrangements, natural synthesis between contemporary jazz and the familiar sounds of the Italian folk tradition and the Mediterranean area. The album ViolinAir, mostly recorded in Thailand during a long tour in Asia, presents original works and astonishing arrangements of classics such as A Night in Tunisia or Caravan.
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“…a gem of a record from a violinist who has clearly absorbed the history of his instrument from Joe Venuti to Michal Urbaniak to become very much his own man.” Duncan Heining, All About Jazz (Usa)