roberto badoglio "Re-Evaluation Time" Band

FRICKA, I LOVE ME SOME JAZZ FUSION WITH THAT TRANQUIL KEYBOARD SCHNITT, YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

The music of bassist Roberto Badoglio will be for those who love the sounds of Weather Report, Return To Forever, and The Mahavishnu Orchestra. Re-Evaluation Time (Space Rack) may sound of a time long ago, but it’s very much of the now because the music you love is very much timeless. It still sounds good because it gives you a good feeling, and Badoglio knows all the right spots to hit with his playing. One of my favorite moments of “Scirocco’s Theory” is right within his solo, the bass pans back and forth in the speakers, catching me off guard but somehow fitting at that exact moment. Keyboardist Steve Hunt gets into his Jan Hammer/Joe Zawinul groove and the music as a whole keeps getting higher from that point on.

In tracks like “Inner Urge”, “Dojo”, and “The song of The Wine, The Wind and The Trees”, it feels very much like jazz but there is a unique European dinge, not sure if it’s the folk melodies or the fact that some American musicians have forgotten this style of jazz, to the point of abandoning it. Together, Badoglio, Hunt, drummers Pablo de Biasi and Marty Richards come into the mix as tourists and ambassadors, in other words, they are students and teachers, made very clear in “Perfect Landing”, which almost sounds like Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Can’t Hide Love”, sans horn section. Badoglio’s bass work is a trip to hear, wringing the neck and fingering his way into patterns and time signatures unknown while creating something that sounds full, developed, and at times orchestral, ready made for a sound much better he himself me realize.

That full sound comes courtesy of keyboardist Hunt, who also produced and mastered the album. It sounds like there are at least eight to ten people in the studio but there’s only three. I could see this being used for surf or ocean movies/documentaries, as it has a sense of peace and harmony that is very comforting to me. There are subtle touches throughout, such as accented percussion in the back of the mix, or the combination of piano and keyboards in unison with the bass riffs, that just take this home, and hopefully many will feel the same way. - John Book, www.thisisbookmusic.com

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. - JAZZ INSIDE MAGAZINE

Twenty-six year old Italian bassist Roberto Badoglio conveys strikingly impressive chops on this jazz-fusion based studio date, featuring venerable keyboardist Steve Hunt. In a loose sense, the bassist merges classic fusion with a modern uplift. Badoglio resides as the lead musical component, sans a six-string guitarist, while trading zesty exchanges with Hunt's radiant Fender Rhodes work and beefy synth lines. The bassist also integrates two solo compositional interludes among the hard-hitting pieces. No doubt, Badolgio possesses a broad arsenal, and transmits a lyrical musical persona amid the hyper-mode, single note licks and complex, jazz guitar-like chord voicings. Consisting of melodic passages and scorching band-generated unison choruses, the session is embellished by an impeccable recording process. A formidable player who communicates warmth, sensitivity and an enviable technique.
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