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Some artists talk about influence as a list of names. Emanuele Cisi talks about it like a life map.
In this Dirty Disco interview feature, the saxophonist opens up through ten tracks that shaped his musical DNA. Not just records he liked, but moments that changed how he heard music, how he understood the saxophone, and how he found his own voice.
From the first shock of hearing Art Blakey live, to the blues fire of Charles Mingus, the hypnotic force of John Coltrane, the language of Charlie Parker, the melodic poetry of Lester Young, and the deep emotional pull of Stan Getz, this selection moves like a personal jazz education.
It also leads directly back to Cisi himself. His own compositions, his 2012 piano-less trio recording, and finally “Never Let Me Go” from his latest release Rushin’ show an artist looking back with gratitude, but still moving forward with purpose.
This is not just a list of influential tracks. It is a portrait of a musician formed by shock, beauty, discipline, soul and sound.
Blakey was my first encounter with jazz, and in a live concert! My very first notes of jazz music… I was completely shocked and, listening to that concert, I said to myself “if ever one day you will become a musician…THIS is the music I want to play!”
From his masterwork “Mingus Ah Um”, the piece that, when I was discovering jazz at 12 or 13, opened me the doors to the blues feeling and the black sound of this music. I really gave me the euphoric sense of joy and communion in music, and still does.
It was a real blast. Somehow I knew it should have exist, somewhere… that sound, that hypnotic groove, that beauty and ferocity. I finally founded it, and it resonated deeply inside me, forever.
Since I started on alto, off course Charlie Parker was my idol, and I listened to him a lot in my first years. This blues was one of my favorites, even if later I discovered a lot of live recordings where he was actually displaying his incredibly mastery. I consider him my “language” teacher.
When I discovered Sonny Rollins, I decided to switch to tenor. This album in particular, was like an addiction to me. It really represented the pinnacle of the possibilities of a tenor saxophone!
The discovery of the poetry of Lester was another important step… He showed me how to sing in the saxophone, always putting melody at first place, staying away from useless mechanisms of virtuosity.
This was my second album as a leader of my own quartet, 1996. This band was something special to me, still today I’m deeply connected with that music and this album in particular, which showed mostly my original compositions.
From my Where or When album, released in 2012 by the glorious american label MAXJAZZ. It was such an honor and big pleasure to be produced and released by one of the most refined and eminent U.S. labels for jazz music. I love the quality of the recorded sound and the level of interplay in this piano less trio.
These final duets with Kenny Barron, are among my favourite recordings ever. The poetry and absolute beauty of Getz sound became even more dramatic and deep, here, since he knew he was seriously seek and at the end of his life. They represents what’s such a genius like Stan Getz can leave as his own artistic legacy.
From my last release, Rushin’, my interpretation of one of the most moving melodies ever. I guess I feel ready to play it now, after all this life.
Emanuele Cisi’s ten selections show how a musician is built.
Not overnight. Not through one influence. Not through technique alone.
He is shaped by first shocks, by records that feel like revelations, by teachers of sound, by the physical pull of the saxophone, by melody, by bands, by recordings, by legacy, and finally by the kind of emotional readiness that only comes with time.
That makes his latest musical chapter feel even more meaningful. With Pharoah’s Message, Joaquin Joe Claussell Sacred Mixes, Cisi’s world connects beautifully with the deeper spiritual and rhythmic consciousness that runs through this entire story. It is jazz as memory, movement, devotion and transformation.
For Dirty Disco, this is exactly why these interview features matter. They remind us that behind every sound is a path. Behind every artist is a history of records, moments and decisions. And behind every great melody is a life learning how to play it honestly.
Listen to the release here: https://righttempo.bandcamp.com/album/pharoahs-message-joaquin-joe-claussell-sacred-mixes
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