Ferdinando Romano Releases “Totem” Featuring Ralph Alessi
Double bassist Ferdinando Romano has just released a new album called Totem, which features the extraordinary trumpet playing of Ralph Alessi. The record marks Romano’s first as a leader and contains eight of his original compositions. Together, his band helps to blur lines and genres.
“Perhaps best described as somewhere between ECM sounds, post-bop and contemporary music, Totem is a journey through my artistic world which has one foot in jazz and one in classical,” he writes. “One thing that ties it all together: a great attention to the importance of melody.”
Hear Romano go into depth on the new album and get a behind-the-scenes look in this trailer:
Totem is available now as a digital download through Bandcamp, iTunes and Amazon.
Totem Track List:
- The Gecko
- Evocation
- Wolf Totem
- Curly
- Sea Crossing Part 1
- Sea Crossing Part 2
- Memories Reprise
- Mirrors
