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A New Songbook

by Rocco John

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Atone Poem 04:57
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Don't Wait Too Long 07:53
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Miles to Go 09:41
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Cy-Cology 05:38
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Indigo Joe 09:47
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Rocco Iacovone - soprano and alto saxophone Jack DeSalvo - guitar Luciano Troja - piano Dmitry Ishenko - bass Tom Cabrera - drums Recorded at Woodshedd Studio, Westbury, NY Mixed and mastered by Larry Hutter, Los Angeles, CA Original Cover Art by Denise Iacovone Design by Qua’s Eye Graphix An Unseen Rain Records Production
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Solstice of Solace 08:09
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There's Always More 08:40
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I’m proud to have recorded these tracks with such great musicians including special guest, Luciano Troja, who joined us from Sicily. These compositions of mine represent what I call ‘my standards.’ A type of writing in the style of the American Songbook which has given us many of our Jazz standards.
The song titles convey the philosophy behind each work.
Atone Poem could be thought of as being “At-one” or “Atonement”. Don’t Wait too long encourages us to do whatever is in your heart to do. Miles to Go has to do with how far society has to evolve in order to treat everyone as equals; and for us to go beyond ourselves to help and care for each other.
I had a friend with a passion for motorcycles and racing them. One day, after having a long conversation about racing motorcycles and musical improvisation, we discovered that the thought processes and all that goes into these two seemingly divergent activities are one and the same. I shortened Cycle-ology to Cy-cology. Indigo Joe is about someone I knew. Indigo is the color of wisdom and intuition and Joe is the name of a former student. Both represent the future.
Solstice of Solace represents a calmness, a peace, a feeling of acceptance that we all seek.
There’s Always More reminds us that there are always new beginnings if we are open to them.
Hope you enjoy!

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released October 6, 2023

Rocco Iacovone - soprano and alto saxophone
Jack DeSalvo - guitar
Luciano Troja - piano
Dmitry Ishenko - bass
Tom Cabrera - drums

Recorded at Woodshedd Studio, Westbury, NY
Mixed and mastered by Larry Hutter, Los Angeles, CA
Original Cover Art by Denise Iacovone
Design by Qua’s Eye Graphix

An Unseen Rain Records Production

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Rocco John New York, New York

Rocco John Iacovone studied with Lee Konitz, and under Nadia Boulanger's direct disciples. He played in Sam River's Studio Rivbea Orchestra,with Karl Berger, Barry Altschul, Jazz Composers Orchestra, Larry and Phil Grenadier, Improvisational Composers Ensemble, Coalition of Creative Arts and Rocco John Quartet, The Red Microphone,Confluence, The Dissident Arts Orchestra and Rare Form. ... more

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