Arancina

Track List:

1. Sicilian Suite – 1. Train to Catania 06:16
2. Sicilian Suite – 2. Palermo Street Scenes 04:27
3. Sicilian Suite – 3. Moonlight in Modica 05:28
4. Sicilian Suite – 4. Arancina 05:32
5. Kintsugi feat. Fawn Fritzen 04:12
6. Raven’s Wing 05:48
7. Baby Steps 04:53
8. David Restivo Trio – Bittersweet Goodbye feat. Fawn Fritzen 04:10
9. It’s You Or No One 05:53

Description:

Spanning a lifetime of travels and tribulations, this album explores the transitivity of home in all its forms. With each track, Restivo illustrates his journey through a diverse landscape of food, language, and culture, all the while discovering how these elements have come together to form his own sense of self. As expertly crafted as they are distinct, these works will have you flying over the Northumberland Strait one minute and dancing through the streets of Sicily the next.

“Train to Catania” pulls us in with soothing, rolling harmonies that blend together as seamlessly as pastels on a canvas. Down the tracks we go, through the spicy streets of Palermo and on to a moonlit Modica, rich with colours that lull the ear into a hypnotic tranquillity. We awake to the long-awaited taste of “Arancina”, a treat lush with joyful flavours. The sly modulations and energetic drive of “Raven’s Wing” take us in a refreshingly new direction, and are balanced out by a wandering, sultry take on Coltrane’s “Giant Steps”. Fawn Fritzen’s vocals lend a ray of sunshine to “Bittersweet Goodbye”, and the album closes with a reassuringly upbeat and sizzling finale, alive with the electricity of Bebop.