"If the specific nature of this performance reaffirms what we know about Motian, it reveals an entirely new side of Pieranunzi. In the unusual duo of piano and drums, the lack of a supportive bassist causes a reinterpretation of the individual roles and greatly alters the balance of interpersonal dynamics. Pieranunzi is freer than ever to redirect harmonic modulations as the urge strikes, and he takes full advantage of this opportunity. But theres also a more percussive slant to the patterns he devises, patterns which span melodies but are not locked into song form. For Motians part, the additional freedom brings to greater prominence the engaging colors and countermelodies of his loose, linear approach." - Art Lange
Tracks
01. Hazard Rate (Pieraninzi/Motian)
02. What Is This Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter)
03. Double Act 1 (Pieranunzi/Motian)
04. Abacus (Paul Motian)
05. Pianologue I (Enrico Pieranunzi)
06. Someday My Prince Will Come (Frank Churchill/Larry Morey)
07. Drumlogue 1 (Paul Motian)
08. Double Act 2 (Pieranunzi/Motian)
09. When I Fall In Love (Edward Heyman/Victor Young)
10. Double Act 3 (Pieranunzi/Motian)
11. Drumlogue 2 (Paul Motian)
12. Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Mercer Ellington)
13. Sweet Little Swan (Enrico Pieranunzi)
14. Inch Worm (Frank Loesser)
15. Double Act 4 1:16 (Pieranunzi/Motian)
16. All the Things You Are (Oscar Hammerstein/Jerome Kern)
17. For Your Peace (Enrico Pieranunzi)
18. Drumlogue 3 (Paul Motian)
19. St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins)
20. Freedom Jazz Dance (Eddie Harris/Eddie Jefferson)
21. Alice In Wonderland (Irvin Berlin)
22. Anthropology (Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie)
23. Straight No Chaser (Thelonious Monk)
PAUL MOTIAN drums
ENRICO PIERANUNZI piano
Recorded on August 27, 1992 at Roccella Jonica International Jazz Festival "Rumori Mediterranei"
Soul Note - 121242-2 Italy