TRIBUTE A JAMES TAYLOR -SETTEVIZI -WEDNESDAY MAY 30

Wednesday May 30: to SetteVizi, Max Tosi will present a tribute to James Taylor. Max Tosi, Cremonese origin, Milan for a long time but the Sardinian adoption (after eleven years of residence in Sassari), seems to just come out from the gates of the Troubadour, arm tapes of his live-act, in some warm evening mid-seventiees . Let Me Ride In fact, even if the hard study, has the warmth and spontaneity of a confidential direct acoustic set recorded in a small club. Emotions invaluable for those who grew up on bread and Mud Slide Slim or for those who for decades have dreamed of traveling under the California sun to San Buenaventura, on the 101 Fwy. Sincere passion, love ballad, craftsmanship and understated instrumentation, with minor interventions strings and brass. Ten original compositions, ten snapshots from soft shades that-seem-good and bad images taken from an old Polaroid. No bluffing, only the fragile, ineffable charm of everyday sensations, snippets of stories told with the grace of a sign at times almost naive. The opening song “I have to make the time” is, in essence, an exemplary synthesis of the musical discourse of Max Tosi. Palpable emotional intensity tempered in the typical mood of ’70s songwriting California school Taylorist, but without penalizing a distinctive personal touch. Follow each other so “Give me the way”, “I’ve been waitin ‘for a long time” and the title track “Let Me Ride” where discrete interventions and delicate instrumental string arrangements accentuate the melodic. Particularly convincing in the use of Fender Rhodes harmonies, backed with the agreements on the melodic line according to the splendid tradition of various Craig Doerge, Clarence McDonald, Steven Goldstein. Also very pleasing “Let me down on you”, “Freedom Land” and “Late in the night” which further emphasize the intimate vein-though never distinctly introverted-work. A special note for “Someone Has Come” (included as a bonus track), piano-ballad voice of delicate workmanship interpreted by vocalist Barbara Sanna, which confirms the great sensitivity. Stay away if you are looking for special effects, engravings epicurean style GRP or shift workers, around here the menu has yellowed clippings, feeling lost and perhaps some fruit flavor a bit ‘immature but completely natural. (Franco Fusilli)