Listening to “Rituals” you feel Conte’s personality through the words of his lyrics, which have been refined with care and passion before having been recorded; through the voices called to sing, who have been chosen depending on the similarities with the pieces they should perform; through the rooms given to the musicians, who are among the most talented cultured Italian musicians.
Recorded between the end of 2005 and the October of 2007, also this work first of all develops around the historical faithful team which follows the artist in the live shows. Here we find again Pietro Lussu, Pietro Ciancaglini, Fabrizio Bosso, Lorenzo Tucci and Daniele Scannapieco, with whom Nicola elaborated lots of tracks contained in the album. The album is also featuring great vocals by José James and Kimberly Sanders and parts by Till Brönner. You can see Nicola Conte’s incredible Jazz Combo live this spring:
03.04.2009 Forli, Naima Club
24.04.2009 Lidi di Jesolo, Theatre Vivaldi
22.05.2009 Trieste, Theatre Miela