| The Tommaso Starace Quartet draws from an array | | | | ticketed by the police. Tommaso uses his unique |
| of influences from photography, personal occurrences, | | | | arranging to create a distinct interplay between the |
| music legends, and more on the release Don't Forget | | | | saxophone and each of the other instruments to |
| to forge a progressive blues, jazz, and swing sound. | | | | reflect the different stages that a driver may go |
| Don't Forget: Prelude to Isfahan; Isfahan; Divieto di | | | | through as they plead their indefensible case to the |
| Sosta; Seven Blues; Overjoyed; Farewell Capa; | | | | police officer [amazement, surprise, bewilderment, |
| Confused; Go Tom! Bohemia After Dark; Don't Forget | | | | humility, and frustration]. |
| Personnel: Tommaso Starace - Alto and Soprano | | | | Seven Blues opens with a rousing drum solo that leads |
| Saxophones; Michele Di Toro: Piano; Attilio Zanchi: | | | | into a jazz and blues sound complemented by |
| Bass; Tommy Bradascio: Drums | | | | Tommaso's haunting saxophone as he runs through |
| Don't Forget was produced by Alessio Brocca and | | | | some staggering riffs. Attilio Zanchi looks back at his |
| released on the Edizioni Musicali Brocca label. This | | | | many influences from the 1970's in his arrangement of |
| marks the third recording by Tommaso Starace and | | | | the track Overjoyed, written by Stevie Wonder, as he |
| his first collaboration with Michele Di Toro, Attilio Zanchi, | | | | adds in a bit of mischievousness and energy to the |
| and Tommy Bradascio. Tommaso is an artist that got | | | | sound. |
| his start playing the saxophone at 18, a bit later than | | | | Tommaso's ballad Farewell Capa is influenced from |
| some, but he has made up for any lost time. He has | | | | the many photographs by the legendary combat |
| infused his being into his music drawing inspiration from | | | | photographer Robert Capa. A very poignant track that |
| the best of the past and present both musically and | | | | mirrors the emotional photography rendered through |
| from various photographic images, while always | | | | Robert Capa's eye. |
| inserting his unique sense of timing and playfulness into | | | | Additional tracks include Confused featuring a torrid |
| his playing. | | | | saxophone against a compelling drum and piano solo |
| Don't Forget opens with a solo by Tommaso on | | | | with a swinging bass complement, Go Tom that |
| Prelude to Isfahan where his saxophone creates a | | | | features a notable straight ahead groove, Tommaso's |
| cascading series of voices that beckons the listener to | | | | fiery arrangement of the Oscar Pettiford track |
| take notice that they are in for a treat. The Prelude to | | | | Bohemian After Dark, and closes with the title track |
| Isfahan leads into its namesake, the track Isfahan, | | | | Don't Forget, written by Pat Metheny. |
| which provides ample space for each of the band | | | | Websites where you can procureTommaso Starace |
| members to add their individual signatures to make the | | | | Quartet - Don't Forgetare IBS, JazzCDs, and |
| song swing. The track Divieto di Sosta (No Parking) | | | | Tommaso Starace. |
| pokes fun at all the drivers who have been unjustly | | | | |