The Words and the Days is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava

Enrico Rava

Enrico Rava , is a prolific jazz trumpeter and arguably one of the best known Italian jazz musicians. He originally played trombone, changing to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's Italian quintet in the mid-1960s; in the late 1960s...

 recorded in 2005 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Once more, Rava dazzles with his grasp of the languages of jazz: its textures, its rhythms, its dynamics and above all, of course, its secretive and inventive melodic improvisation. There is no let down here from Easy Living

Easy Living (Enrico Rava album)

Easy Living is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in 2003 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Easy Living is a relaxed, low-key affair that is nonetheless fully engaged and deceptive in its...

; The Words and the Days is a worthy companion that confidently stands not in the previous recording's shadow, but on a ledge of its own".

Track listing

All compositions by Enrico Rava except as indicated

1. "The Words and the Days" - 4:00
2. "Secrets" - 10:31
3. "The Wind" (Russ Freeman
   Russ Freeman (pianist)
   Russell Donald Freeman was a bebop and cool jazz pianist and composer.Initially, Freeman was classically trained...
   
   ) - 4:44
4. "Echoes of Duke" - 6:36
5. "Tutù" - 7:09
6. "Sogni Proibiti" (Rosario Bonaccorso) - 2:11
7. "Todamor" - 6:37
8. "Serpent" - 9:07
9. "Art Deco" (Don Cherry
   Don Cherry (jazz)
   Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
   
   ) - 3:18
10. "Traps" (Roberto Gatto) - 3:25
11. "Bob the Cat" - 5:57
12. "Dr. Ra and Mr. Va" - 9:11
    • Recorded at Artesuono Recording Studio in Udine, Italy in December 2005

Personnel

• Enrico Rava
  Enrico Rava
  Enrico Rava , is a prolific jazz trumpeter and arguably one of the best known Italian jazz musicians. He originally played trombone, changing to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's Italian quintet in the mid-1960s; in the late 1960s...
  
   - trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
  
• Gianluca Petrella
  Gianluca Petrella
  Gianluca Petrella is an Italian jazz trombonist. He is internationally considered one of the best young jazz trombonists. In 2001 he won Italy’s Django d’Or Award as well as Musica Jazz’s annual critics poll as Best Young Talent. In 2006 and 2007 he won in Down Beat's Best Emerging Artist category...
  
   - trombone
  Trombone
  The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
  
  
• Andrea Pozza - piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Rosario Bonaccorso - bass
  Double bass
  The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
  
  
• Roberto Gatto
  Roberto Gatto
  Roberto Gatto is an Italian jazz drummer, born in Rome.He has performed with Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Bob Berg, Tommy Flanegan, Joe Zawinul, and Joe Lovano...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....