Luca Nostro Quintet
ARE YOU OK? 
Luca Nostro - guitar, compositions and arrangements
Donny McCaslin - tenor sax
John Escreet - fender rhodes
Joe Sanders - double bass
Tyshawn Sorey - drums
VVJ 102 - Prodotto da Via Veneto Jazz e Jando Music
Press release
Are You OK? , Luca Nostro’s new contemporary jazz album, produced by Jando Music (in association with Via Veneto Jazz) is due for release in 2015.
Are you OK? was recorded by Luca Nostro in New York, together with some of the most acclaimed American musicians, active both as a leaders and as sidemen in formations considered by public and critics to be among the most innovative on the American and world jazz scenes: Donny McCaslin, John Escreet, Joe Sanders, Tyshawn Sorey.
The New York music scene is a constant source of inspiration for Luca, whose compositional approach is that of building lively, flowing musical structures, interwoven with short and punchy themes, bordering on pop.
The improvised performance develops from a flow of fresh and simple melodic patterns and rhythmic riffs, elaborately entwined with an exalting interplay between the musicians.
The music of Are you OK? is also inspired by works of Steve Reich, Frank Zappa, John Adams, Michele Tadini and Jacob TV, that Luca performed together with the Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble (PMCE) to which he belonged for five years. Luca Nostro has also collaborated and recorded with Scott Coley, Antonio Sanchez and Mark Turner, among others.
Tracklist of "Are you ok?": 9 Tracks
02 ...No (Luca Nostro)
03 Trematoda (Luca Nostro)
04 My Dear Fears Intro (Luca Nostro)
05 My Dear Fears (Luca Nostro)
06 Wane Lèn Ma Yone Bi (Luca Nostro)
07 Reverse Cone in Spite of a Square Woman (Luca Nostro)
08 I Had to Hurt You for No Reason (Luca Nostro)
09 I Hate (Luca Nostro)
