Mi è venuta in mente la musica di Charlie Haden e di Carla Bley, quando stasera sono entrato alla Cooperativa La Liberazione in Via Lomellina e ho trovato prima il sorriso e poi la stretta di mano di Rudi. Liberation Music Orchestra, o meglio Liberation Wine Orchestra.

Aprendimos a quererte, desde la histórica altura / donde el Sol de tu bravura, le puso cerco a la muerte.

Era l’Aprile 1969, una vita e oltre fa, quando Charlie, andando a recuperare delle vecchie canzoni della Guerra Civile Spagnola, con l’aiuto magistrale di Carla Bley negli arrangiamenti, mise assieme un bel gruppo di musicisti  per registrare un album che rappresenta forse il miglior esempio di integrazione tra free jazz e musica popolare.

La lista dei musicisti è lunga: Perry Robinson (clarinet), Gato Barbieri (tenor saxophone, clarinet), Dewey Redman (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone), il grandissimo Don Cherry (cornet, flute, Indian wood & bamboo flutes), Michael Mantler (trumpet), Roswell Rudd (trombone), Bob Northern (French horn, hand wood blocks, crow call, bells, military whistle), Howard Johnson (tuba), Sam Brown (guitar, Tanganyikan guitar, thumb piano), Carla Bley (piano, tambourine), Charlie Haden (bass), Paul Motian (drums, percussion), Andrew Cyrille (drums, percussion).

Ho visto e sentito Carla Bley suonare in Umbria, nel 1978, mentre Charlie a Montreaux due anni prima: pensare che siano passati quasi quarant’anni è una bella sberla anagrafica. Charlie se n’è andato nel luglio di quest’anno, a 76 anni.

 Aquí se queda la clara, la entrañable transparencia / de tu querida presencia, Comandante Che Guevara.

L’atmosfera in Cooperativa è sempre bella, serena, impegnata. Il vino si celebra come una consuetudine sociale di amicizia. Gran bel posto, continuo a dirlo, gran bella gente, continuo ad accorgermene.

Come non scattare qualche foto?

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It has been more than fifty years since I began traveling across the world — and the seven seas — for work or for pleasure, always with a Leica M camera close at hand. The camera has never been an accessory; it has been a constant companion, a way of observing, remembering, and making sense of the places and people I encountered along the way. I started keeping this kind of journal some time ago, not as a diary in the traditional sense, but as a space where images and words could meet. This is not a publication driven by schedules or algorithms. At times I disappear for long stretches; then, inevitably, I return with semi-regular updates. Publishing, for me, is a mirror of my state of mind and emotions. It follows my rhythm, not the other way around. You have to take it exactly as it comes. Every photograph you see here is mine. They are fragments of a life spent moving, looking, and waiting for moments to reveal themselves — often quietly, sometimes unexpectedly. This blog is not about destinations, but about presence. About what remains when the journey slows down and the shutter finally clicks.

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