The expanded notes of a saxophone caress "George 113, the opening track of "Baal-Phagor", the first recording by Gezz Zero Grup, a Florentine band which on this occasion is accompanied by other musicians and for this record added to its original name a sub-name "Tantra Experience Collekt".
Before going into the details of this musical project headed by Carlo Gatteschi, it is worth mentioning that this group was founded in 1987 and recently won the first prize at the Rock Contest although it is alien to the rock scene. Baal-Phagor is the soundtrack of a contemporary music and dance show mounted by the dancer Paola Del Cucina. Both the live show and the record are dedicated to Baal-Phagor, an ancient Syrian god which is also found in other countries and religions such as in Greece and Anatolia. In addition to this mystical aspect there are musical and phylosophical meanings attached to Baal-Phagor, who becomes the symhol of human evolution and transformation as well as of artistic skills.
Ethnic notes, improvisation and a lot of modern, vibrating, traditional and sweet jazz. Each track in the cd is conspicuous per se but also matches perfectly with the others, thus forming a long, intense suite. In some tracks such as "Bianco e Rosso", the melody is Middle-Eastern and coloured with traditional sound creating a very impressive atmosphere. There are also some elements of Cuban music with an obvious reference to Che Guevara, but in general the whole recording contains harmonic variations also within each track. A complex record indeed, but lively and pleasant, a very accurate work that amazes each time it is played.
Giovanni Ballerini, august 1992, WORLD MUSIC

Carlo Gatteschi, Riccardo Onori, Filippo Papucci, Fabio Provazza, Nicola Vernuccio, Sergio Gistri, Alberto Capelli

That there exists in Italy a "third wave" of creative jazz, away from the worn-out repetitions of hardbop tunes, and from the temptations of an empty jazz fusion which is muscolar and overtechnical (even if it's been christened a Mediterranean style), it's really thanks to serious, dedicated and motivated musicians like Carlo Gatteschi. The "third wave" of the Gezz Zero Grup treats equally the two cardinal rules of jazz, which are rarely set one against the other: on one hand the pure sound of Ornette Coleman and the asymmetric functional character of his music (a lesson followed also by Steve Lacy who was in love with this "pure sound"), on the other the flowing neverending beat of Miles Davis' electric groups.
Guido Festinese, 1995, "JAZZ" magazine n.10

Elio Nencioni, Carlo Gatteschi, Riccardo Onori, Alessandro Gimignani