My Inner Worlds

My Inner Worlds (CD & Digital Album)

Ettore Carucci | Tosky Records®

Ettore Carucci, a jazz pianist and composer, began playing the piano at the age of four, graduating with a diploma in classical piano before embarking on an artistic journey that would lead him to become a distinctive voice in the Italian and international jazz scene. He studied with masters such as Danilo Rea and Paul Schmelling, attending “Siena Jazz” and “Umbria Jazz,” where he won two scholarships, deepening a language that combines rigor and melodic sensitivity.

He has collaborated with jazz giants including Benny Golson, Paolo Fresu, Fabrizio Bosso, Robben Ford, Roberto Gatto, Erik Marienthal, Tom Kennedy, Jerry Bergonzi, Dennis Chambers, Mike Moreno, Sonny Fortune; finding in each collaboration an opportunity to explore music with authenticity and openness. He has graced the stages of prestigious festivals such as Umbria Jazz and Orvieto Jazz Winter and has performed in iconic venues like the Blue Note in Milan and clubs in New York, building a career that spans over 12 albums as a bandleader, 43 as a sideman, and 21 compilations.

Parallel to his concert career, he has composed award-winning film scores, such as for the 48 Hour Film Project where he received the “Ian Anderson” Special Prize, continuing to explore the connection between music and image. Currently a professor at the “Luigi Cherubini” Conservatory in Florence, Carucci continues his journey with artistic projects that merge jazz, classical music, and contemporary creativity. His piano playing is recognizable for its ability to blend melody, improvisation, and narrative intensity into a personal language that touches the listener with both delicacy and power, transforming every concert into an emotional and intimate journey.

ABOUT THE ALBUM:
MY INNER WORLDS is the new solo piano album by Ettore Carucci, recorded in the magical atmosphere of Nicola Bulgari’s estate in Sarteano, featuring special guest Giorgio Rosciglione on double bass on the track “Sadness.” The album arises from the desire to explore the boundary between classical music and jazz, improvising on harmonies by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Scriabin, Ponce, and Chick Corea, while preserving the original harmonic essence and dressing it in contemporary nuances through the language of improvisation. Each track becomes an emotional narrative: from “Chasing a Dream,” inspired by Debussy’s “Suite Bergamasque,” to “Sadness,” an improvisation on Chopin’s Prelude in E minor; from “Baroque Reflection” and “Baroque Contemplation,” which dialogue with Bach’s “English Suites,” to “My Mentor,” inspired by Chick Corea’s “Children’s Song No. 10,” and finally “Uncertain” from Scriabin’s Prelude No. 2, Op. 11, and “Little Maya,” inspired by Chopin’s Mazurka in A minor. Each piece transports the listener to an intimate landscape of nostalgia and contemplation. On the track “Sadness,” the presence of Giorgio Rosciglione’s double bass creates a warm and profound dimension, intertwining with the piano in a timeless dialogue. The album closes with “Alone Together,” the only jazz standard on the tracklist, which seals the fusion between classical roots and the freedom of jazz—the common thread of this work. MY INNER WORLDS is a refined and intense concert proposal where tradition meets improvisation, and every note becomes a whispered confidence to the audience, thus transforming the listening experience into an authentic encounter with music.