Anger. In the 1950’s the Ecuadorian painter Oswaldo Guayasamín began La Edad de la Ira, a series of paintings that lasted more than 20 years portraying man’s cruelty towards man. Yo Hombre del Mundo (Migrant) composed by our bassist Roberto Bucci, is inspired by and dedicated to all migrants, their willpower and their faith in […]
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Peripheral Songs
One year after recording my first piano solo album Secrets of a Kiri Tree I realized many songs of that recording session had been left out, at the margin, peripheral songs waiting to be listened to. Of course there is Kakuzo Okakura’s book all around, there are two songs inspired by two poets, Hikmet and […]
Secrets of a Kiri tree, the piano solo album
The very original jazz pianist performs music filled with thoughtful and insightful improvisations. Secrets of a Kiri Tree, Antonio Flinta’s very first solo piano album, puts the focus on his impressive playing as he interprets his own compositions and creates fresh versions of four pieces from other sources. Three originals, two standards, and a song […]
The Meeting
Digital release of our very first trio album The Meeting, recorded live at Gregory’s Jazz Club in Rome on October 2000. In the late 90’s and early 2000’s, we played regularly in many jazz clubs in Rome, and I must say Gregory’s was one of my favorites. Very close to Piazza di Spagna and in […]
Live in Rome
These are hard times. We’ve been locked down because of the Coronavirus and we have worried about our family and our dear ones. And we have learned to hug friends with our eyes only. But we’ve had also an opportunity to sort out things in our minds and at home. And here it comes out […]
Cycles and Rhymes: the new quartet album
Cycles and rhymes, haikus, cicadas and graveyards, comets and seasons. We are all the same, or at least we are all alike. Not identical but like rhymes, each one of us recalls another one. Also animals and plants, and stones and stars resemble us, or we resemble them, in these many cycles of days and […]
April in Rome
We will be in Rome on April 22th for a concert at 9 p.m. at the Teatro Lo Spazio, via Locri 42/44, playing songs of our last CD “La Noche Arrolladora” and new compositions. The title track is inspired by Pablo Neruda’s Poem La Poesía, from Memorial de Isla Negra, and two of the songs of this CD […]
Our New CD “La Noche Arrolladora” Is Here!
“La Noche Arrolladora“, the new album of the Antonio Flinta Quartet: “The songs of the album are loaded with incredible mood changes, innovative grooves, and rhythms, as well as powerful arrangements that feel ever-evolving and kaleidoscopic. In addition to that, the production of this release is tasteful and understated, highlightning the natural chemistry between these […]