Review: Gianni Brezzo - Sprechiamo! (Jakarta Records)

Jakarta Records are, of course, based in Berlin whilst Gianni Brezzo is in Cologne (Köln) and between them, they produced as jazzland of 'Sprechiamo!' 

This album consists of a dozen beautiful laidback tracks by producer, multi-instrumentalist Marvin Horsch that's like a flutey Jimi Tenor album, sometimes funky, sometime spacey, with the bonus of Marvin's guitarist expertise.

So part Italian OST golden era, part 60/70s groovy, the album pays homage to Gianni's Italian roots and also will keep beats diggers like Madlib to soundtrack geeks like Jonny Trunk in love for hours; particularly 'Hold The Wine'.

Brilliant musicianship throughout (see credits below) but not so sure about the cover; but hey, that's a minor gripe.

And incredibly enough, out on the same day is (Lance Ferguson's 'L’Océan de toi' on Pacific Theatre - see review HERE) that's in a similar OST ballpark.

Artist: Gianni Brezzo

Title:  Sprechiamo!

Release date: 28th March, 2025

Label : Jakarta Records

Catalog Number : TBC

Format: 12" Vinyl / Digital / Bandcamp 

Alt Sax: Johanna Klein & Inga Rothammel
Flute: Connie Trieder
Percussion (Hold The Wine): Gabriel Rodriguez
Piano (Chronos): Dario Bassolino
Piano (Via Xifonia): Simon Below
Percussion (Hold The Wine): Gabriel Rodriguez
Rhodes Piano: Jan Alexander
Synthesizer (Bapha / зима): Eva Sviderski
Tenor Sax: Florian Fries
Violin (Bapha / зима): Florian Meier
Vox (Chronos): Linda Feki