Rossano Snel is twenty three years old, but
you wouldn't know it by looking at his musical resume. Of course, he
did start earlier than most, with the flute at six years old, picking
up instruments and concepts and genres along the way like a painter picks up
colors. His exhuberant musical curiosity has led him to study and perform
with great Brazilian artists like Arismar do Espírito Santo, André Mehmari,
Badi Assad e Sérgio Santos, Felipe Azevedo and Ayrton Zettermann, and to venture
into musical production under the tutelage of such masters as Omid Burgin and Giovanni Luisi, as well as stints with Poliester, a well-known
alt-rock band, and Borboleta Groove, a jam band that was prevalent in the
Gaucha music scene of southern Brazil.
And
now, at the ripe old age of twenty-three, Rossano Snel has recorded his first
solo effort, a smorgasboard of sound that really takes advantage of Snel's
extensive musical tastes and talents. "Rossi", as he
is also known, is an artist with few musical limitations or
boundaries, and Gallery showcases
his exploratory spirit in a tight production context that keeps all his
disparate elementstightly controlled and refreshingly accessible. He
deftly melds jazz, reggae, Soul, and Brazilian sonorities with electronic
elements and organic instrumentation to craft sonic tapestries that
sound fresh and progressive, but maintain a familiarly classic,
cultural sensibility, all while keeping up a danceable groove. Music
can expand and explore and push boundaries, but for Rossano Snel, it must
also make move the feet of its listeners.
