Anna Bosi and Echoes Productions have released Psaico Bop by Tiziano Zanotti and Alessio Alberghini. Alberghini is prominently featured on soprano and baritone saxophone, as is Zanotti on double bass and cello. The additional musicians include Fabrizio Puglisi on piano and Claudio Trotta on drums.

The fourteen cuts with eclectic titles range from Al Segno and Punk Meditation to Nippo Drama. The music of the ensemble is highly improvisational and experimental in nature and no attempt will be made here to further categorize or describe this music. The liner notes explain better than this reviewer is able.

Enrico Malucelli writes, “Refined, elusive and esoteric in certain passages, “Psaico Bob” is characterized by its pronounced quest for a significant language as well as accomplished and well-rounded aesthetical consistency. The pulsating-rhythmic force of the double-bass binds all, with Zanotti claiming the role of the leader who is never complacent, but rather constructs a type of natural platform for the simultaneously auroral and crepuscular sound of Albergheni’s sax that in certain passages reaches summits of outstanding lyricism in this winning interplay, the piano of Puglisi combines technique, intuition and musical inspiration in a superlative manner to bring substance and meaning to the whole.”
Malucelli’s words continue for a few more sentences that attempt to capture their sounds recorded in 20008 at Full Digital Recording Studio.

The name Sabir Mateen has been one to deal with and listen to.
Originally from Philadelphia (b. April 16th 1951), he moved to Los Angeles and played with Horace Tapscott and his Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and other bands. He moved back to Philadelphia in the '80's and played with two musicians he still collaborates with today, Sunny Murray and Raymond A. King, and also with Monette Sudler, Bill Lewis and many others. He also pursued studies with Byard Lancaster.

Having moved to New York in 1989, Sabir became a world renowned artist and has performed with the greats such as Cecil Taylor, William Parker Ensembles (Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra & The Inside Songs Of Curtis Mayfield), Alan Silva, Wilber Morris, Jemeel Moondoc, Charles Downs (Rashid Bakr), Marc Edwards, Mark Whitecage, Raphe Malik, Dave Burrell, Butch Morris, Henry Grimes, Kali Z. Tom Bruno, Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, Steve Swell The Sun Ra Arkestra, Frode Gjerstad, William Hooker and many others.

Mateen has performed in Europe, Japan, and Africa. He is also involved in Collective bands such as TEST (w/ D. Carter, Matthew Heyner and T. Bruno), The Downtown Horns (w/ R. Campbell & D. Carter), The East 3rd St. Ensemble (w/ Matt Lavelle, Clif Jackson and David Gould).

Sabir leads his own bands as well: The Sabir Mateen Ensemble, Omni-Sound, Trio Sabir, and Juxtapositions.
Sabir also performs in solo and duo configurations with Matthew Shipp and Hilliard (Hill) Greene.