Cool Cats - The Antonio Forcione Quartet At Ronnie Scotts

THERE are few individuals around today who can make an acoustic guitar sound like Antonio Forcione does.

Whether playing solo or with the gifted Sarah Jane Morris, his guitar never fails to mesmerise. He can make it sing or weep.

It can tug at your heart strings, make your spine tingle with joy or trigger a smile after a hard day’s work. Seventh heaven. Guitar nirvana.

At the legendary Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club on Thursday night, the guitar genius was performing as part of the Antonio Forcione Quartet. On stage with him and his collection of guitars were Matheus Nova on Bass, Emiliano Caroselli on percussion and drums – and Jenny Adejayan on Cello.

A beautifully crafted Quartet, working together rather than against each other. Nova, unassuming; Caroselli, gentle and occasionally amusing; Adejayan, cooly sublime. Forcione at the Quartet’s heart, the focus but in a subtle way. Harmony.

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