HIIT

“…we have been taken on an exciting journey into the SOUTHERN EUROPEAN AVANT-GARDE, where the interplay is PERFECT, the music EXTREMELY VARIED, and where three experienced gentlemen “play” with the music in the very best way.”
Jan Granlie, Salt Peanuts

“HIIT’s INTEGRATED SOUNDSCAPE OFTEN PRECLUDES INDIVIDUAL SOUND IDENTIFICATION (…) IT’S A BLEND OF STORY TELLING AND STOP-TIME ASIDES. Methodical keyboard evolution or swift glissandi are also stacked up against the drummer’s paradiddles, clip-clops, pops and ruffs, leading to a kaleidoscopic program which is often as surprising as it is standard. (…) «For Beauty Is Nothing But The Beginning Of Terror» offers the sonic equivalent of a technicolor project”
Ken Waxman, Jazzword

“HIIT‘s «For Beauty Is Nothing But The Beginning Of Terror» embodies the contradictions inherent to improvisation within both of these idioms [- free jazz and “post-classical” music]. The record is A STANDOFF BETWEEN MUSICAL FREEDOM AND AESTHETIC INTELLECTUALISM, BETWEEN RAW ENERGY AND ESOTERIC RESERVE, BETWEEN DRAWING FROM THE PAST AND MAKING THE FUTURE. It attempts to walk a compelling line between the pointillism and machine-like insistence of mid-twentieth-century serialism and the angular fire of mid-career Coltrane….”
Peter Tracy, A Closer Listen

“HIIT, AN INNOVATIVE AVANT-GARDE JAZZ TRIO that stems from the Italian and Portuguese jazz scenes, has unveiled an interesting debut album that traverses an array of inspirations and atmospheres, ranging from frayed tension to thoughtful musing. (…) Formidable mosaics of improvised music get specificities in textures while paying tribute to various personalities. (…) IMBUED WITH A SPIRIT OF SOPHISTICATED DISCOVERY, THIS RECORDING IS MORE THAN MERE SPECULATION. IT’S A SOLID MUSIC STATEMENT FROM AN EXPLORATIVE TRIO THAT OPERATES EFFICIENTLY.”
Filipe Freitas, Jazztrail

“AN URGENT AND NERVOUS DICTATION OF PIANO AND DRUMS on which Grossi fits perfectly with the bow, widening the meshes of the writing; HIGHLY CALIBRATED ABSTRACTIONS dedicated to Lucio Fontana, an elegy for the late photographer Roberto Masotti and various interludes to add grams of storm to A PANORAMA ALREADY DRIPPING WITH IDEAS. (…) THE ITALIAN RESPONSE TO PUNKT.VRT.PLASTIK?”
Nazim Comunale, Blow Up

“The Italian-Portuguese trio HIIT offers EXCITING TONES AND SOUNDSCAPES THAT SET THE MIND IN MOTION. (…) We are dealing with THREE VERY SKILLED INSTRUMENTALISTS WHO HAVE THE ENTIRE EUROPEAN FREE JAZZ TRADITION WITHIN THEM. It looks backwards but at the same time it is very aware of where this tradition has moved today. (…) Great and heartfelt conversations are held here, where listening skills are absolutely crucial. It is simply very rewarding to be invited into these landscapes and let your thoughts flow freely.
Tor Hammerø, Nettavisen