“FOR FRIULIAN PIANIST GLAUCO VENIER, MINIATURES – HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM FOR ECM - IS A KIND OF JOURNAL OR DIARY, ATMOSPHERICALLY REFLECTING UPON EARLY MEMORIES, EARLY EXPERIENCES OF MUSIC, AND IN TURN CASTING ITS OWN QUIET SPELL...(read more)     ECM press release

 

“GLAUCO VENIER SUMMONS MEMORIES OF JOHN TAYLOR WITH HIS SENSITIVE PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT.”     Mike Butler , Manchester Evening News

 

“VENIER’S WARM, EMBRACING KEYBOARD HARMONISATIONS.”     David Sheppard , BBC Online

 

“VENIER’S CHOICE OF NOTES AND HIS HARMONIZATION ARE STRIKINGLY ORIGINAL.”     Steve Lake, ECM Press

 

“I HAVE PLAYED AND RECORDED WITH GLAUCO VENIER IN MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS AND I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED HIS PLAYING AND HIS SENSIBILITY.“     Kenny Wheeler, Interview on All About Jazz

 

“VENIER E’ PERFETTO ED ISPIRATO ED E’ UN MUSICISTA CHE E’ CAPACE DI ASCOLTARE ED ESALTARE LO SCREZIATO UNIVERSO MUSICALE.”     Andrea Scaccia Musica Jazz

 

“VENIER’S PIANO IS COAXING AND FORCEFUL BY TURNS HIS TUNES “DISTANCE” THE WORDLESS “GORIZIA” AND THE FAST FLOWING “THE MERMAIDE” SET WINSTONE’S VOICE TO PERFECTION.”     Jazzwise, UK magazine

 

“FRA I PIU’ INVENTIVI (PER QUANTO APPARTATO) PIANISTI ITALIANI.”     Alberto Bazzurro, L’isola della musica italiana

 

“MR. VENIER OUTLINED ITS HYMNAL CHORDS WITH CARE.”     Nate Chinen, The New York Times

 

“JUST SOMETIMES IS MAGICAL, VENIER’S PIANO GLIDING AROUND WINSTONE AS IF COMFORTING HER.”     John Fordham, The Guardian

 

“VENIER’S PIANO IS JAUNTY AND TRILLING.”     Alison Hoblyn, London Jazz

 

“VENIER STA DANDO LUSTRO AL JAZZ ITALIANO ORMAI DA DIVERSI ANNI IN EUROPA, UN MUSICISTA CHE SI DISTINGUE PER IL SUO STILE ESSENZIALE, MA MAI BANALE E NON TESO AL VIRTUOSISMO FINE A SÉ STESSO.”     Giancarlo Bastianelli, Tg Com

 

“VENIER IS AN IMAGINATIVE COMPOSER.“     The Jazz corner, U.S.A.

 

“VENIER SOUNDS LIKE A MAN EVERY BIT AS MUCH AT EASE WITH CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER MUSIC AS WITH BILL EVANS PIANO HARMONY. HIS TOUCH IS LIGHT AND MEDITATIVE, BUT CAPABLE OF IMPARTING RHYTHMIC SURGE TO THE QUICKER AND FOLKSIER SONGS.“     Brian Morton, Jazz Journal UK

 

“VENIER’S PIANO STYLE IS VERY MUCH IN THE EUROPEAN TRADITION OF CRYSTALLINE CHORDS AND LIMPID SOLOS.“     George Stacy, Music Web International UK

 

“STRAORDINARIO (PERCHE’ DIFFICILISSIMO), IN QUESTO SENSO IL LAVORO DI VENIER CHE CON LE SUE “GOCCE “ PIANISTICHE RENDE LIQUIDA L’ATMOSFERA.”     Helmut Failoni, Il Corriere di Bologna