"Combining a penchant for disarming intimacy and subtle nostalgia with a powerful sense for harmony and spades of conviction such that his performances always go  amply beyond mere skillful execution to express his uniquely personal vision, Giovanni Guidi is one of the most important to emerge in Italy in recent years.
Here, the piano is comfortably center-stage: solidly articulated harmonic passages form an unassailable structure supporting the melody of "Dess", while the obsessive reiterations underpinning both theme and improvisation give continuity to "Begatto Kitchen.". In "Furious Season", sparse and insistent arpeggios guide us through the piece as it develops, and throughout the record, subtle harmonic evolutions often engulf the melody." ( Aaj Italy Staff - All About Jazz)Once again, Giovanni Guidi's piano, together with Gianluca Petrella on trombone, Thomas Morgan on bass, Gerald Cleaver on drums, and Michael Blake on saxophone (formerly of the Lounge Lizards), are lighting a path for the future of Italian jazz. The piano introduction to Dess intiates a journey of reflection, a dimension in which past memories are transformed into materials with which to reflect and compose. Within this, there is a sense of loss, be it a reflection on the disappearance of youth, the acceleration of time or the growth of responsibilities, or rather the difficulty of seeking something fresh in the shadow of jazz's monolithic canon is not specified. But these are the themes the young pianist from Foligno is confronting.

The tracklist moves between meditative passages derailed by free jazz incursions a la Ornette Coleman (Furious Seasons), ensemble harmonies (We Don’t Live Here Anymore) and contrapuntal solo outings (The Dreamers), the record reminds us of the strongest efforts by the Bleys.
(Marco Braggion - Sentire Ascoltare)