New Music: Mario Guarini, Enjoy the Journey
Following the success of his debut album Now It’s My Turn, Mario Guarini — one of the most acclaimed bass players on the Italian contemporary music scene — returns with Enjoy the Journey.
The album is available on all digital platforms. Featuring ten original tracks, Enjoy the Journey marks a natural and mature evolution in Guarini’s artistic path: a deep, refined work where groove and melody merge into a multi-stylistic and ethnic instrumental language, capable of crossing cultures, influences and sensibilities with remarkable compositional coherence.
The project stands out for its outstanding international collaborations, further reinforcing the album’s global scope. Among the featured artists are Vinnie Colaiuta, a true drumming legend whose unmistakable touch enriches the entire record; the iconic Victor Wooten, a worldwide benchmark of electric bass, appearing on both bass and bow bass; Oz Noy, a leading figure of the New York jazz-fusion scene on guitars; Michael Pipoquinha, the extraordinary Brazilian six-string bass virtuoso; Sandro Haick, internationally renowned musician and producer, contributing on guitars, drums, keyboards and vocals; and Israel Varela, one of the most authoritative voices in contemporary jazz drumming, here performing on drums, cajón and palmas.
Alongside these major international names, the album also features an impressive roster of Italian talents, including Daniele Gottardo, Alberto Marsico, Daniele Bonaviri, Giulio Carmassi, Elio Rivaghi, Max Rosato, Adriano Milinari, among many others, creating a rich, deep and authentically international musical dialogue.
These collaborations enrich the album with diverse languages, cultures and sensibilities, reinforcing the idea of the journey as a shared artistic and human experience.
The project aims to showcase Italian excellence within a truly international artistic context, maintaining the highest production standards and a strong expressive identity, further shaped by the production of Antonello Boezio, founder and producer of Bobo Records. The album was recorded at MAST Recording Studio, and mixed and mastered by Massimo Stano.
In an era increasingly driven by numbers, metrics and visibility, Enjoy the Journey tells a different story — one shaped by people, cultures and genuine encounters. Brazil, India, Japan, America and Spain intertwine in a sonic narrative that moves through blues, soul, funk, flamenco and ethnic influences, where each track becomes a stop along the way and each collaboration a moment of shared growth.
With Enjoy the Journey, Mario Guarini confirms his place among the leading voices of contemporary instrumental music, delivering an album that will captivate not only bass players and industry professionals, but all lovers of high-quality music.
This project was produced with the support of the call “Nuove Produzioni Discografiche 2024/25”, funded by NUOVOIMAIE.
