Pieranunzi teamed up with brilliant arranger Michele Corcella to take Lewis's concepts a step further. Together, they spent years developing and refining the project, which culminated in recordings made in Brescia, Italy, in late 2021. 🎻 A "Crossover Within a Crossover"

John Lewis (1920–2001) was a brilliant American jazz pianist and the musical director of the legendary Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ). While he was a master of bebop and swing, Lewis also harbored a deep, lifelong passion for the classical precision of Johann Sebastian Bach.

To mirror Lewis's ambition, Pieranunzi and Corcella designed a highly specific, hybrid instrumentation:

The story behind is a journey of honoring a jazz giant who successfully bridged two vastly different musical worlds.