Sergio Cammariere Essentials

Honing his compositional chops through a series of ’90s soundtracks, songsmith and pianist Sergio Cammariere launched his jazzy debut a decade later—but it was worth the wait. By turns playful and wistfully cinematic, Dalla pace del mare lontano artfully layers sounds from cool jazz to Italian songbook classics, threaded with eloquent piano phrases. A talent of ear-tingling fluidity, Cammariere balances stirring introspection with the sizzling wanderlust of bossa nova. His later film work includes a New Orleans-style cover for a Disney favourite, making this jazzer all the harder to classify.