Emanuele Cisi
By: Dream Chimney
The following interview was conducted on June 2, 2026
After a night where the club felt closer to a ceremony than a dancefloor, Emanuele Cisi brings everyone back to his with the same quiet intensity that shaped the rebirth of “Pharoah’s Message”. Fresh from watching Joe Claussell transform his composition into a trio of cosmic, ritual-driven reinterpretations, Cisi shifts the energy inward. The lights are low, shoes kicked off, bodies softening into the room’s warm hush. This is the after-hours space where spiritual jazz, deep ambience and soulful meditations replace the pulse — a place for seekers, listeners, and the ones who don’t want the night to end just yet. His ten-track selection drifts with intention, carrying the lineage of Pharoah Sanders and John Coltrane into the small hours, where music becomes reflection, release, and quiet transcendence.
John Coltrane -All or nothing at All” - from John Coltrane “Ballads”.
Quiet energy with soulful melody. Nice way to mellow down.
Stan Getz “Joanne Julia”
A beautiful Kenny Barron's composition played by the master of sound on tenor sax.
Gene Ammons “Canadian Sunset”
One of the most soulful tones ever coming from a tenor saxophone.
Dexter Gordon “Where Are You”
The depth and warm voice of Dexter “singing” a beautiful ballad.
Stevie Wonder “With Each Beat of my Heart”
A less known gem by Stevie, all played with his voices overdubbed.
Emanuele Cisi “Last Night When We Were Young”
One of my favourite ballads ever, this one I recorded it with piano excellence Eric Reed.
Sonny Rollins “A House is NoT a Home”
One of the most iconic Bacharach's compositions in the beautiful rendition of tenor sax titan Sonny Rollins.
Miles Davis “Flamenco Sketches”
Alt. Take. From Miles masterwork, Kind of Blue, the alternate take of a tune that seems to reveal the motion of heavenly bodies.
Emanuele Cisi “No Eyes”.
My personal tribute to the one and only Lester Young and his sense of melody, with fabulous singer Roberta Gambarini vocalizing a legendary Young solo.
Pharoah Sanders “Light at the Edge of the World”.
One of my all time favorites. Pharoah singing in his horn one of the most heart breaking melodies ever.
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