"It is probably not easy to be the son of Pino Minafra and try to find your musical identity. But there are advantages too: from early childhood Livio was hanging out with great musicians such as Sergey Kuryokhin, the whole of Italian Instabile Orchestra, and eventually, Cecil Taylor. The glimpses of all these influences are there, but the strongest point is Livio's own identity. With his first solo CD Livio Minafra has come of age recording twelve compositions full of passion, virtuosity and drive of a Mediterranean young man. "-Leo