Alex Carpani Band with David Jackson at ProgDay 2014

Alex Carpani Band with David Jackson at ProgDay 2014 - Photo by Angel Romero
Alex Carpani Band with David Jackson at ProgDay 2014 – Photo by Angel Romero

 

The closing act on Sunday at ProgDay 2014 was another highly anticipated concert. Keyboard maestro Alex Carpani arrived from Italy with his band and a very special guest, former Van der Graaf Generator sax player David Jackson, who also appears on Carpani’s latest album.

 

Alex Carpani at ProgDay 2014 - Photo by Angel Romero
Alex Carpani at ProgDay 2014 – Photo by Angel Romero

 

 David Jackson with Alex Carpani Band at ProgDay 2014 - Photo by Angel Romero
David Jackson with Alex Carpani Band at ProgDay 2014 – Photo by Angel Romero

 

Ettore Salati (Alex Carpani Band) at ProgDay 2014 - Photo by Angel Romero
Ettore Salati (Alex Carpani Band) at ProgDay 2014 – Photo by Angel Romero

 

Joe Sal (Alex Carpani Band) at ProgDay 2014 - Photo by Angel Romero
Joe Sal (Alex Carpani Band) at ProgDay 2014 – Photo by Angel Romero

 

Alessandro Di Caprio (Alex Carpani Band) at ProgDay 2014 - Photo by Angel Romero
Alessandro Di Caprio (Alex Carpani Band) at ProgDay 2014 – Photo by Angel Romero

 

Giambattista Giorgi (Alex Carpani Band) at ProgDay 2014 - Photo by Angel Romero
Giambattista Giorgi (Alex Carpani Band) at ProgDay 2014 – Photo by Angel Romero

 

If you’ve never listened to Alex Carpani and consider yourself a progressive rock fan, you really need to get a hold of his recordings. Carpani’s music is state of the art progressive symphonic rock, music of the highest caliber. He is undoubtedly one of the finest musicians to have come out of Italy in recent years.

Most of the superb material Carpani played came from his latest album, titled 4 Destinies. As you would expect, there was also memorable Van der Graaf Generator material.

Alex Carpani - 4 Destinies
Alex Carpani – 4 Destinies

Alex Carpani’s performance was a remarkable closing to the 20th anniversary edition of ProgDay.

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