di Briana Palma

After 20 years away from his native Bologna, jazz saxophonist and composer Marco Pignataro is finally feeling at home in Boston. But as he discusses his latest album Sofia's Heart – released in late 2011 to critical acclaim – it becomes clear that hasn't always been the case. On an album that Pignataro describes as a "personal musical diary," songs like "Homesick" and "Bologna d'Inverno" express his sense of longing for Italy.

"Once you're outside your country, you feel like part of you is still there," Pignataro says. "It never leaves. Through a part of my life it was a big issue, meaning I would be extremely homesick. I remember dreaming that I was walking around the streets of my hometown. I'm seeing everything like I'm there and there's this feeling of loss that is really difficult."

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Fonte: Bostoniano