Release Date: 15 November 2024
Label: Red Records
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8054154650620
Genres: Jazz
Release Date: 25 October 2024
Label: Red Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8054154650514
Genres: Jazz
Description
180g premium vinyl, remastered from original tapes and cut a pressed at Pallas - gatefold sleeve with LP size booklet.
Italian bassist Giovanni Tommaso has a knack for assembling talented groups. For this studio session, he brings together an all-star quintet of Italian hard bop musicians: a front line of trumpeter Paolo Fresu and alto saxophonist Massimo Urbani, and rhythm section cohorts Danilo Rea on piano, and Roberto Gatto on drums. The whole gels, as Urbani and Fresu produce the kind of lightening solos that have since brought them international critical acclaim.
Featuring all original compositions, six by Tommaso and one cowritten with Rea (Take the Money and...Spend it!), the solos throughout from each player are superb, Danilo Rea proving himself an adept powerhouse, and Tommaso holding it together with a solid backbone. In all, this is a compelling example of Italian hard bop.
Massimo Urbani: alto saxophone
Paolo Fresu: trumpet
Danilo Rea: piano
Giovanni Tommaso: bass
Roberto Gatto: drums
Recorded April 1986, RCA Studios, Rome
Remastered by Rinaldo Donati at Maxine Studio, Milano Italy.
Description
Remastered from original tapes, includes extensive updated liner notes.
Italian bassist Giovanni Tommaso has a knack for assembling talented groups. For this studio session, he brings together an all-star quintet of Italian hard bop musicians: a front line of trumpeter Paolo Fresu and alto saxophonist Massimo Urbani, and rhythm section cohorts Danilo Rea on piano, and Roberto Gatto on drums. The whole gels, as Urbani and Fresu produce the kind of lightening solos that have since brought them international critical acclaim.
Featuring all original compositions, six by Tommaso and one cowritten with Rea (Take the Money and...Spend it!), the solos throughout from each player are superb, Danilo Rea proving himself an adept powerhouse, and Tommaso holding it together with a solid backbone. In all, this is a compelling example of Italian hard bop.
Massimo Urbani: alto saxophone
Paolo Fresu: trumpet
Danilo Rea: piano
Giovanni Tommaso: bass
Roberto Gatto: drums
Recorded April 1986, RCA Studios, Rome
Remastered by Rinaldo Donati at Maxine Studio, Milano Italy.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Art Pepper
Johnny Dyani
Joe Henderson
Nexus
Woody Shaw Quintet
Victor Lewis Quintet
Ronnie Mathews
Fred Hersch, Steve La Spina, Jeff Hirshfield & Jerry Bergonzi
Tuohi Klang
Skerik, Brian Haas, James Singleton, Simon Lott
Heikki Sarmanto
Max Roach
Gil Evans
Henry Mancini
Ray Barretto
Miles Davis Quintet
