MEMORIES OF RIO MORETOOLBOX6'39" David Garfield EASY TO LOVEKATE MC GARRY3'31" Cole Porter 03 NAIMASEKOU4'47" John Coltrane ESPRESSOMOONGLOW3'35" Karen Knowles /R. Mitchell GONE GONE GONEJAMES4'00" Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward BIG-HEARTED WOMANMORE VICKIE2'53" Vickie Leigh, Bruce Bishop
PRODIGAL SONMAIN LINERS3'23" Rev. R. Wilkins
This album is a collection of tracks that Giulio Cesare Ricci has selected from the most beautiful jazz productions of the legendary David Manley, Anglo-American engineer famous worldwide for his natural and tube sound. The heart and soul of each recorded sound are the result of the acoustic properties of the room itself and the microphones used within that acoustic. David Manley designed the VITAL MUSIC studio in Chino, California, only for "purist" recording techniques, all performances are captured through a Manley "Gold Reference" stereo condenser microphone, directly on 2 stereo tracks. Studer C37 was used for recording with only Manley valve circuits, at 15ips, without noise reduction. The Master was made with the Ampex ATR 102 (Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351 - 1965) 2 tracks, 1/2inch, 76 cm/sec. The mastering was done by Giulio Cesare Ricci using the entirely analog and valve Signoricci system. Sound, pure and simple ... music, powerful and impressive. The formations of the various tracks are varied: drums, piano, sax, guitar, bass, percussion etc ..... Giulio Cesare Ricci wanted to celebrate the 35th anniversary fonè by remembering the productions of David Manley with whom he had a great friendship and a special and lasting collaboration from a technical point of view.