Side A
NATURE BOY / MOONGLOW 4’09”
E. Abba
Karen Knowles, vocals
Frank Crawford, piano
Bruce Bishop, acoustic guitar
John Leftwick, bass
Josh Sklair, electric guitar
Bob Summers, trumpet
Larry Klimas, sax
Efraim Toro, drums & percussion
NIGHT ON THE TOWN / SEKOU 5’35”
S. Bunch
Sekou Bunch, tenor bass
Tom MacMorran, piano
Doc Powell, guitar
Bill Summers, percussion
Rayford Griffin, drums
Keith Jones, fretless bass
IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY / JOSH 6’44”
J. Sample
Josh Sklair, guitar
Ron Ross, bass
Frank Crawford, piano
Jack Le Compte, drums
DON’T SAY NO TONIGHT / MORE VICKIE 5’30”
V. Leigh, B. Bishop
Vickie Leigh, vocals
Bruce Bishop, acoustic guitar
Josh Sklair, guitar
Frank Crawford, piano
Bill Von Ravensberg, bass
Jack Le Compte, drums
TOTAL TIME 21’59”
Side B
HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES? / JAMES II 7’58”
Rogers & Hart
James Leary, bass
Eddie Harris, sax
Billy Childs, piano
Ralph Penland, drums
HAUNTED EART / EASY TO LOVE 3’59”
Schwartz, Dietz
Kate Mc Garry, vocals
Paul Kreibich, drums
Karen Hammack, piano
Eric Von Essen, bass
LATIN SLAM / TOOLBOX 5’57”
D. Garfield, M. O’Neill
Michael O’Neill, guitar
David Garfield, piano
Larry Klimas, sax
John Leftwich, bass
Efrain Toro, drums & percussion
DRUMS, DRUMS, DRUMS / MUNYUNGO 4’20”
R. Rayford, M. Jackson
Munyungo Jackson, percussion
Bill Summers, percussion
Lenny Castro, percussion
Frances Awe, percussion
Maurice Dosso, percussion
Angel Figueroa, percussion
Todd Cochran, piano
Sekou Bunch, bass
Michael O’Neill, guitar
Rayford Griffin, drums
TOTAL TIME 22’15”
MORE BEST OF THE BEST is a collection of songs that Giulio Cesare Ricci has selected from the most beautiful jazz productions of the legendary David Manley, an Anglo-American engineer famous throughout the world for his natural and valve sound.
The heart and soul of every recorded sound is the result of the acoustic properties of the room itself and the microphones used within that acoustics.
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.
The Studer C37 with only Manley valve circuits was used for recording, at 15ips, without noise reduction
Sound, pure and simple ... music, powerful and impressive.
The mastering for Vinyl was done by Giulio Cesare Ricci using the entirely analog and valve Signoricci system.
The Master was realized with the Ampex ATR 102 2 tracks 1/2" 30ips
The formations of the various songs are various: piano, sax, acoustic guitar, drums and percussion, bass etc...
Giulio Cesare Ricci wanted to celebrate the 35th anniversary of 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.