SIDE A Expense Account Osie Johnson 4’53” You’re Gonna Hear From Me Andre Previn 5’01” That’s Entertainment Arthur Schwartz 6’21”
SIDE B If I’m Lucky Myrow-DeLange 6’01” Day Dream Billy Strayhorn 4’58” Funkallero Bill Evans 6’51”
Conceived, recorded and produced by Giulio Cesare Ricci Recorded at Il Castello - Palazzo di Scoto di Semifonte Certaldo Alto (Fi) November 2018 Recording assistant: Paola Liberato Valve microphones: Neumann U47, U48, M49 Photos by: Stuart Watson A&R and Il Castello property manager: Alfred Kramer
The mastering was realized using the entirely analog and valve Signoricci system. The master was made with the Ampex ATR 102, 2 tracks, 1/2 inch, 30ips "As no editing has been made, all the tracks on this record are heard as they were performed" The program chosen for this album is particularly refined and this makes it attractive. Alongside standards that fall within Scott Hamilton's more usual and familiar repertoire, the American saxophonist has thought of pieces that are more unusual for him but congenial to the duo who interpret them in a heartfelt and inspired way. In fact, we find a rarely heard ballad like “If I'm Lucky”, masterpieces from musicals like “That's Entertainment” (from “The Band Wagon” of 1953) and “You're Gonna Hear From Me” of 1965 written by the well-known recently deceased pianist and conductor André Previn. Finally, two pieces by great instrumentalists/composers in the history of jazz, “Day Dream” by Billy Strayhorn and “Funkallero” by Bill Evans.
An album not to be missed!
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