Franco Ambrosetti

Gatefold Black Vinyl

Charlie Parker did it, Clifford Brown did it, and now he has done it: the grand seigneur of Swiss jazz Franco Ambrosetti has recorded an album with strings. The 80-year-old invited his trusted All Star Band and a 22-piece string ensemble to New York’s Sear Sound Studio in February of this year, not to create a gently embraced work of old age, but rather to offer his highly cultivated tone and characteristic art of phrasing in special arrangements a new stage that exhibits the essence of his éducation musicale.

PERSONNEL:

• Franco Ambrosetti - (trumpet / flugelhorn)
• John Scofield - (guitar)
• Uri Cane - (piano)
• Scott Colley - (bass)
• Peter Erskine - (drums)
• Sara Caswell - (violin, concertmaster)
• Alan Broadbent - (arranger, conductor)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Nora's Theme
• A2. Morning Song
• A3. All Blues

• SIDE B
• B1. Autumn Leaves
• B2. Sweet Journey
• B3. After the Rain