Gianni Basso and Renato Sellani – Body and Soul (2008) [Japan 2017]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 56:29 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,3 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 2,23 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 612 MB
According to Eugene Chadbourne of AllMusic, “Gianni Basso was one of the lights who began shining on the European jazz scene following the end of World War II”. He began as a clarinetist before switching to saxophone, and became a renowned Italian jazz tenor saxophonist influenced by Stan Getz. A native of Italy, Renato Sellani has fast become one of the most popular jazz pianists in Europe. Japanese producer Tetsuo Hara discovered him and has recorded him regularly for his Venus label.
After World War II’s wave of adulation and imitation, it’s clear that many Italian musicians have branded jazz with individual characteristics. To jazz, they bring a poetic sense of eternal cantabile, drama, film, classical and folk influences. Saxophonist Gianni Basso and pianist Renato Sellani, Piemontese octogenarians, pay retrospective homage on Body and Soul, caressing Swing Era favorites with devotion and delight, grace and poetry. Basso models his brimming, avuncular style on Coleman Hawkins, complete with gruff, burly tone, nowhere more in evidence than on the pace-setting title track. Sellani approaches Teddy Wilson with a conservatory touch, discreetly tasteful and tidy, bubbling over but occasionally, as on ‘Watch What Happens’. This Legrand tune, along with ‘Beyond The Sea’ and Latin classics, give away their European bent.
Tracklist:
01. Body And Soul
02. La Mer
03. Stardust
04. Ma L’Amore No
05. Deep Purple
06. Pennies From Heaven
07. My Foolish Heart
08. I Should Care
09. Watch What Happens
10. Miss Bo
11. Solamente Una Vez
12. I Love you
Personnel:
Gianni Basso – tenor sax
Renato Sellani – piano
Note:
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Tetsuo Hara. Engineered by Roberto Barillari.
Recorded on May 24-25, 2008 at Fonoprint Studio in Bologna, Italy.
Venus Hyper Magnum Sound Direct Mix. VENUS Japan # VHGD-227.
SACD ISO
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DSF
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Hi-Res FLAC
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