Boxset / Compilation · 2015
Tracklist
CD1: Total Time: 72;27
01. LOTAR
02. BLUES FOR GERRY
03. TIME WAS
04. BASHFULLY
05. ESTROVERSO
06. TEA TIME
07. MITIGATI
08. SOFTLY
09. WALKING IN THE NIGHT
10. RENEE
11. DIALOGO
12. RICORDANDO LESTER
13. DR. JACKLE
14. COLTRANE STYLE
15. IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY
16. MONOTONIA
17. JUBILATION
18. VINNIE’S COMPONENTS
19. ARE YOU REAL?
CD2:
01. CRAZY RHYTHM
02. BUT NOT FOR ME
03. GUESS WHO?
04. POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS
05. CIAU TURIN
06. IL GRIMMO
07. TOPSY
08. I SHOULD CARE
09. LUCY ED IO
10. AUTUMN LEAVES
11. INDIANA (**)
12. FASCINATIN’ RHYTHM (**)
13. BLUES FOR GASSMAN (**)
14. FATA MORGANA (**)
15. HOW ABOUT YOU? (**)
16. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU(**)
17. PETER OF APRIL (**)
18. HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN? (**)
19. LOTAR [alternative version] (*)
20. LOVER MAN (*)
21. I CAN’T GET STARTED (*)
22. LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (*)
Line-up/Musicians
GIANNI BASSO, tenor sax
OSCAR VALDAMBRINI, trumpet
On all tracks, plus:
CD1 [1-12]: WALKING IN THE NIGHT
Renato Sellani (p), Giorgio Azzolini (b), Gianni Cazzola (d).
Rome, Italy, May 25 (tracks 1-4) & June 1 (tracks 5-12), 1960.
CD1 [13-19]: Sestetto Basso-Valdambrini: THE BEST MODERN JAZZ IN ITALY 1962
Dino Piana (tb), Renato Sellani (p), Giorgio Azzolini (b),
Lionello Bionda (d). Milan, Italy, c. 1962.
CD2 [1-10]: BASSO-VALDAMBRINI QUINTET PLUS DINO PIANA
Dino Piana (tb on 4, 7 & 9 only), Renato Sellani (p)
Giorgio Azzolini (b), Gianni Cazzola (d).
Milan, Italy, April 29, May 2 & 10, 1960.
(**) BONUS ALBUM CD2 [11-18]: NEW SOUND FROM ITALY
The Basso-Valdambrini Octet: Oscar Valdambrini (tp), Gianni Basso (ts), Lars Gullin (bar on 11-15 & 17), Glauco Masetti (as on 11 & 13),
Attilio Donadio (as on 12 & 14-18; bar on 16 & 18), Mario Pezzotta (tb), Renato Sellani (p), Franco Cerri (b), Jimmy Pratt (d).
Milan, Italy, November / December, 1959.
(*) BONUS TRACKS CD2 [19-22]:
Oscar Valdambrini (tp), Gianni Basso (ts), Renato Sellani (p),
Giorgio Azzolini (b), Gianni Cazzola (d).
Milan, Italy, June 9-10, 1959.
About this release
Phono Records PHN-146912
This release presents three of their Quintet/Sextet albums (the formation changes within the same LPs): "Walking in the Night" (RCA Victor PML 10089), "The Best Modern Jazz in Italy 1962" (RCA Victor PML 10326), and "Basso-Valdambrini Quintet Plus Dino Piana" (Stella Records LPS 6095). As a bonus, the complete octet album "New Sound from Italy" (Verve MG VS 6152), featuring the great Swedish baritone sax player Lars Gullin, as well as four extra quintet sides from the same period.
Thanks to snobb for the addition and js for the updates