Girasoli [180g Vinyl]

Pure Analogue Recording, Pure Analogue Cutting, One-Stage Pressing Process, 180gr. Virgin Vinyl Pressing, Heavy Quality Sleeves, 33rpm, Tube Processed Analog Master, HiFi Reference, Limited Edition 496 copies.
Printed in Japan, natural color transparent vinyl

Girasoli features Gabriele Mirabassi, Nando Di Modugno and Pierluigi Balducci. The trio plays mainly music from their own pen, but also some titles by Pat Metheny (Minuano) and Henry Mancini (Love Theme From I Girasoli). It’s available in Stereo DSD 64 from NativeDSD Music.

Whether in Jazz or Classical music, the clarinet in Italy has a name: Gabriele Mirabassi. The Umbrian virtuoso converted to Jazz in the mid-nineties and made a name for himself in the scene mainly through his collaborations with Richard Galliano, Steve Swallow, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor and especially Michel Godard. With his amazing instrumental technique, he is now one of the top names in Italy in both Classical Music and Jazz.

At his side in this extraordinary trio is guitarist Nando di Modugno, a name that itself sounds like an Andres Segovia composition, fully in keeping with Mirabassi’s predilection for Brazilian rhythms, Spanish folklore and the arpeggios and cantilenas of the South, music he has thoroughly researched. To this end, Mirabassi breathes life, poetry and pathos into the Chamber Music gesture with his organic melisma.

The meaty, sonorous bass is provided by none other than Pierluigi Balducci, a great of the Italian Jazz scene and, among other things, a member of the prominent Nuevo Tango Ensamble, one of the most important European ensembles in the field of Tango.

Gabriele Mirabassi – Clarinet
Nando di Modugno – Guitar
Pierluigi Balducci – Bass

The Master has been implemented with Ampex ATR 102 (Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351 – 1965) 2 tracks, 1/2 inch  30ips modified by David Manley. The Mastering for Vinyl was made by Giulio Cesare Ricci using Signoricci’s analog and valve system.

SIDE A

De Coraçao a coraçao  Jacob do Bandolim  2’49″
Party in Olinda  Toninho Horta  5’40″
Pavane  Pierluigi Balducci  4’54″
Chisciotte  Gabriele Mirabassi  3’28″
En la orilla del mundo  Martin Rojas – Pablo Milanés  4’34″

Total Time 21’25”

SIDE B

Amica Vittoria  Gabriele Mirabassi  5’42″
Love theme from I girasoli  Henry Mancini  6’32″
Minuano  Pat Metheny – Lyle Mays  6’08″
Sospesi a primavera  Gabriele Mirabassi  4’23″

Total Time 22’45”