Franco Ambrosetti

In a career spanning six decades and nearly 40 albums as a leader or co-leader, revered Swiss trumpeter Franco Ambrosetti has finally realized his dream project. Anchored by a core of world-class musicians (guitarist John Scofield, bassist Scott Colley, pianist Uri Caine, drummer Peter Erskine) and featuring a 22-piece string orchestra conducted by Grammy-winning pianist-arranger Alan Broadbent, Ambrosetti's Nora is his answer to Charlie Parker with Strings and Clifford Brown with Strings, both cherished albums from his youth.

Ballads have a way of comforting us. When imbued with real emotive powers, they have the capacity to elevate and transport. We become lost in romance or reverie. This second orchestral collaboration between iconic Swiss trumpeter Franco Ambrosetti and two-time, Grammy-winning arranger Alan Broadbent takes us there. The album title is an apt description of Franco's approach to each golden note he plays on flugelhorn. Backed by an all-star group of pianist Broadbent, guitarist John Scofield, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Peter Erskine, along with a 29-piece orchestra arranged and conducted by Broadbent, Ambrosetti pulls heartstrings on a program of four originals and four well-chosen covers.

A dream cast with a broad horizon: This band is made up of globally highly sought after musicians of different generations. Jack DeJohnette was born in 1942 and recently collaborated with Ambrosetti on his Cheers album of 2017; John Scofield, born in 1951, was in the studio with Ambrosetti in the 1980s (Movies) and again in 2017. The trio of 1956-born pianist Uri Caine was available in 2007 for the album The Wind. New in Ambrosetti's soundtrack oeuvre: Scott Colley, born in 1963. A rock-solid in bands from John Scofield, Joe Henderson, Phil Woods, Ravi Coltrane, and others since the 1990s, Colley fits in perfectly with this combination of strong jazz personalities; he is one himself.

The concert was recorded live on July 26, 2006 at "Enoteca Italiana" during "Enoteca Jazz Club Festival" 12th Edition, organized by "Siena Jazz Foundation".
Excellent quartet, six long pieces, which develop according to the dictated rhythms of the music, and which explore, each in its own way, a wide range of emotional and expressive universes. From the most authentic free improvisation to the introspection of a solo double bass.
Keyboardist and Italian pianist who's been busy working with visiting American musicians and cutting free and jazz rock dates since the '60s, Franco D'Andrea's earliest sessions came with Nunzio Rotondo and Gato Barbieri…

Franco Cerri - Franco Cerri and His European Jazz Stars (1959) {Japan Mini LP DIW-3018 rel 2009}
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© 1959, 2009 Columbia Records Italy / DIW Records | DIW-3018
Jazz / Cool / Bop / Guitar / Saxophone

A gem of a session from Italian guitarist Franco Cerri — recording here at the end of the 50s with a well-titled batch of European jazz stars ! The groups shift slightly throughout the set, and players include Lars Gullin on baritone sax, Flavio Ambrosetti on alto, George Gruntz on piano, and Pierre Favre on drums ! The album features one trio track, three quartet numbers, three quintet tunes, and one sextet cut — all of them with Cerri's illuminating single-line work on guitar — sounding especially nice next to the horns. Ambrosetti is a real treat here — a sharp-edged player we'd never heard before, working with a strong undercurrent of soul that we really appreciate.