LIVE AT MUSEO PIAGGIO | Hamilton, Birro, Zunino, Kramer

Tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton leads a mainstream-jazz quartet with Paolo Birro on piano, Aldo Zunino on double bass and Alfred Kramer on drums. Live at Museo Piaggio captures a 2019 concert in which the players give standards and familiar themes room to unfold, from If I Were a Bell and Cherokee to Groovin' High, Meglio stasera and Pure Imagination. Fonè states that the performances are presented without editing cuts.

Available editions

• Stereo DSD 64 — Fonè DSD209.
• Hi-Res WAV file 88.2 kHz / 24 bit — Fonè HD209.

These are the digital formats offered on this JBC product; the record label's separate SACD edition is not a selectable variant here.

Tracklist

1. If I Were a Bell — 10:53 (Frank Loesser)
2. When the Sun Comes Out — 8:49 (Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler)
3. Groovin' High — 9:47 (Dizzy Gillespie)
4. Anos Dourados — 6:31 (Antônio Carlos Jobim)
5. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams — 8:46 (Harry Barris / Ted Koehler / Billy Moll)
6. Cherokee — 13:47 (Ray Noble)
7. If You Could See Me Now — 6:00 (Tadd Dameron)
8. Tiny's Blues — 8:36 (Tiny Kahn)
9. Meglio stasera — 3:14 (Henry Mancini)
10. Pure Imagination — 3:08 (Anthony Newley / Leslie Bricusse)

Musicians

• Scott Hamilton — tenor saxophone
• Paolo Birro — piano
• Aldo Zunino — double bass
• Alfred Kramer — drums

Recording and mastering

Recorded live on 16 March 2019 at the Auditorium of the Museo Piaggio in Pontedera, Italy, during the fonè Music Festival Piaggio. Fonè documents stereo DSD recording with Pyramix and dCS converters, Neumann U47, U48 and M49 valve microphones, and the Signoricci signal chain. The performance is presented without editing cuts.

Credits

Concept, recording and production: Giulio Cesare Ricci
Recording assistant: Paola Liberato
Photography: Andrea Manno
Label: Fonè
JBC digital catalogue: DSD209 / HD209.