CARO NANNI - SAX FOUR FUN, BRUNELLO, NORDIO

Caro Nanni is the Sax Four Fun quartet's tribute to the films of Nanni Moretti and music by Nicola Piovani. The saxophone quartet reshapes soundtrack themes as jazz pieces, alongside compositions by Fiorenzo Zeni and other writers. Guests from both jazz and classical music include Paolo Fresu, Maria Pia De Vito, Mauro Negri, Mario Brunello and Domenico Nordio.

Available edition

Hi-Res digital file — Velut Luna CVLD060. Only one digital variant is offered; its current Shopify format label contains a technical abbreviation requiring verification before the exact distributed file resolution can be stated. Originally released in 2002.

Tracklist

1. Introspettiva — 4:19 (Fiorenzo Zeni)
2. Le mamme ci asciugavano i capelli — 4:44 (Nicola Piovani)
3. Impronte virali — 5:50 (Fiorenzo Zeni)
4. Palombella rossa — 3:53 (Nicola Piovani)
5. Colori — 3:28 (Fiorenzo Zeni)
6. La stanza del figlio — 4:48 (Nicola Piovani)
7. Impressioni d'amore — 4:08 (Fiorenzo Zeni)
8. Andrea — 4:40 (Nicola Piovani)
9. 20 maggio — 4:27 (Fiorenzo Zeni)
10. Nonno's in carriolas — 4:40 (William Tononi)
11. Three Miles — 4:52 (Michael Loesch)
12. By This River — 3:45 (Brian Eno)
13. Impronte virali (reprise per quartetto di sax) — 5:09 (Fiorenzo Zeni)

Thirteen tracks, including a closing sax-quartet reprise of Impronte virali. Timings follow the historical JBC notes; later digital catalogues differ slightly.

Musicians

• Stefano Menato — soprano and alto saxophones
• Hans Tutzer — alto saxophone
• Fiorenzo Zeni — tenor saxophone
• Giorgio Beberi — baritone saxophone
• Paolo Fresu — guest trumpet and flugelhorn
• Maria Pia De Vito — guest voice
• Mauro Negri — guest clarinet
• Mario Brunello — guest cello
• Domenico Nordio — guest violin

Recording and mastering

Original 96 kHz / 24-bit digital recording made live in studio between April and June 2002 at the Chiuppano Municipal Auditorium, near Vicenza, according to the original Velut Luna notes. This is the source recording specification, not a verified statement about the current digital file format.

Credits

Label: Velut Luna
Music: Fiorenzo Zeni, Nicola Piovani, William Tononi, Michael Loesch and Brian Eno
Arrangements: Fiorenzo Zeni and Hans Tutzer, as credited for individual tracks.

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