GIANT MOON - 30° ANNIVERSARY- Salvagnini Quartet

The Salvagnini Quartet takes a musical journey around the Moon, pairing jazz standards with original compositions. Massimo Salvagnini's tenor saxophone exchanges ideas with guitar, double bass and drums across eight tracks of melody and improvisation.

A lunar jazz programme

Moonglow, Moonlight in Vermont, Moonlight Serenade and Destination Moon share the programme with Tintarella di luna and Salvagnini's own Giant Moon, The Sunny Side of the Moon and Donata Walks on the Moon.

Tracklist — 8 tracks

1. Giant Moon
2. Moonglow
3. Moonlight in Vermont
4. Tintarella di luna
5. Moonlight Serenade
6. The Sunny Side of the Moon
7. Donata Walks on the Moon
8. Destination Moon

The quartet

Massimo Salvagnini — tenor saxophone; Sandro Gibellini — guitar; Giorgio Panagin — double bass; Roberto Facchinetti — drums.

Recording and production

Originally digitally recorded at 88.2 kHz / 24 bit on 20 February 2010 at Magister Recording Area, Preganziol, Italy. Production, recording, mixing and mastering by Marco Lincetto for Velut Luna. Photography Marco Lincetto; design Studio L'Image.

JBC 30th Anniversary edition

Label: Velut Luna · Catalogue: CVLD390. This listing is for the physical 30th Anniversary CD (SKU CVLD390), distinct from the earlier Giant Moon CVLD200 product. This JBC listing has no digital download or vinyl variants.