(Bop, Cool, Post-Bop) Gianni Basso - Коллекция - 1970-2008 (7 альбомов) (w/ Guido Manusardi, Renato Sellani), MP3, V2-320 kbps

Gianni Basso [March 24, 1931 (Asti, Italy) – August 17, 2009 (Asti, Italy)] was one of the lights who began shining on the European jazz scene following the end of World War II. He began as a clarinetist and first played professionally in Germany and Belgium in the late '40s with the Raoul Falsan Big Band. By the beginning of the next decade, he was established as a commercial "GB" or "general business" player in Milan, but one with a steady presence at jazz events, including some of the early Italian attempts at post-fascist festivals. From about 1954, a collaboration with trumpeter and composer Oscar Valdambrini began that resembled the relationship between Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, minus the former man's household-name status. Basso studied music in the busy northern city of Turin, where Valdambrini was a homeboy. It was more than just two Italian lads growing up with a fascination for American jazz -- this was a case of a tenor saxophone and trumpet finding each other. This led to all manner of musical possibilities, most notably the easy-to-maneuver-and-feed small combo (not that feeding anyone in Italy is a problem, ever).
The partners' group was without a doubt the most popular jazz band in Italy in the '50s, accompanying many touring stars such as Billie Holiday, Lionel Hampton, Gerry Mulligan, Slide Hampton, and Chet Baker. The engaging style of tenor saxophonist Stan Getz was the primary goal Basso set for himself in terms of having a main man on the saxophone. His many subsequent recordings provide documentation of how he discovered Sonny Rollins and developed his own style from these sources to the point where the Verve label signed him and a top-notch singer such as Sarah Vaughan wanted a Basso baste as sauce on her 1984 serving entitled Mystery of Man.
In the late '70s he founded the band Saxes Machine and subsequently fronted the Gianni Basso Big Band. In his senior years he settled into the comfort of the Rome studio scene, still playing in clubs and enjoying his growing historical stature on the European jazz scene. Even free jazz fans like him now.

Gianni Basso Quartet - Jazz al Centro Pirelli
Год издания диска: 1970 (Arcophon AP 1)
Продолжительность: 49:50
Треклист:
01. Reachin' For (Tyner) - 9:45
02. Sweet Little Maya (Garrison) - 7:12
03. Oleo (Rollins) - 7:32
04. Ginger Bread Boy (Heath) - 9:46
05. Naima (Coltrane) - 3:47
06. So What (Davis) - 11:48
Состав:
Gianni Basso - tenor saxophone
Renato Sellani - piano
Giorgio Azzolini - bass
Gilberto Cuppini - drums
Recorded live at Centro Pirelli in June 9, 1970.
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Gianni Basso - Quartetto Gianni Basso
Год издания диска: 2009 (Schema RW 133 CD)
Продолжительность: 40:31
Треклист:
01. Four Brothers (Giuffre) - 5:02
02. Stormy Weather (Arlen) - 11:28
03. Vichy (Pillot) - 4:48
04. Cheek to Cheek (Berlin) - 7:56
05. My Wife (Basso) - 5:10
06. Red and Green (Rusca) - 6:07
Состав:
Gianni Basso - tenor saxophone
Mario Rusca - piano
Lucio Terzano - double bass
Giancarlo Pillot - drums

Gianni Basso & Guido Manusardi Trio - Live at Down Town
Год издания диска: 1996 (Splasc(h) CDH 455.2)
Продолжительность: 70:32
Треклист:
01. Bye Bye Blackbird (Dixon-Henderson) - 10:49
02. There's No Greater Love (Jones-Symes) - 8:20
03. I Close My Eyes (Kaye-Reid) - 10:03
04. You Stepped Out of a Dream (Herb-Kahn) - 9:16
05. Old Folks (Hill-Robinson) - 10:03
06. The Man I Love (Gershwin) - 11:19
07. I Love You (Porter) - 10:42
Состав:
Gianno Basso - tenor saxophone
Guido Manusardi - piano
Stefano Travaglini - bass
Massimo Manzi - drums
Recorded live at the "Down Town" restaurant, Milan on September 22, 1994.

Gianni Basso - Gianni Basso and His Sax & Rhythm Sextet
Год издания диска: 1999 (Sarabandas/Giants of Jazz CD 53285)
Продолжительность: 51:23
Треклист:
01. Chet's Chum (Mover) - 7:44
02. Crazy Rhythm (Meyer-Kahn) - 7:21
03. Warm Melody (Basso) - 5:10
04. Holiday in Davos (Albano) - 6:08
05. The Next Day (Chiara-Chiara) - 5:55
06. Winnie's Component (Gruntz) - 5:16
07. Bells Blues (Albano) - 8:46
08. Bob's Buddy (Basso) - 5:03
Состав:
Claudio Chiara - alto saxophone
Gianni Basso – tenor saxophone
Fulvio Albano – baritone saxophone
William Evans – piano
Jean-Louis Rassinfosse – bass
Alvin Queen – drums
Recorded at Mondial Sound, Milan on September 20-21, 1998.

Gianni Basso & Renato Sellani - Isn't It Romantic?
Год издания диска: 2002 (Philology W 201.2)
Продолжительность: 72:15
Треклист:
01. Nancy with the Laughing Face (Van Heusen) - 5:45
02. Embraceable You (Gershwin) - 5:20
03. I'm Getting Sentimental over You (Bassman) - 5:51
04. Deep Purple (DeRose) - 5:30
05. Everything I Have Is Yours (McHugh) - 4:11
06. Isn't It Romantic? (Rodgers) - 3:49
07. Body and Soul (Green) - 8:02
08. I Should Care (Cahn) - 4:29
09. I'll Remember April (Raye) - 7:46
10. Over the Rainbow (Arlen) - 5:23
11. It Might as Well Be Spring (Rodgers) - 8:48
12. I Remember Clifford (Golson) - 7:21
Состав:
Gianni Basso - tenor saxophone
Renato Sellani - piano
Recorded at Mu Rec Studio, Milan on February 14, 2001.

Gianni Basso Quartet - For Lars Gullin (Swedish Genius), Vol.1
Год издания диска: 2002 (Philology W 210.2)
Продолжительность: 72:23
Треклист:
01. Ack Varmeland du Skona (Trad.) - 5:23
02. Gabriella (Gullin) - 4:58
03. Fata Morgana (Gullin) - 5:41
04. Dedicato per Renato Sellani (Gullin) - 3:49
05. Peter of April (Gullin) - 6:26
06. It's True (Gullin) - 4:01
07. Lars Meets Jeff (Gullin) - 6:30
08. Dedicato per Renato Sellani (Gullin) - 4:27
09. That's It (Gullin) - 7:21
10. I've Seen (Gullin) - 5:31
11. Silhouette (Gullin) - 7:43
12. Fata Morgana (alternate take) (Gullin) - 5:44
13. Gabriella (alternate take) (Gullin) - 4:49
Состав:
Gianni Basso - tenor saxophone
Andrea Pozza - piano
Luciano Milanese - bass
Massimo Manzi - drums
Renato Sellani - piano (#4,8)
Recorded at Mu Rec Studio, Milan on May 8, 2002.

Gianni Basso & Renato Sellani - Body and Soul
Год издания диска: 2008 (Venus VHCD-1018)
Продолжительность: 57:13
Треклист:
01. Body and Soul (Heyman-Sour-Eyton) - 6:17
02. La Mer (Lasry-Trenet) - 3:50
03. Star Dust (Carmichael) - 4:08
04. Ma l'Amore No (D'Anzi) - 5:41
05. Deep Purple (DeRose) - 5:18
06. Pennies from Heaven (Johnston) - 5:20
07. My Foolish Heart (Young) - 4:50
08. I Should Care (Carn-Stordahl-Weston) - 4:40
09. Watch What Happens (Legrand) - 4:13
10. Miss Bo (Basso) - 4:28
11. Solamente Una Vez (Lara) - 4:50
12. I Love You (Porter) - 3:38
Состав:
Gianni Basso - tenor saxophone
Renato Sellani - piano
Recorded at Fonoprint Studio, Bologna on May 24-25, 2008.