THE TENDER TRAP - GIBELLINI, BIRRO, NEGRI

THE TENDER TRAP (CVLD257 )

saxophone

Author : S. CHAN - J. VAN HEUSEN, C. PORTER, R. RODGERS - L. HART
Performer : S. GIBELLINI, P. BIRRO, M. NEGRI

Production: Velut Luna
Executive producer, recording and mastering engineer: Marco Lincetto
Photos: Ilenco Tracmot
Graphic Design: The Image

Paolo Birro, piano
Sandro Gibellini, guitar
Mauro Negri, clarinet & tenor saxophone

Traces

01 - (Love Is) The Tender Trap - S Chan & J Van Heusen
02 - Strangers In The Night - B Kaempfert & C Singleton & E Snyder
03 - Fly Me To The Moon - B Howard
04 - The Last Dance - S Chan & J Van Heusen
05 - The Lady Is A Tramp - R Rodgers & L Hart
06 - I've Got You Under My Skin - C Porter
07 - My Way - P Anka & C Frangois & J Revaux & G Thibault
08 - Luck Be A Lady - F Loesser
09 - All The Way - S Chan & J Van Heusen
10 - My Kind Of Town - S Chan & J Van Heusen

Notes: HD Remastered from original Analag Tape

JAZZ: original compositions by S. Chan - J. Van Hausen, B. Howard, C. Porter, R. Rodgers - L. Hart. Guitar S. Gibellini, piano P. Birro, sax and clarinet M. Negri. Recorded on January - March 1997.

Old Blue Eyes! When Paolo mentioned the idea of ​​dedicating an album to the great songs Frank Sinatra brought to success, it was love at first sight. The image of Frank Sinatra is the first I remember seeing on a television screen: it was the mid-1960s and I was maybe six years old. That man with the big ears, wearing the big 1940s-style hat, smiling, sitting on a high backless stool silhouetted against the classic "infinite" light gray background, typical of television studios of the time, will always remain in my mind, associated with a pleasant feeling of serenity. Even more so, the music he sang, immediately after the ritual interview: many years later I realized it was the splendid "(Love is) The Tender Trap". As I think everyone knows, Sinatra was not a songwriter, but a splendid performer. So unique that it would indeed be natural to call the songs he performed "Frank Sinatra's songs," so fundamental is the interpretation to the song's valorization. It would therefore have been very difficult, if not impossible, in my opinion, and almost a contradiction, to imagine a tribute to Frank Sinatra by having others sing "his" songs. The shared passion for the "old man with the blue eyes," which evidently binds this writer to the splendid performers of this album, has therefore made possible a production that fully respects the spirit of the songs and allows us not to dare to make impossible comparisons with The Voice. The final result of the project is certainly not for me to judge. Or perhaps it is... However, what I feel I can affirm is the absolute relaxation, "ease," and sense of pleasure with which the recordings were made. The music flowed magically from the instruments to the point that for many songs a single take was enough: and it was already perfect. So Long Frank!

Analog original recording by TEAC 2-B RTR, at 38cm/sec, at Marco Lincetto's home, Padova, Italy, on January, 26th, 1997 and on March, 16th, 1997.AD digital remastering by Marco Lincetto, using Prism Sound AD-2 Dream at 24bit / 88.2kHz, made at Velut Luna Studios, on June 10th, 2014