DO IT! - VITTORIO MATTEUCCI, SYNTAX QUARTET

DO IT! ( CVLD220 )

Author : AAVV
Performer : VITTORIO MATTEUCCI FEATURING SYNTAX QUARTET

Tracks

1 MEDITERRANEAN (Juan Manuel Serrat) 4:25
2 NATURE BOY (Eden Ahbez) 6:11
3 THE MAN I LOVE (George & Ira Gershwin) 7:07
4 O VERJOYED (Stevie Wonder) 3:19
5 NI GHT AND DAY (Cole Porter) 5.40
6 ANNA WILL COME (Pino Daniele) 4:21
7 MIMMO (Vittorio Matteucci) 4:54
8 MY FUNNY VALENTINE (R.Rodgers – L.Hart) 7:22
9 YOU WILL SEE YOU WILL SEE (Luigi Tenco) 5:41
10 T HAT 'S LOVE (H.Warren – J.Brooks) 3.30
11 BEWITCHED (R.Rodgers – L.Hart) 6:33
12 AL FONSINA Y EL MAR (Ariel Ramirez – Felix Luna) 9:00
13 YOU'LL SEE YOU'LL SEE, alternative take (Luigi Tenco) 5:03
Total Time: 73:13

Notes

Pop. Original compositions by: J.M. Serrat, E. Ahbez, G. & I. Gershwin, S. Wonder, C. Porter, P. Daniele, V. Matteucci, R. Rodgers - L. Hart, L. Tenco, H. Warren - J. Brooks, A. Ramirez - F. Luna.
Vittorio Matteucci voice; Syntax Quartet: Marco Strano tenor and soprano saxophones, Bruno Cesselli grandpiano, Federico Malaman doublebass and electric bass, Massimo Manzi drums
96kHz/24bit original live-in-studio two tracks direct to master recording made at MagisterArea Studios, Preganziol, on July 16th, 2011.

Vittorio Matteucci is universally considered the King of Italian Musical (already the first protagonist of "Notre Dame de Paris", then "Dracula", for PFM, Scarpia, for Dalla's "Tosca", "Dante Alighieri", in the homonymous opera by Frisina, the Unnamed, in "I Promessi Sposi"...), but before that he was for many years the leader of the US Band, which accompanied, among others, Smokey Robinson and James Brown. And then again the singer of Demo Morselli's band.
In short, Vittorio is a great interpreter: a great voice, an excellent actor on stage. He embodies like very few other Italian artists what in the United States is almost mandatory, that is, knowing how to sing, act, dance... He knows how to move on a stage with the naturalness and authority of the greats.

His repertoire also ranges from singer-songwriter to jazz, with the classic approach of the great “crooner”.
The idea of ​​producing this album, entirely dedicated to some of the most famous and fascinating standards of the American Song Book and Italian singer-songwriter music, somehow made “homogeneous” by the splendid arrangements with a purely jazz flavour created by Bruno Cesselli and Federico Malaman, respectively pianist and bassist of the Syntax Quartet, the jazz quartet wanted and led by saxophonist Marco Strano, who accompanies Vittorio in this project (the “dream team” is completed by drummer Massimo Manzi, another giant – in every sense – of the international jazz scene).

I have so far insisted a lot on the concept of “stage”, since the most natural dimension for both Vittorio and the musicians who support him is undoubtedly the “live” one.
For this reason we decided to record this album live, at the end of the 2011 summer tour.
However, wanting to guarantee the best possible technical quality, we decided to conceive and create a live event that was decidedly sui generis. Taking advantage of the physical and acoustic characteristics of the main hall of the MagisterArea studios in Preganziol – which we can rightly liken to a “small auditorium” – we invited a small group of friends who, attending the concert as an “audience”, guaranteed the most authentic live dimension. At the same time, evidently, we were able to exploit all the technical refinements typical of a large recording studio, so as not to give up in any way the best sound quality of the recording.

The recording was then made in a “vintage” way both for the approach and for most of the equipment used (our homage to the roaring 60s of a historic label such as Blue Note is evident): and then mixed live on a master with two stereo tracks, both analog on an open reel from ¼” at 38 cm/sec, and digital, on a stereo PCM file at 96kHz/24bit, taking advantage of the superb AD conversion guaranteed by the Prism Sound Dream AD2. And we cannot fail to mention the use of the legendary Neumann U 47 and U 87 microphones, the Soundcraft 3200 analog mixing desk with the analog stages modified to our specifications and a whole series of strictly tube-based outboard control devices.

The result of our work is now finally available to everyone: enjoy listening.