Scott Hamilton, Paolo Birro & Alfred Kramer performing jazz classics and standards.

A Pure Analogue recording pressed on 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl!

recordings in Hotel Il Castello at Palazzo di Scoto di Semifonte Certaldo Alto in Florence in March 2015. "Bean And The Boys" is the title of this round successful republication of the House Fone. The Jazz connoisseurs know: This is alluded to the granddaddy of jazz tenor saxophone, Coleman "Bean" Hawkins. "Bean And The Boys", a composition by Hawkins, was originally the title track of an album, which he had taken with a high-profile all-star octet. But today, "the boys" other, and in 1969 deceased "Bean" only occurs as a composer of the pieces on this album in appearance.

But the musical monument that will put it here, has it all. Who are now so "the boys"? There would first Scott Hamilton on tenor saxophone. Fon fans is the American Swing specialist long been known: in duo with Andrea Pozza he impresses on this label already with the albums "I Could Write A Book" and "Who Cares?". Even in his youth, who was born in 1954 Hamilton was considered by many as the legitimate successor of the great Coleman Hawkins - and on "Bean And The Boys" you can hear why. On wings sitting with Paolo Birro a classically trained pianist who as a jazz musician accompanied with all kinds of sizes the genre has worked. Birros subtle grooves harmonize perfectly with Hamilton's solo play, and the lightly faceted game of his left hand makes a bassist in the trio lossless superfluous. On drums finally plays Alfred Kramer.

Born in 1965, Swiss is active here in a dual function. On one hand, just as an accomplished, tasty and economical reserved drummer, as he had long been an icon in Space Jazz Trio of Enzo Pietropaoli in Italy; on the other hand as a chef and manager of the hotel Il Castello in Florence, in the old vaults, this plate was taken. Play together the three compositions by Hawkins, sometimes relaxed swinging, sometimes rapidly go egelnd in bebop style. The two highlights of the plate but are two ballads: the heartbreakingly beautiful "Leave My Heart Alone" and the completion of course the song Hawkins not composed, but with its idiosyncratic beautiful interpretation he set a milestone in the history of jazz: "Body and Soul ", here of three experienced jazz musicians lovingly and tenderly combed against the grain. the wonderful acoustics of the" Il Castello "- in the already" I Could Write A Book "and" Who Cares "originated - was by Giulio Cesare Ricci captured purely analog way with the great Neumann tube microphones.

The intimate sound and the jam session character of these recordings has been distorted by any post, overdubs or cuts. This is pure music, and listening pleasure at its finest! Coleman Hawkins would be thrilled. wv mastering by Giulio Cesare Ricci purely analog his Ampex 2-track analog machine, even the one-stage section is implemented purely analog, was pressed in Germany on high quality 180g Virgin Vinyl.

Musicians: 
Scott Hamilton, saxophone
Paolo Birro, piano
Alfred Kramer, drums