Franco Ambrosetti Quintet with Bennie Wallace
Close Encounter
Enja (Germany) 1978
3017 (LP) coated sleeve.
sleeve : VG+(SOC, wear on corner, color-faded, some dirts and stains.)
media : EX+/EX+(some slightly surface noises. still good condition.)
By Swiss trumpeter Franco Ambrosetti, who has been active since the early 60s in groups such as Giorgio Azzolini and Franco Tonani, and was a member of the Miroslav Vitous Group and also played on ECM's 1981 release. Side A, which features three of Ambrosetti's own compositions, is a very powerful, straightforward hard bop. The B-side is recommended. B1, a score by George Gruntz about a spring morning, is an elegant number that progresses gently, while B2, featuring a Joachim Kuhn number, is a modal tune with a cool theme refrain.
B2: Rumba Orgistica