Massimo Urbani
Dedication to A.A. & J.C. / Max’s Mood
Red Records (Italy) 1980
VPA 160/165 (2LP) Original pressing. Gatefold sleeve.
sleeve : EX-(some wear on edge and corner, some slightly dirts.)
media : EX/EX-,EX/EX(some slightly noise. some parts on B2 has slight qqdistortion.)
A masterful two-LP set released in 1980 by Massimo Urbani, a precocious saxophonist prodigy who led the Italian avant-jazz scene with Enrico Rava and Giorgio Gaslini as a teenager in the early 70s and died in 1993 at the age of 36. Recorded the same year at the Music Center in Bologna with a quartet featuring Luigi Bonafede (p), Furio Di Castri (b) and Paolo Pellegatti (dr). A1 is dedicated to the two great American saxophonists Albert Ayler and John Coltrane, two of Urbani's strongest influences and admirers. It's a white-hot performance that blows with all his might with the same vision as both men, who strove to reach spiritual heights through jazz. B1 is a virtuoso performance of Coltrane's historical masterpiece, blasting out the spirit of Coltrane's mentor. D1 is an emotionally rich rendition of Mal Waldron's score. Also features Urbani's original score and a Charlie Parker tune. Original Italian pressing. There is a slight distortion in the louder part of track B1, but since the surface of the record is very clean, it appears to be an issue with the recording or pressing rather than the condition of the vinyl itself.
A1: Dedication (To ALbert Ayler e John Coltrane)
B1: Naima
B2: L’Amore
Dedication to A.A. & J.C. / Max’s Mood
Red Records (Italy) 1980
VPA 160/165 (2LP) Original pressing. Gatefold sleeve.
sleeve : EX-(some wear on edge and corner, some slightly dirts.)
media : EX/EX-,EX/EX(some slightly noise. some parts on B2 has slight qqdistortion.)
A masterful two-LP set released in 1980 by Massimo Urbani, a precocious saxophonist prodigy who led the Italian avant-jazz scene with Enrico Rava and Giorgio Gaslini as a teenager in the early 70s and died in 1993 at the age of 36. Recorded the same year at the Music Center in Bologna with a quartet featuring Luigi Bonafede (p), Furio Di Castri (b) and Paolo Pellegatti (dr). A1 is dedicated to the two great American saxophonists Albert Ayler and John Coltrane, two of Urbani's strongest influences and admirers. It's a white-hot performance that blows with all his might with the same vision as both men, who strove to reach spiritual heights through jazz. B1 is a virtuoso performance of Coltrane's historical masterpiece, blasting out the spirit of Coltrane's mentor. D1 is an emotionally rich rendition of Mal Waldron's score. Also features Urbani's original score and a Charlie Parker tune. Original Italian pressing. There is a slight distortion in the louder part of track B1, but since the surface of the record is very clean, it appears to be an issue with the recording or pressing rather than the condition of the vinyl itself.
A1: Dedication (To ALbert Ayler e John Coltrane)
B1: Naima
B2: L’Amore