Light Breeze

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Light Breeze
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 21, 1998
RecordedApril 11 & 12, 1997
Studio Avatar Studios, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length55:48
Label Enja
ENJ 9331
Producer Matthias Winckelmann
Franco Ambrosetti chronology
Live at the Blue Note
(1992)
Light Breeze
(1998)
Grazie Italia
(2001)

Light Breeze is an album by the flugelhornist and composer Franco Ambrosetti which was recorded in 1997 and released on the Enja label the following year. [1]

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Reception

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In JazzTimes, Patricia Myers stated "The pure tone and graceful fluency of Franco Ambrosetti’s flugelhorn is absolutely enthralling throughout this diverse collection". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Franco Ambrosetti except where noted

  1. "Versace" (Daniel Humair) – 6:33
  2. "Silli's Nest (Interlude 1)" – 1:31
  3. "Deborah" (Gian Luca Ambrosetti) – 9:02
  4. "Culture and Sensitivity (Interlude 2)" (John Abercrombie) – 1:43
  5. "Contempo Latinsky" – 7:13
  6. "Elegia (Interlude 3)" (Antonio Faraò) – 1:08
  7. "My Foolish Heart" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 7:25
  8. "Virtuosismo (Interlude 4)" (Miroslav Vitous) – 1:20
  9. "One for the Kids" (George Gruntz) – 6:01
  10. "Percussion Dreams (Interlude 5)" (Billy Drummond) – 2:14
  11. "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane) – 5:53
  12. "Silli in the Sky" – 5:45

Personnel

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References

  1. Franco Ambrosetti discography: album details accessed June 26, 2018
  2. Franco Ambrosetti: Light Breeze – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  3. Myers, P. JazzTimes Review accessed June 26, 2018