RAINDROPS ( CVLD163 )

Author : Burt Bacharach, Antonella Vitale
Performer : Antonella Vitale Quartet and friends

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Jazz: Original composition by Burt Bacharach, Antonella Vitale. Digital recorded in PCM 24bit/88.2 kHz high resolution format at Areamagister Studios, Preganziol, Italy on August 2007, January 2008. Antonella Vitale, voice, Andrea Beneventano Grandpiano, Francesco Puglisi doublebass, Alessandro Marzi drums and precussions, and friends: Gerry Popolo saxes and flute, Aldo Bassi flugelhorn and trumpet, Enrico Bracco classic guitar.

“Raindrops” is the new album by Antonella Vitale, jazz singer, but also sensitive author and musician. Together with a series of talented musicians from the Italian jazz scene, such as Andrea Beneventano on piano, Francesco Puglisi on double bass, Alessandro Marzi on drums, Gerry Popolo on saxophones and flute, Aldo Bassi on flugelhorn and trumpet and Enrico Bracco on guitar, she offers a new and absolutely original reinterpretation of some of Burt Bacharach's most famous songs. From “Walk on by” to “What the world needs now”, from “The look of love” to “I'll never fall in love again”, from “Raindrops keep faling on my head” to… many others! As bonus tracks at the end of the album, three original compositions by Antonella herself.
The album was recorded as usual in the large AreaMagister Studio in Preganziol, using high-resolution digital technology in standard 24bit / 88.2kHz, but above all using the extraordinary analog machines present in the studio. And what about the piano, the noble Steinway & Sons D274 Concert Grand, born in New York in 1930 and today, perfectly restored, resident in the Velut Luna studio?
At the console two technicians whose names are known to enthusiasts: Marco Lincetto, with special guest Stefano Isola.
Smooth and detailed sounds, high-profile dynamics, a beautiful and bewitching voice: another pure diamond is added to the diadem of the Ladies of Velut Luna.