Franco Ambrosetti Quintet, Bennie Wallace - Close Encounter (2014)

Tracklist

01. Close encounter
02. Napoleon blown apart
03. Sad story of a photographer
04. Morning song of a spring flower
05. Rumba Orgiastica

Franco Ambrosetti's debut for Enja (his previous releases were all for Italian labels) finds the talented cool-toned flugelhornist holding his own with the notable sidemen (Bennie Wallace on tenor and soprano, pianist George Gruntz, bassist Mike Richmond and drummer Bob Moses). The sometimes episodic repertoire (two Ambrosetti originals and one apiece by his father Flavio, Gruntz and Kuhn) is quite obscure and generally hard bop-oriented. Everyone plays well on this lesser-known but enjoyable effort.

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