Franco Cerri & His European All Stars

A gem of a session from Italian guitarist Franco Cerri – recording here at the end of the 50s with a well-titled batch of European jazz stars ! The groups shift slightly throughout the set, and players include Lars Gullin on baritone sax, Flavio Ambrosetti on alto, George Gruntz on piano, and Pierre Favre on drums ! The album features one trio track, three quartet numbers, three quintet tunes, and one sextet cut – all of them with Cerri's illuminating single-line work on guitar – sounding especially nice next to the horns. Ambrosetti is a real treat here – a sharp-edged player we'd never heard before, working with a strong undercurrent of soul that we really appreciate. Titles include "Flavio's Blues", "Foxology", "Felixin", "General Riff", and "Runnin Wild".

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Franco Cerri
&
His European All Stars

Tracks

1 Foxology (Cerri) 3:53
2 East of the Sun (Books, Browman) 3:53
3 Felixin (Gruntz) 4:11
4 General Riff (Cerri) 3:36
5 Falvio's Blues (Ambrosetti) 4:07
6 Just One of those Things (Porter) 3:20
7 Pennies drom Heaven (Johnston) 3:03
8 Runnin' Wild (Gibbs, Grey, Wood) 5:07

Personnel
Franco Cerri - g
Flavio Ambrosetti - as [# except # 1-3]
Lars Gullin - bs [# 1, 5 & 8]
George Gruntz - p [except # 3, 6 & 7]
Michael Geier - b [except # 3 & 5]
Pierre Favre - dr

Recorded in Italy ; December 19, 1959