Paolo Fresu Quintet - Ballads (1991) {Splasc(H)}

Posted By: tiburon

Date: Feb. 4, 2021

Paolo Fresu Quintet - Ballads (1991) {Splasc(H)}
EAC 1.0b1 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 300MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 131MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop

While it's true that trumpeter and composer Paolo Fresu works in a variety of settings from trio to sextet, it is arguable that his quintets present him with the finest opportunities for creative expression.
This date, a covers-only collection of ballads by Ellington and Strayhorn, Mingus, Monk, Johnny Mercer, etc., has all the hallmarks of a classic Fresu set.
For starters, the band is amazing: Tino Tracanna on tenor, Roberto Cipelli on piano, Attilio Zanchi on bass, and Ettore Fioravanti on drums offer Fresu a wide palette for expressing the many shades and textures of the jazz ballad.
Then, there's the material. Beginning a ballad program with the quietly gorgeous "When Sunny Gets Blue" is auspicious, especially when the opening measures feature a Fresu solo of such lyrical warmth and relaxed phrasing that the listener is nearly lulled into intoxication before Tracana adds some weight in his own Cannonball Adderley way.
Fresu leads the quintet with a loose hand, and each member is allowed to explore the subtle nuances inherent in the material. Cipelli looks at each number and expresses it impressionistically, leaving the horns plenty of open space.
In the front, Fresu touches deeply on the Miles Davis and early Chet Baker side of melodic invention, wrangling wonderfully muted timbral dimensions from such tunes as "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat," "Darn That Dream," and Wayne Shorter's "Fall." Tracanna shines on Tom Harrell's "Sail Away" as well as "Monk's Mood" and "Star Crossed Lovers." Cipelli and the rhythm section play almost glissando throughout, adding a shimmering light-on-water effect.
They don't resort to an easy listening approach to the ballad anywhere here and, in fact, use a listener's approach to the subtle harmonic inflections and ever-shifting dynamics throughout.
This set presents the Italians, and particularly Fresu, at their lyrical, consonant best.

Track List
01 - When sunny gets blue
02 - In a sentimental mood
03 - Star crossed lovers
04 - Monk's mood
05 - Darn that dream
06 - Fall
07 - Duke Ellington's sound of love
08 - I thought about you
09 - I'm a fool to want you
10 - Good bye pork pie hat
11 - Sail away

musicians
Trumpet – Paolo Fresu
Piano – Roberto Cipelli
Saxophone – Tino Tracanna
Bass – Attilio Zanchi
Drums – Ettore Fioravanti

Direct DAT recording at Highland Recording Studio, Milan, Italy on May 3&4, 1991

Produced by Giorgio Mortarino and Peppo Spagnoli

EAC Logfile

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 1 from 15. November 2010

EAC extraction logfile from 20. October 2011, 19:35

Paolo Fresu Quintet / Ballads

Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8161B Adapter: 0 ID: 1

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 102
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 768 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%x" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%v" -T "ALBUM ARTIST=%v" -T "COMMENT=EAC Secure Mode, Test & Copy, AccurateRip, FLAC -8" %s

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.33 | 4:14.25 | 33 | 19107
2 | 4:14.58 | 3:46.50 | 19108 | 36107
3 | 8:01.33 | 6:07.00 | 36108 | 63632
4 | 14:08.33 | 1:59.00 | 63633 | 72557
5 | 16:07.33 | 7:27.00 | 72558 | 106082
6 | 23:34.33 | 4:04.00 | 106083 | 124382
7 | 27:38.33 | 7:38.00 | 124383 | 158732
8 | 35:16.33 | 7:26.00 | 158733 | 192182
9 | 42:42.33 | 4:48.00 | 192183 | 213782
10 | 47:30.33 | 2:49.00 | 213783 | 226457
11 | 50:19.33 | 7:01.00 | 226458 | 258032

Track 1

Filename D:\0_UPL\Paolo Fresu Quintet - Ballads\01 - When sunny gets blue.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.33

Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 4.4 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC E9AC1131
Copy CRC E9AC1131
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [BBB87021], AccurateRip returned [8EAA218F]
Copy OK

Track 2

Filename D:\0_UPL\Paolo Fresu Quintet - Ballads\02 - In a sentimental mood.wav

Peak level 81.1 %
Extraction speed 5.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 2F3D320D
Copy CRC 2F3D320D
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [453C0F71], AccurateRip returned [178F37AD]
Copy OK

Track 3

Filename D:\0_UPL\Paolo Fresu Quintet - Ballads\03 - Star crossed lovers.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 6.5 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 2A50C58E
Copy CRC 2A50C58E
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [42027D0B], AccurateRip returned [175ED5D9]
Copy OK

Track 4

Filename D:\0_UPL\Paolo Fresu Quintet - Ballads\04 - Monk's mood.wav

Peak level 64.9 %
Extraction speed 5.8 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 9A0BBD9A
Copy CRC 9A0BBD9A
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [116E20E7], AccurateRip returned [07A48000]
Copy OK

Track 5

Filename D:\0_UPL\Paolo Fresu Quintet - Ballads\05 - Darn that dream.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 7.7 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 8EF3F143
Copy CRC 8EF3F143
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [881A6C3C], AccurateRip returned [F1470520]
Copy OK

Track 6

Filename D:\0_UPL\Paolo Fresu Quintet - Ballads\06 - Fall.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 7.8 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC C43520BE
Copy CRC C43520BE
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [AE5B059C], AccurateRip returned [8F978525]
Copy OK

Track 7

Filename D:\0_UPL\Paolo Fresu Quintet - Ballads\07 - Duke Ellington's sound of love.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 8.9 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 2F5B47E7
Copy CRC 2F5B47E7
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [182BB1F4], AccurateRip returned [6DB89070]
Copy OK

Track 8

Filename D:\0_UPL\Paolo Fresu Quintet - Ballads\08 - I thought about you.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 9.4 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 7DFB308B
Copy CRC 7DFB308B
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [9353DF9E], AccurateRip returned [DBA202AC]
Copy OK

Track 9

Filename D:\0_UPL\Paolo Fresu Quintet - Ballads\09 - I'm a fool to want you.wav

Peak level 72.9 %
Extraction speed 9.5 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 04FEEE35
Copy CRC 04FEEE35
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [11A11818], AccurateRip returned [3106A1F4]
Copy OK

Track 10

Filename D:\0_UPL\Paolo Fresu Quintet - Ballads\10 - Good bye pork pie hat.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 7.3 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 4ECCD0C6
Copy CRC 4ECCD0C6
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [2551A858], AccurateRip returned [953618DC]
Copy OK

Track 11

Filename D:\0_UPL\Paolo Fresu Quintet - Ballads\11 - Sail away.wav

Peak level 88.5 %
Extraction speed 10.5 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC EF726801
Copy CRC EF726801
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [9A9571B7], AccurateRip returned [3DDA737A]
Copy OK

No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database

No errors occurred

End of status report

==== Log checksum 36C26A386D5128271602CBED8C7E52EE02E92018C37825B94BAD507EC4DFE232 ====

Dynamic Range

foobar2000 1.3.13 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2021-02-04 20:56:36

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Paolo Fresu Quintet / Ballads
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DR Peak RMS Duration Track
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR16 0.00 dB -18.64 dB 4:14 01-When sunny gets blue
DR12 -1.81 dB -18.92 dB 3:47 02-In a sentimental mood
DR15 0.00 dB -20.87 dB 6:07 03-Star crossed lovers
DR11 -3.75 dB -19.86 dB 1:59 04-Monk's mood
DR18 0.00 dB -21.19 dB 7:27 05-Darn that dream
DR13 0.00 dB -16.42 dB 4:04 06-Fall
DR17 0.00 dB -19.74 dB 7:38 07-Duke Ellington's sound of love
DR18 0.00 dB -20.74 dB 7:26 08-I thought about you
DR15 -2.74 dB -22.52 dB 4:48 09-I'm a fool to want you
DR13 0.00 dB -16.63 dB 2:49 10-Good bye pork pie hat
DR13 -1.06 dB -18.36 dB 7:01 11-Sail away
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR15

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 676 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================

Thanks to the original ripper

Download from icerbox.com