On the album Sweet Caress, Flugelhorn player Franco Ambrosetti is joined by Alan Broadbent, John Scofield, Peter Erskine, Scott Colley and Sara Caswell as they perform a host of Jazz ballads.
This is the album’s debut in Stereo and 5.1 Channel Surround Sound DSD 256, DSD 128, DSD 64 and DXD, Stereo DSD 512, and 7.1.4 Channel Auro3D and Dolby Atmos TrueHD MKV Immersive Surround Sound at NativeDSD!
With arrangements by pianist Alan Broadbent, the sublime ballads album finds the Swiss trumpet legend and his Jazz ensemble addressing such Jazz classics as Mal Waldron’s “Soul Eyes,” Charlie Haden’s “Nightfall,” Les Alrich’s melodic and mellow “Old Friends”.
The album also features J. Russel Robinson’s “Portrait of Jennie,” a tune originally written for a 1948 movie of the same name and which became a hit song later that year for Nat King Cole before being covered by J.J. Johnson, George Shearing, Blue Mitchell, Red Garland, Oscar Peterson and Wes Montgomery. It was even included on Clifford Brown with Strings, the 1955 album that ignited Ambrosetti’s youthful ambition to pursue Jazz.
Franco Ambrosetti, Flugelhorn
Alan Broadbent, Piano, Arrangements & Conductor
John Scofield, Guitar
Peter Erskine, Drums
Scott Colley, Bass
Sara Caswell, Violin & Concertmaster
Tracklist
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Additional information
| Label | |
|---|---|
| SKU | AANYE9852 |
| Qualities | MKV 48k & 96k, DSD 512 fs, DSD 256 fs, DSD 128 fs, DSD 64 fs, DXD 32 Bit, DXD 24 Bit, WAV 384 kHz 32 bit, WAV 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz |
| Channels | 5.1ch Surround, Dolby Atmos TrueHD & Auro3D MKV, 2ch Stereo, 6ch Surround, Auro3D, 2ch Stereo & 5.1ch Surround |
| Artists | Alan Broadbent, Franco Ambrosetti, John Scofield, Peter Erskine, Sara Caswell, Scott Colley |
| Genres | |
| Immersive & Surround Sound Mastering | Morten Lindberg |
| Immersive & Surround Sound Mixing Engineer | Ulrike Schwarz |
| Microphones | Brauner VM-1, Coles 4038, DPA 4007, Neumann KM130, Neumann USM 69, Sanken CMS2, Sanken CU41, Sanken CU31, Sennheiser MKH 8020, Sennheiser MKH 800 48P, Sennheiser MKH40. |
| Instruments | |
| Original Recording Format | |
| Power Cables and Accelerators | Essential Sound Products Eloquence, MusicCord Pro ES, MusicCord Pro. |
| Recording Location | Sear Sound Studio C, December 4-8. 2023. Stereo mixed at Studio L at Anderson Audio New York, Immersive Audio mixed in March 2024 at Skywalker Sound, a Lucasfilm. Ltd, Company. |
| Stereo Mastering Engineer | Greg Calbi |
| Stereo, Surround Sound & Immersive Recording Engineer & Mixing Engineer | Jim Anderson |
| Technical Director | Ulrike Schwarz |
| Release Date | August 9, 2024 |
Press reviews
PSAudio
I’ll get right to the heart of it: this is one of the most gorgeous records I’ve ever heard, musically and sonically.
It’s aptly titled: the music of Sweet Caress by Franco Ambrosetti and Strings is sublime, reminding me of the great 1950s and 1960s soundtracks by Henry Mancini and others. And the sound, whether heard in stereo or immersive audio, is ravishing.
The Absolute Sound
Following their first encounter together on Nora, Broadbent pointed out how collaborating with Franco was like “two musical souls finding each other.” That truth is even more apparent on Sweet Caress, which continues that intimate, intuitive chemistry between the two musical souls.
JazzWax
For me, Franco is among the finest flugelhornists around today, and Alan is easily one of our most treasured arrangers. The album is deeply moving and one you won’t take off once you put it on. A must-own on all levels and one that deserves Grammy consideration.
Audiophile Style
This is a new recording being released this week featuring Franco Ambrosetti on flugelhorn, John Scofield on guitar, Peter Erskine on drums, Scott Colley on bass and Sara Caswell on on violin and concertmaster all backed by an orchestra by conducted by Alan Broadbent.
Anyone familiar with recordings by the likes of Diana Krall, Jane Monheit and Paul McCartney should know of Mr. Broadbent. The album was recorded at Sear Sound in New York in December 2023 by renowned engineer Jim Anderson, with assistance from Steven Sacco and Ulrike Schwarz.
The stereo release was mixed at Anderson Audio New York in Brooklyn. The immersive mixing engineers were Jim Anderson and Ulrike Schwarz with assistance from Dann Thompson. Immersive mastering and authoring was by Morten Lindberg at 2L in Siggerud, Norway. There is the Morten Lindberg guy again.
When I was informed about this forthcoming release and the technical team behind it, I was expecting great things. I was not disappointed. Jim Anderson is well known in both the recording and audiophile worlds as is his wife Ulrike Schwarz.
As one would expect, the sound here is superb with great tone, timbre and dynamics. Mixed at 7.1.6, the sense of space is wonderful. Pinpoint imagining of the main individual musicians is spot on in the front of the room. You can just “see” them before you, even with your eyes closed.
In the past with mass string arrangements in Jazz recordings, they tended to be on the shrill side. Not here. The strings are full bodied surrounding you in sound with not only a sense of space but height, more like real thing, with separation between each set of strings. One can clearly follow each instrumentalist.
Sweet Caress is yet another reference immersive mix from the team of Anderson, Schwartz and Lindberg.
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