CELLOBRATION  - Daniel Pezzotti (TCB 01222)

(available in retail stores and on iTUNES)

“This time the dream’s on me” is one of the song titles featured on this CD. After participating in  countless CD productions as a bandmember and sideman, I felt that is was time to realize a little dream: to produce my first own recording. After four years of composing and arranging, I got together with Urs at Powerplay-Studios (Maur/Switzerland). Our work proved not only to be pure pleasure but also a great challenge. The goal of this CD is to show the different possibilities and colours of the cello. The wide diversity of my instrument is demonstrated in this CD’s tunes, some of which contain up to 24 cello tracks.

Tracklist:

1.     NOSTALGIA                                                                                                         

(Jean-Luc Ponty) arr. Daniel Pezzotti

2.     VALENTINE                                                                                                                   

(Fred Hersch)

3.     IN A NEW YORK MINUTE                                                                                            

(Simon Wallace) arr. Daniel Pezzotti, based on a arrangement by James Pearson         

4.     TWO LITTLE PEARLS                                                                                                 

(Oscar Pettiford) arr. Daniel Pezzotti

5.     SUNRISE-SUNSET                                                                                                    

(Oscar Pettiford) arr. Daniel Pezzotti

6.     YATRA-TA                                                                                                                     

(Tania Maria) arr. Daniel Pezzotti

7.     MONTREUX                                                                                                                  

(Hermeto Pascoal) arr. Daniel Pezzotti

8.     THIS TIME THE DREAM’S ON ME                                                                               

(Arlen/Mercer) arr. Daniel Pezzotti

9.     DUO                                                                                                                            

( Hermeto Pascoal - Daniel Pezzotti)

10.   FREVO                                                                                                                       

(Wagner Tiso) arr. Daniel Pezzotti

11.   LA CORBIÈRE                                                                                                           

(Marco Dreifuss)

12.   ONE FOR DAVE                                                                                                          

(Daniel Pezzotti)

13.   THE RETURN OF JUPITER                                                                                        

(Jovino Santos Neto)

14.   FREVO EM MACEIO                                                                                                  

(Hermeto Pascoal) arr. Jovino Santos Neto/Daniel Pezzotti

15.   SUNRISE – SUNSET (REMIX)                                                                                  

(remixed by LEME)

Musicians:

Daniel Pezzotti – cellos and 5-string-e-cello on all tracks; piano 7; keyboards 12

Ian Shaw – lead vocal 3

Thierry Condor – lead vocal 8

Franco Ambrosetti – trumpet 8

Daniel Schnyder – sax & flute 12

Pamela Stahel – flute 5; piccolo flute 10,12

Gabriel Rivano – bandoneon 5, 7

Thomas Dobler – vibes  4

Russell Ferrante – keyboards 1, piano 2

Kenny Drew jr. – piano 3, 10

Chris Wiesendanger – piano & rhodes 8

Marco Dreifuss – piano 11

Urs Wiesendanger – pads/effects 4,5; synth solo 14

Heiri Känzig  - acoustic bass 3, 12

Dudu Penz – electric bass 6, 8, 10

Luis Ribeiro – percussion 6, 10, 13

Willy Kotoun – percussion 1, 8, 12, 14

Julio Barreto – drums 1, 5, 12

Toni Renold – drums 4

Pius Baschnagel – drums 3, 11

Eduardo Costa - drums 8

Anissa – vocals 15

Some reviews of the CD:

TAGES-ANZEIGER review from july 2009 PDF

SCHWEIZER ILLUSTRIERTE review from august 2009 PDF

Review from Martin Gansinger - july 2009

watch a "MAKING OF" VIDEO on YOUTUBE !

           Some photos from the recording sessions: