Alessandro Albenga & Ippolito Pingitore • Hammond Brasileiro – Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim

Hammond Brasileiro – Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim

Hammond Brasileiro – Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim grew out of two passions that have long accompanied Alessandro Albenga on his musical journey: the sound of the Hammond B3 and the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim. Alongside him, Ippolito Pingitore creates a rhythmic fabric of drums and percussion that brings out the Afro-Brazilian roots of the repertoire, while Elena Carraro appears as special guest on vocals.

The project goes beyond revisiting some of Jobim’s most beloved works. The Hammond becomes the centre of a soundscape where melody, Brazilian rhythm and European memory meet, through arrangements by Albenga himself. The album is released by Velut Luna as catalogue CVLD413.

The sound of memory

In the notes accompanying the project, Marco Lincetto connects these sounds with a precise Italian imaginary between the late 1960s and early 1970s: the summers of the economic boom, Brazilian and Latin music playing through the loudspeakers of seaside resorts and the “Rotonde sul mare”, as well as Italian comedy cinema and the atmosphere of Piero Piccioni’s film scores. Hammond Brasileiro thus also becomes a journey through memory, built around a repertoire that still speaks to the present.

Available formats

LP 33 rpm • Limited Edition • Crystal Clear Vinyl 180 g • DMM

• Limited Edition
• Crystal Clear Vinyl 180 g
• Direct Metal Mastering (DMM)
• Made in Germany

Hi-Res File 88.2kHz • 24bit

• Stereo PCM WAV
• 88.2 kHz / 24 bit

Recording, mix and mastering

Original digital recording made strictly live-in-studio at Magister Recording Area, Preganziol, Italy, on July 4 and 5, 2026. Instruments and voice were recorded exclusively with Neumann, AKG, Sennheiser and Shure microphones, with no DI or direct electronic devices.

Analog mix and mastering carried out at VLS Studio, Náquera, Spain, on July 11, 2026, using a Rupert Neve Designs summing console and Studer A810.

Musicians

Alessandro Albenga — Hammond B3
Ippolito Pingitore — drums and percussion
Elena Carraro — vocals, special guest

Tracklist

Side A — 19:01

1. Água de beber — 3:44
2. Chovendo na roseira — 4:49
3. Surfboard — 3:05
4. Retrato em branco e preto / Zingaro — 4:42
5. Wave — 2:38

Side B — 19:09

1. Este seu olhar — 1:31
2. Samba de uma nota só — 2:56
3. Sabiá — 3:30
4. Radamés i Pelé — 3:04
5. Stone Flower / Pato preto — 5:08
6. Tico-tico no fubá — 2:57

All compositions are by Antonio Carlos Jobim, except “Tico-tico no fubá” by Zequinha de Abreu. For “Retrato em branco e preto / Zingaro”, the music is by Jobim and the lyrics by Chico Buarque de Hollanda; for “Samba de uma nota só”, the music is by Jobim and the lyrics by Newton Mendonça. All arrangements are by Alessandro Albenga. Elena Carraro appears as guest vocalist on “Retrato em branco e preto / Zingaro” and “Samba de uma nota só”.

Production

Production: Marco Lincetto for Velut Luna
Musical Producers: Alessandro Albenga, Andrea Valfrè
Recording: Andrea Valfrè
Mix & Mastering: Marco Lincetto
Photos: Massimo Corvino, Marco Lincetto
Design & Layout: L’Image

Velut Luna • CVLD413

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