BIX - Tiger Dixie Band

Tiger Dixie Band pays tribute to Bix Beiderbecke in sixteen tracks, with guests Renzo De Rossi, Lorenzo Casera, Lucia Minetti and Markus Stockhausen.

Formats and editions

CVLD082 — Hi-Res WAV file 88.2 kHz · 24 bit

Musicians

TIGER DIXIE BAND
Paolo Trettel (cornet on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 16; trumpet on tracks 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14)
Gigi Grata (trombone)
Stefano Menato (metal clarinet & clarinet)
Fiorenzo Zeni (C-Melody saxophone on all tracks, except tenor sax on tracks 1, 11)
Giorgio Beberi (bass sax)
Stefano Caniato (piano)
Enrico Merlin (banjo; acoustic, archtop and electric guitars, live electronics, loops)
Roman Hinteregger (drums, percussion)
Guests:
Renzo De Rossi (baritone sax on tracks 1, 5, 16)
Lorenzo Casera (violin on tracks 4, 6)
Lucia Minetti (vocal on tracks 6, 7)
Markus Stockhausen (trumpet on tracks 3, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15; piccolo trumpet on tracks 9)

Programme

1. AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (arr. R. Sportiello) 3:20
De Rossi (bars); Menato (cl); Caniato (p)
2. DAVENPORT BLUES (arr. S. Caniato) 2:52
Trettel (cornet); collective
3. MINOR BOUNCE (arr. S. Caniato) 3:49
Stockhausen (tp); Zeni (C-Melody); Caniato (p)
4. A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND (arr. S. Caniato) 3:18
Grata (tb); Menato (cl); Beberi (bs) & Casera (violin)
5. CLARINET MARMALADE (arr. R. Sportiello) 3:26
Menato (cl); De Rossi (bars); collective; Hinteregger (d)
6. SUGAR (arr. S. Caniato) 3:14
Casera (violin); Minetti (vocal chorus); Trettel (cornet)
7. BLUE RIVER (arr. F. Zeni) 4:05
Minetti (vocal chorus); Zeni (C-Melody sax); Grata (tb)
8. MATTINATA (arr. S. Caniato) 2:52
Menato (cl); Caniato (p)
9. IN A MIST (arr. S. Caniato) 4:51
Menato (cl); Grata (tb); Stockhausen (piccolo tp)
10. CANDLELIGHTS (arr. F. Zeni) 5:38
Stockhausen (tp) & Merlin (el.g & electronics); Grata (tb)
11. FLASHES (arr. R. Sportiello) 6:06
Zeni (ts); Stockhausen (tp)
12. PHRYTHM (arr. S. Caniato) 4:25
Stockhausen (tp); Zeni (C-Melody saxophone); Caniato (p)
13. IN THE DARK (arr. L. Grata) 2:55
No solos
14. BIX ON THE BOX (arr. F. Zeni) 7:36
Zeni (ts); Merlin (el.g & electronics) & Stockhausen (tp); free collective
15. A PRAYER (arr. S. Caniato) 4:38
Zeni (C-Melody saxophone); Stockhausen (tp); Merlin (el.g); Caniato (p)
16. WE AND BIX (arr. L. Grata) 3:34
De Rossi (bars); Grata (tb); Merlin (bjo); Caniato (p)
Total time: 66:45

Recording and mastering

Original digital recording: 96 kHz / 24bit — 2003-05-19/20 — Teatro Polivalente, Abano Terme
Mastering / remastering: 2023

Production and credits

Producers: Tiger Dixie Band, Velut Luna
Recording engineer: Marco Lincetto
Digital editing: Matteo Costa
Mastering: Marco Lacchini - Audiomaster Milano
Concept: Giorgio Beberi & Enrico Merlin
Liner notes: Enrico Merlin
Band pictures: Paolo Trettel, Marco Lincetto

Texts by Enrico Merlin and Pupi Avati.

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