Complete 1961 Milano Sessions Remastered edition

CD1

PERSONNEL ON TRACKS #1-4: Dusko Gojkovic (tp); Buddy Collette (fl, cl, as); Renato Sellan (p);

Franco Cerri (b #1-4 & g #5-7); George Joyner (b #5-7); Jimmy Pratt (d)

PERSONNEL ON TRACKS #8-10: Buddy Collette (cl, as); Gianni Basso (ts, cl); Renato Sellani (p);

Franco Cerri (g); George Joyner (b); Jimmy Pratt (d)

PERSONNEL ON TRACKS #11-12: Buddy Collette, flute; Dino Piana, trombone; Renato Sellani (p);

Franco Cerri (b); Jimmy Pratt (d); Norman Shobey (conga); Armshed Shobey (bongos)

PERSONNEL ON TRACKS #13-17: Oscar Valdambrini (tp); Buddy Collette (fl, cl, as); Gianni Basso

(ts, cl); Renato Sellani (p); Giorgio Azzolini (b); Gianni Cazzola (d)

RECORDED March 10 (#1-7), 14 (#8-10), 15 (#11-12), 16 (#13-15) & 17 (#16-17), 1961

CD2

PERSONNEL ON TRACKS #1-3: Oscar Valdambrini (tp); Buddy Collette (fl, cl); Gianni Basso (ts, cl);

Renato Sellani (p); Giorgio Azzolini (b); Gianni Cazzola (d)

PERSONNEL ON TRACKS #4-9: Buddy Collette (fl, cl, as); Gianni Basso (ts, cl); Renato Sellani (p);

George Joyner (b); Jimmy Pratt (d); Norman Shobey (conga #8 & 9)

PERSONNEL ON TRACKS #10-12: Sergio Fanni (tp #10 & 12); Buddy Collette, Jacques Pelzer (fl);

Amadeo Tommasi (p); George Joyner (b #10 & 12), Giovanni Tommaso (b #11); Buster Smith (d)

PERSONNEL ON TRACKS #13-16: Buddy Collette (fl); Franco Cerri (g); George Joyner (b); Jimmy

Pratt (d); plus string quartet: Franco Fantini (1st violin); Tino Bacchetta (2nd violin); Marcello

Turio (viola); Genunzio Ghetti (cello)

Ezio Leoni (arranger #13 & 16); Giulio Libano (arranger #14 & 15)

PERSONNEL ON TRACKS #17-19: Buddy Collette (fl, cl); Jacques Pelzer (fl #18); Renato Sellani (p);

George Joyner (b); Buster Smith (d)

RECORDED March 18 (#1-3), 20 (#4-9), 23 (#10-12), 24 (#13-16) & 25 (#17-19), 1961

In March 1961, Buddy Collette came to Italy to play at the 6th Sanremo Jazz Festival.

His presence aroused much interest among Italian fans and promoters, and after the

festival followed several concerts in Milan and Florence.

Buddy's first stay in Europe is, fortunately, well-documented by his frequent visits to

the recording studios in Milan. Ten sessions made between March 10 and March 25,

1961, present him in a number of different settings, featuring some of the pillars of the

Italian jazz scene of the sixties, such as Gianni Basso, Oscar Valdambrini, Renato Sellani,

Amadeo Tommasi, Sergio Fanni, as well as other well-known jazzmen, including Serbian

Dusco Gojkovic, Belgian Jacques Pelzer, and Americans George Joyner and Jimmy Pratt.

These sessions resulted in three albums, initially released in Italy by the labels Music

and Ricordi. The unissued tracks here were recorded in two sessions from March 23

and 25, organised by Collette's friend George Moran, and except for Kelly and Jake,

which appeared on two Ampex 8-track stereo cartridges, this is the first time they have

been released.