Close Encounter (album) explained

Close Encounter
Type:	Album
Artist:	Franco Ambrosetti Quintet with Bennie Wallace
Cover:	Close Encounter (album).jpg
Released:	1979
Recorded:	March 21, 1978
Studio:	CI Studios, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:44
Label:	Enja ENJ 3017
Producer:	Horst Weber, Matthias Winckelmann
Chronology:	Franco Ambrosetti
Prev Title:	Franco Ambrosetti Quartet
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Sleeping Gypsy
Next Year:	1980

Close Encounter is an album by the Swiss trumpeter/flugelhornist and composer Franco Ambrosetti which was recorded in 1978 and released on the Enja label the following year.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The sometimes episodic repertoire is quite obscure and generally hard bop-oriented. Everyone plays well on this lesser-known but enjoyable effort".

Track listing

All compositions by Franco Ambrosetti, except where noted.

1. "Close Encounter" – 8:22
2. "Napoleon Blown Apart" (Flavio Ambrosetti) – 5:39
3. "Sad Story of a Photographer (Someday My Prints Will Come)" — 8:12
4. "Morning Song of a Spring Flower" (George Gruntz) – 14:29
5. "Rumba Organistica" (Joachim Kühn) – 6:02

Personnel

• Franco Ambrosetti – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Bennie Wallace – tenor saxophone
• George Gruntz – piano
• Mike Richmond – bass
• Bob Moses – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Enja discography: 3001 to 3099 . June 22, 2018 . Jazzlists.
2. Web site: Close Encounter . June 22, 2018 . francoambrosetti.com . en-US.