Peter Erskine Quartet,
Jazz Nights,
Palazzo Casalini,
Rovigo,
Italy,
15 July 2023

Here's a concert I recorded a couple of years ago that I always meant to share but somehow forgot to. It's one of the shows I recorded at the Rovigo Jazz Nights festival. The concerts are always free entrance, and the location is very suggestive and intimate: the musicians play right in front of a villa.

Peter Erskine is certainly one of the greatest drummers in the world. I've always loved his playing but never got around to listening to his solo work before this concert. I was seriously impressed and, of course, it was a thrill getting the chance to hear him play live in front of my eyes. He was also a great host for the evening, introducing the music with a lot of humility and good humor. The rest of the band was no slouch either: I particularly enjoyed Garzone's soloing.

I really like how this recording came out, and I hope you like it too: everything sounds lively and balanced. However, you will certainly notice a constant noise around 10k: that's not of electronic nature, it's crickets and cicadas! They somehow managed to sneak into every recording I made at that venue. I tried filtering them out, but it made everything else sound worse, so they're staying. Other than that, I think it sounds pretty great. Just imagine yourself enjoying the concert on a hot summer night in front of a beautiful Italian villa (and be thankful it wasn't the mosquitos)!

01 MC intro & band entrance [01:33]
02 Old School Blues [10:51]
03 Blues for David Baker [09:22]
04 unknown title [10:20]
05 Strollin' Down Bourbon Street [12:09]
06 Agrodolce [10:30]
07 Tutti Italiani [09:11]
08 unknown title [05:17]
09 encore break & stick giveaway contest [02:05]
10 Tulipso [07:04]
- Total time: 78:28

Peter Erskine: drums
George Garzone: tenor sax
Alan Pasqua: piano
Darek Oles: upright bass

Taped, transferred and edited by: JacoZappa

lineage: Zoom H2 w/internal mics -> wav (48.000 htz) -> SF10 (edited, volumes adjusted, eq) -> wav (44.000 htz) -> Flac

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