Fresu and Caine blend together very well. I think part of what makes this album such a great listen is how they give each other space. They sound engaged but unhurried, explorative. And the album rewards repeated listenings. Songs like Cheek to Cheek are such old chestnuts, reading the track list I worried it was going to sound rather dated, like hearing the umpteenth version of My Funny Valentine. But they make the songs their own. And I like that it's just a piano trumpet duo, it makes for a very intimate, flexible sound. - Benissimo
Track
01. Dear Old Stockholm (Traditional)
02. Everything Happens To Me (Tom Adair/Matt Dennis)
03. Frammento Del Temperamento Discutibile (Paolo Fresu/Uri Caine)
04. Fishermen, Strawberries And Devil Crab (George Gershwin/Dubose Heyward)
05. Frammento Impavido (Paolo Fresu/Uri Caine)
06. Cheek To Cheek (Irvin Berlin)
07. Si Dolce È Il Tormento (Claudio Monteverdi)
08. Frammento Di Re Fosco (Paolo Fresu/Uri Caine)
09. I Love You Porgy (George Gershwin/ Ira Gershwin/Dubose Heyward)
10. Cheney’s Dick (Uri Caine)
11. Frammento Del Coraggioso (Paolo Fresu/Uri Caine)
12. Sonia Said (Uri Caine)
13. Fellini (Paolo Fresu)
14. Solar (Miles Davis)
15. Frammento Con Lapilli (Uri Caine)
16. Varca Lucente Mangeri/F.S.)
17. Frammento Aviario (Paolo Fresu/Uri Caine)
18. E Se Domani (Giorgio Calabrese/C. A. Rossi)
PAOLO FRESU flugelhorn, Effects
URI CAINE piano, electric piano
Recorded May 18 and 19, 2005 at Artesuono Recording Studio, (Cavalicchio, UD)
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