Friday in the Cadillac: Bob Berg

Friday in the Cadillac is a song by the great saxophonist Bob Berg (who died prematurely in a car accident at the height of his brilliant career) who also boasted a collaboration with the absolute jazz legend Miles Davis.

Friday in the Cadillac: Bob Berg – 1993 Recording

Here they play: Danilo Rea on piano, Max Bottini on bass, Marco Rinalduzzi on guitar, Bob Berg on saxophone and me on drums.

Gegè and Boparazzi

During the tour with Gegè Telesforo in the 90s we went to the studio to make his album “Gegè and Boparazzi” produced by the label “Go Jazz” born from a collaboration between America and Japan with the artistic direction of the New York pianist and singer Ben Sidran who also played on some songs.

The studio recording

The session was recorded in a Roman studio, Pollicino, by the sound engineer Marco Lecci with Ben supervising the direction and subsequently mixed and mastered at Electric Lady Studios in New York founded by Jimy Hendrix in Greenwich Village.

For the first time I had the opportunity to work with a big American band whose records I also had, including a live performance in Montreux with Steve Gadd on drums.

Compared to the Italian style of studio recordings of those years I was surprised by the American method which was focused mainly on the spontaneity of the content, leaving out some details of the form.

We were all strictly live and all the takes, including this one, were even recorded while we were rehearsing the songs.