Movies (Franco Ambrosetti album)

Movies is an album by the flugelhornist and composer Franco Ambrosetti which was recorded in 1986 and released on the Enja label the following year.

The album includes music from Porgy and Bess, yellow Submarine, Round Midnight, Star Spangled Rhythm, Lady Sings the Blues, The Magnificent Seven, The Blue Angel, and one of Ambrosetti's own compositions for the film Die Reise.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "When one considers the repertoire -- eight songs from movies ... this recording may not seem to have much potential. But actually, the set list includes four well-known standards and all of the music is transformed into creative and consistently exciting jazz ... and the performances are generally quite memorable. Recommended".

Track listing

"Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin) – 6:35
"Yellow Submarine" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 8:35
"Chan's Song (Never Said)" (Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder) – 6:25
"That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:00
"Good Morning Heartache" (Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, and Dan Fisher) – 8:21
"The Magnificent Seven" (Elmer Bernstein) – 8:07
"Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt (Falling in Love Again)" (Friedrich Hollaender, Sammy Lerner) – 4:04
"Be a Brave Utopist" (Franco Ambrosetti) – 4:52

Personnel

Franco Ambrosetti – trumpet, flugelhorn
John Scofield – guitar
Geri Allen – piano, synthesizer
Michael Formanek – bass
Daniel Humair – drums
Jerry González – percussion

References

Enja Records main series discography accessed June 22, 2018
Franco Ambrosetti discography: album details accessed June 22, 2018
^ Yanow, Scott. Franco Ambrosetti: Movies – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 22, 2018.

v t e Franco Ambrosetti
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Close Encounter (1978) Heartbop (1981) Wings (1983) Tentets (1985) Movies (1986) Movies Too (1988) Music for Symphony and Jazz Band (1990) Light Breeze (1997)
Live albums	Live at the Blue Note (1992)

v t e Geri Allen
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	The Printmakers (1984) Home Grown (1985) Open on All Sides in the Middle (1986) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) Twylight (1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990) The Nurturer (1990) Maroons (1992) Twenty One (1994) Eyes in the Back of Your Head (1995–96) Some Aspects of Water (1996) The Gathering (1998) The Life of a Song (2004) Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006) Flying Toward the Sound (2008) Geri Allen & Timeline Live (2009) A Child Is Born (2011) Grand River Crossings (2012) A Lovesome Thing (2012)
With Oliver Lake	Expandable Language (1984) Otherside (1988) Talkin' Stick (1997) At This Time (2008)
With others	Movies (Franco Ambrosetti, 1986) Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988) The Collective (Cecil Brooks III, 1989) Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1989) Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990) Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993) Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Motherland Pulse (Steve Coleman, 1985) Flute Talk (Buddy Collette, 1988) Etudes (Charlie Haden, 1987) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989) Reflections in Change (Craig Handy, 1999) Lift Every Voice (Charles Lloyd, 2002) Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004) Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984) Monk in Motian (Paul Motian, 1988) Mindgames (Greg Osby, 1988) Living on the Edge (Dewey Redman, 1989) Crunchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Bemsha Swing (Woody Shaw, 1986) By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas, 1989)

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