Montag, 29. November 2010

Enzo NESTASIO Trio - Jazz at the ATLANTIS



Rare Swiss Jazz. Atlantis is an old jazz club in Basel, where you could hear rock bands and many jazz greats. Here were made in the 60's early jazz recordings. They appeared on the label of Atlantis, and later as early EX LIBRIS pressings. One of the first was Enzo Nestasio Trio. He played many time in the Atlantis. The members were: Enzo 'Sir' Nestasio (piano), Paul Girard (bass), Shorty Staell (drums). The 10" record is called: Jazz At The Atlantis No. 2.  Side 1: I got rhythm / Our love is here to stay  /   Takin' a chance on love  /  makin' whopee    Side 2:  But not for me  /  Have you met Miss Jones  /  Body and soul  /  If I had you 
The group plays very relaxing music! Great music experience. But this recording is not well balanced. This becomes clear when you play the record with a mono pick-up. In the 50's and also later Jazz was recorded with one microphone only. If a musician played a solo, he stepped closer to the micro. In this recording, the piano is the most important instrument, it appears louder compared to the other two instruments. The bass line could only be recorded, by turning up the mic strongly. So that the music overrides when Nestasio played loud. 

1 Kommentar:

  1. Is the name of the drummer definitely Shorty Staell or Shorty Staehli???
    Dr. Michael Frohne
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