Released: 2004
SCEP 378 | EAN: 8018344113784 | EP 12" Out of stock
“This is What You Are” is a ’60s styled jazz crooner with the rich, loungey voice of Mario Biondi riding over 4/4 kicks with a subtle Latin undertone reflected both in the percussion and horns. Its modern, dancefloor sensibility is in perfect tone with its classic jazz style.
The B-side finds Was A Bee performing the jazz standard “On a Clear Day (you can see forever)”. Its flavor works in the soul jazz space but should catch the ears of any old school hip-hop fans. The beat is slow rolling while the tone is funky and smooth, in perfect accent to the soulful and at times, slightly gravely voice of Mario Biondi.
CREDITS
A1:Mario Biondi – vocal
Gianluca Petrella – trombone
Enzo Lo Greco – double bass
Gianni Lo Greco – drums
written by Alessandro Magnanini and Mario Ranno
produced by Luciano Cantone
pre-productions and arrangements by Alessandro Magnanini and Luca Pernici (Fragmentorchestra)
recorded at Lo Greco Studio Milan
B1:
Alessando Magnanini – keyboards / acoustic and electric bass / guitar
Mario Biondi – vocal
Giuseppe Di Benedetto – trombone
written by Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner
produced by Alessandro Magnanini
recorded and mixed at “Le Duc” Studio, Reggio Emilia