"Estate" the most well known italian jazz standard

The italian piano player, singer and composer Bruno Martino wrote the pop song "Estate" (Summer) with text of Bruno Brighetti in 1960.

In the following video the original version.

The brasilian singer Joao Gilberto, during a tournée in Italy heard it and decided to include the song in his repertoire and also recorded it in italian.

From that moment the song became famous and was played and sung by many important jazz artists as Chet Baker, here "At Capolinea" (Milan-Italy) 1983 with Nicola Stilo (fl), Diane Varvra (s. sax), Michel Grailler (pf), Riccardo Dal Frà (bs), Leo Mitchel (drm).

Michel Petrucciani, at Umbria Jazz Perugia-Italy in 1995

Shirley Horn and many others.

After 50 years this song is played and recorded by many artists all over the world. Here a french version of Claude Nougaro

and an italian version by the jazz trumpet player Fabrizio Bosso and the singer and piano player Sergio Cammeriere.

Jazz in Italy - Tribute to Chet Baker at Umbria Jazz 2008

On July 2008 at Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia (Italy) to remember Chet Baker in 20th anniversary of his death four musicians, that played with him, were reunited in a group, named CHET MOOD QUARTET, to play the music he used to like, well known standards.
The concert is unissued and is taken from a radio broadcast.

"Chet Mood" Quartet

Enrico Rava (trumpet & flugelhorn), Philip Catherine (guitar), Riccardo Dal Frá (double bass), Aldo Romano (drums)

Recorded at Teatro Morlacchi, Perugia (Italy)
on tuesday 15th July 2008

1 All Of You 12.38
02 Polka Dots & Moon Beams 13.10
03 -introduction by Rava 1.00
04 Bernie's Tune 8.09
05 Broken Wing 8.57
06 Time After Time 10.18
07 -introduction by Del Frá 1.11
08 I'm a Fool To Want You 8.31
09 Doodlin' 8.33
10 My Funny Valentine 9.30
11 band's intro & encore break 1.10
12 If I Should Lose You 7.09

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