Released: 2013
SCCD 391 | EAN: 8018344013916 | 
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Three years after “Sobrenatural” and after last year’s production of the Brazilian artist Toco, S-Tone Inc. (Stefano Tirone) releases his fourth album, that is the natural evolution from the previous works but with a more acoustic and intimist approach than in the past.
The title “Luz Y Sombra” represents the dualism that one can find also in music, that is in fact made of light and shadow, of solar tracks and of introspective, nocturnal compositions. Part of the inspiration derives as always from Brazilian music but also from the vocal jazz of the 50’s and the record alternates reflexive moments that evocate smoky jazz dens to more rhythmical moments that are projected in contemporaneity of the clubs where the 4/4 bass drum mingles with the melody of vocals and flutes.
Several musicians from the Milan jazz scene took part to the recordings and a rhythm section of double bass and drums is present in all the track. Among the others, it’s worth mentioning the contribution by Laura Fedele in various tracks both as vocalist and co-writer and Marco Brioschi on trumpet and Beppe Caruso on trombone, as well as a string quartet that is conspicuous in the opening track. The other vocalists are Toco, Adi Souza and Luciana Cury for the tracks sung in Portuguese, Manuela Ravaglioli and Angie Brown.
CREDITS
tracks 2, 3, 6, 9, 12 written by Stefano Tirone and Laura Fedele4, 7, 8 written by Stefano Tirone and Tomaaz Di Cunto
11 written by Stefano Tirone and Manuela Ravaglioli
5 written by Roberto Menescal & Ronaldo Boscoli
String Island Quartet are:
Luca Campioni - 1st violin
Marco Campioni - 2nd violin
Nicola Curioni - viola
Matteo Pigato - cello
arranged & produced by Stefano Tirone
mixed at Panorama Studio by Davide Rosa and Stefano Tirone
mastered at Nautilus by Giovanni Versari
strings recorded at Cavo Studio
photo by Roberto Cifarelli
design by Giacomo Rastelli Giove
Stefano Tirone: rhodes, wurlitzer, electric guitar, electric bass, programming
Laura Fedele: vocals
Manuela Ravaglioli: vocals
Milton Martins: vocals
Adi Souza: vocals
Stefano Miceli: vocals
Toco: vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Fabrizio Bernasconi: rhodes
Gilerto Tarocco: baritone saxophone
Marco Brioschi: trumpet
Roberto Menescal: acoustic guitar
Mauro Tre: piano
Simone Daclon: piano
Carlo Nicita: flute
Marco Decimo: cello
Luca Campioni: violin
Adriano Souza: piano
Adriano Giffoni: double bass
Joao Cortez: drums
Beppe Caruso: trombone
Giacomo Tringali: vibes
Marquinho Baboo: percussion
Arranged and produced by Sefano Tirone
Executive producers Luciano Cantone and Davide Rosa
Mastered by Giovanni Versari