Hot Deal Basso, Valdambrini – Blues For Gassman (Record Store Day 2023) LP

Limited edition vinyl release for Record Store Day 2023

The most valuable of Gürtler’s (founder of Saar Records in 1950) jewels came from the jazz world. Gürtler donated all his passion and expertise to jazz, financing every project without complaints. The jewel in the crown of his productions was the LPJ 5007 album (Basso-Valdambrini Octet), considered by critics the best one ever published in Italy till that moment. The records selection, to which also Gürtler took part, leaned towards the classic themes of the American repertoire, but was also oriented to unpublished recordings interpreted in the “West Coast” style.

Gürtler personally followed all the stages of the recording and was delighted at the progress made day by day. The final result was a masterpiece.