Release : Sergio Carolino - Steel aLive
Artist : Sergio Carolino
Album : Steel aLive
Genre : Jazz
Source : CDDA
Label : Afinaudio
URL :
Date : 00-00-2007
Encoder : LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Quality : 173kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 16
Time : 70:23 min
Size : 86.14 MB
1 Concerto for tuba & Brass Band I 2:38
2 Concerto for tuba & Brass Band II 3:22
3 Concerto for tuba & Brass Band III 2:54
4 Concerto for tuba & Brass Band IV 3:03
5 Concerto for tuba & Brass Band V 2:16
6 Duh-Suite for two tubas & drums I 1:25
7 Duh-Suite for two tubas & drums II 3:09
8 Duh-Suite for two tubas & drums III 3:30
9 Duh-Suite for two tubas & drums IV 1:48
10 Mr MC 16:30
11 Time Cycles for tuba & midi I 3:44
12 Time Cycles for tuba & midi II 4:32
13 Time Cycles for tuba & midi III 4:21
14 Eagles Landing 7:14
15 All Blues 7:19
16 DidjiriTubazz 2:38
For several years I have been getting orders for my tuba compositions and CDs
from a young man in Portugal. His name is SΘrgio Carolino. He bought everything!
I found out later that he was this amazing tuba soloist who loved my stuff and
was playing it all over Europe. Recently he commissioned a new piece from me.
ôDanτas para um Amigoö, for solo tuba, saxophone quartet and vibraphone was the
result and I look forward to the premier and recording of that work.
A few days ago SΘrgio sent me a copy of his new CD ôSteel Aliveö. For many
reasons I am extremely impressed with this recording. First of all it is a
collection of ôLIVEö performances. In this day of Pro Tools, overdubbing and
over-produced CDs it is refreshing to hear the real thing. Carolino is the REAL
THING. This young man can PLAY. He seems to have mastered all the talents of the
best tuba soloists before him and it all comes out on this collection of live
performances. He has enormous technical prowess, a five-octave range which he
seems to play with ease, uses all kinds of double stops (and even triple stops)
and contemporary effects (clicks, pops, grunts and percussive sounds), he
improvises, plays spectacular bass-line sousaphone, has a beautiful (and in
tune) sound and, most of all, SΘrgio has a great sense of rhythm and time. I am
honored that he included four movements from my ôDuh Suiteö for two tubas and
drums (played with Dutch tuba artist, Annejelle Visser) and also recorded ôTime
Cyclesö by Jerry Grant (a piece written for me and recorded on my ôBig Stretchö
CD) and he plays the same instruments I playùthe Yamaha 822 F and 826 CC tuba.
The sheer variety of material on this recording is amazing. The ôliveö
performances here show that SΘrgio must be a real entertainer too. One of my
favorite pieces, ôMr M.C.ö is by my friend, the French trumpeter, Thierry Caens.
It is an amazingly virtuostic solo tuba piece that SΘrgio plays with aplomb.
Another favorite is his ôover-the-topö performance of ôAll Bluesö. It has
Carolino playing fast and furious (and with great time) on bass-line sousaphone
and it showcases several other excellent jazz soloists. I also really dig the
first work, the ôConcerto for Tuba and Brass Bandö by Jorge Salgueiro. The five
short movements cover about everything a tubist (with CarolinoÆs talents) can
play. Finally it is his his own composition, ôDigiriTUBAzzö that sums up all his
fantastic technical prowess.
This CD raises the bar for all tuba soloists.