Close Encounter is an album by the Swiss trumpeter/flugelhornist and composer Franco Ambrosetti which was recorded in 1978 and released on the Enja label the following year.[1][2]

Close Encounter
Studio album by Franco Ambrosetti Quintet with Bennie Wallace
Released	1979
Recorded	March 21, 1978
Studio	CI Studios, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:44
Label	Enja ENJ 3017
Producer	Horst Weber, Matthias Winckelmann
Franco Ambrosetti chronology
Franco Ambrosetti Quartet (1976) Close Encounter (1979) Sleeping Gypsy (1980)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The sometimes episodic repertoire is quite obscure and generally hard bop-oriented. Everyone plays well on this lesser-known but enjoyable effort".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Franco Ambrosetti except where noted

1. "Close Encounter" – 8:22
2. "Napoleon Blown Apart" (Flavio Ambrosetti) – 5:39
3. "Sad Story of a Photographer (Someday My Prints Will Come)" — 8:12
4. "Morning Song of a Spring Flower" (George Gruntz) – 14:29
5. "Rumba Organistica" (Joachim Kühn) – 6:02

Personnel

• Franco Ambrosetti – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Bennie Wallace – tenor saxophone
• George Gruntz – piano
• Mike Richmond – bass
• Bob Moses – drums

References