Joe Diorio, Ira Sullivan - The Breeze And I (1993)

This CD has a set of duets by guitarist Joe Diorio and Ira Sullivan, who is heard on flute, alto flute, soprano, and alto sax. The music is mostly standards (other than Diorio's "Lovely Afternoon" and Wayne Shorter's "Dance Cadaverous") and taken exclusively as lyrical ballads. Sullivan never really cuts loose and does not play any trumpet on this project, and the lack of mood variation gives a definite sameness to each performance, so the project -- which is full of heartfelt interpretations of such numbers as "The Breeze and I," "I Wish You Love" and "The Summer Knows" -- is best listened to either a few numbers at a time or as superior background music. ~ by Scott Yanow, AMG. 

RAM Records, RMCD 4508, 1994
Recorded 9th June, 1993 at Bill Wray's Skyline Studio, Mechanisburg, Pennsylvania 

Musicians:
Joseph Diorio - Guitar
Ira Sullivan - Alto Sax, Soprano Sax,, Flute, Flute [Alto], Percussion 

Tracks:
01. Breeze And I {Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman} (8:53)
02. I Wish You Love {Charles Trénet} (5:58)
03. Day By Day {Stephen Schwartz} (6:22)
04. Beautiful Love {D. Gillespie, W. King, E. Van Alstyne, V. Young} (5:38)
05. Look To The Sky {Antônio Carlos Jobim} (4:45)
06. I'll See You Again {Noël Coward} (4:24)
07. Summer Knows {Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand} (7:00)
08. Without You {Osvaldo Farrés, Ray Gilbert} (4:58)
09. Dance Cadaverous {Wayne Shorter} (5:22)
10. Lovely Afternoon {Joe Diorio} (4:54) 

Total Time: 58:13 

Credits:
Producer, Recording, Mixing Supervisor, Liner Notes - Raimondo Meli Lupi
Assistant Mixing Engineer - Jeff Way
Mixing Engineer - Jim Anderson
Mastering Engineer - Gennaro Carone
Art Direction - Giorgio Anedda [Audiovideo, Milano]
Cover Concept, Graphic Design - Alberto Berengo Gardin
Photography - Ruggero Balzan