Chico Freeman, Mal Waldron, Tiziana Ghiglioni

Up And Down sets Chico Freeman beside pianist Mal Waldron in a group with no drummer, only the bass of Rocky Knauer, and with Italian singer Tiziana Ghiglioni on two of the six tracks. It was recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milan on July 26 and 27, 1989 and released by Black Saint in 1992. Waldron was busy in Milan that summer. On July 25 and August 1, in the same studio, he and Ghiglioni recorded the duo and trio album Am I Blue? with Enrico Rava for Soul Note, and in June in New York he had cut Crowd Scene for the same label with bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Eddie Moore.

Freeman plays tenor and soprano saxophones. Knauer appears on the sleeve as Ricky Knauer. Giancarlo Barigozzi recorded the session, Giovanni Bonandrini, who then ran both Black Saint and Soul Note, produced and Gennaro Carone mastered it. The record opens with Battleground at over fifteen minutes, the longest piece on the disc. Ghiglioni sings on Hiromi and on the ballad My One And Only Love, the second and fifth tracks. Between them come Tyrolean Waltz and Aftermath, each about seven minutes, and the title track closes the album at eleven and a half.

This is the Black Saint CD 120136-2, first released in 1992, six tracks running about 56 minutes.