| Suite From Bellinda E Il Mostro
01. Preludio
02. Canzone per Bellinda
03. Viaggio del mimo
04. Adagio contemplativo
05. Blues della notte
06. Viaggio del mercante
07. Duello
08. Il mimo e la rosa
09. Finale Bellinda
Suite For A Psychological Film
10. Introduzione psicologica
11. Suspence
12. Fuga dopo il colpo
13. Epilogo drammatico
The Rhythmic Suite
14. Afro-cuba swing
15. Sound in jazz
16. Fugato in blue
17. Blues finale
Bonus Tracks *
18. Abbandono
19. Blues del tramonto
20. Blues della notte (alternate take)
21. Classic beguine
22. Il mio a more in blues
23. Ritmico swing
24. Omaggio a Shearing
25. Slow blues
26. Swing in quartet
* conducted by Roberto Pregadio |
| This is not a soundtrack album, but a compilation
of rare essays in jazz from Mario Nascimbene.
An essential CDs for fans of the maestro and for collectors
of vintage Italo-Jazz.
It's the kind of music we listened to in Italy on radio during
fifties and sixties...
and the cover pictures humorously show the circuitry of a
nineteen-sixties radio! |
Mastering the art of the variation is the way
a composer can keep on reinventing himself or herself continuously
and consequently create new sounds.
Italian composer Mario Nascimbene was certainly able to reinvent
himself, as the collection Footprints in Jazz shows.
Nascimbene was born in Milan in 1913 and is often remembered
for being the first Italian composer who became famous in Hollywood.
He was indeed trusted by directors such as King Vidor, Joseph
L. Mankiewicz, Robert Rossen, Jack Cardiff and Richard Fleischer,
though his best friend and collaborator was Italian director
Valerio Zurlini.
The Maestro wrote the score for Zurlini's Estate Violenta (1959
- for its score Nascimbene was awarded the Nastro D'Argento
in 1960), La Ragazza con la Valigia (1961), Le Soldatesse (1965)
and La Prima Notte di Quiete (1972).
Opening with the short Preludio, just a glimpse of what will
come after, Footprints In Jazz contains sensual, lounge, funk,
jazzy, bluesy tracks, some directed by Maestro Roberto Pregadio.
Blues Della Notte is a sad ode, Duello, Il Mimo E La Rosa
and Introduzione Psicologica are pure '60s tracks, psychedelic
and catchy, which remind of the best Mondo Movie soundtracks.
The ethnic percussions of Afro-Cuban Swing, the exotica of
Classic Beguine and the irresistible swing of Ritmico Swing
make Footprints In Jazz one of the best compilations of Nascimbene's
music and probably the best tribute to his memory.
[Anna Battista from Erasing Clouds] |
