Jazz in Italian Cinema

A TREASURE TROVE OF JAZZ RARITIES FROM THE ITALIAN CINEMA AND LIBRARY SCENE. Semi-Automatic Records has done all the hard work for you an has put together this excellent limited edition set of tracks on double vinyl. I'm no film buff by any means, but I do recognize at least one of the composers here - the great Ennio Morricone of course - but the rest are complete fresh to me. From hard bop to big bad, vocal to free and experimental jazz, Jazz Expressions from the Italian Cinema (1963-1975) hits all the corners of the jazz spectrum. Features tracks from Piero Piccioni, Piero Umiliani, Riz Ortolani, Mario Nascimbene, Nora Orlandi, Giorgio Gaslini, Armando Trovajoli, Gianni Ferrio, Stelvio Cipriani and many more. Edition of 750.

A TREASURE TROVE OF JAZZ RARITIES FROM THE ITALIAN CINEMA AND LIBRARY SCENE. Semi-Automatic Records has done all the hard work for you an has put together this excellent limited edition set of tracks on double vinyl. I'm no film buff by any means, but I do recognize at least one of the composers here - the great Ennio Morricone of course - but the rest are complete fresh to me. From hard bop to big bad, vocal to free and experimental jazz, Jazz Expressions from the Italian Cinema (1963-1975) hits all the corners of the jazz spectrum. Features tracks from Piero Piccioni, Piero Umiliani, Riz Ortolani, Mario Nascimbene, Nora Orlandi, Giorgio Gaslini, Armando Trovajoli, Gianni Ferrio, Stelvio Cipriani and many more. Edition of 750.

Compiled across three CDs, An Italian Romance takes the listener seamlessly from the best of the Italian songbook, to the most heartfelt tracks from Italian cinema, and the many magical moments in Italian opera. Bruno Tonioli dazzles the public every week on the panel of Strictly Come Dancing with his colourful critiques of contestants performances, and priceless insights into the world of dance, drawing on his glittering career in dance choreography over the past 40 years. Here, Bruno delivers the same in-depth knowledge as he explores the world of Italian music.

For a whole decade, spanning between the second half of the ’50s and the second half of the ’60s, jazz took over the Italian screens. 33 tracks from the CAM Sugar archive that go beyond music, telling the story of Italian cinema, society and of its unmistakable style and charm. A genre that even when nodding to Californian be-bop, to crime jazz or bossa nova still sounds surprisingly original and Mediterranean, elegant, and seductive, either with joyous peaks or with enigmatic and nearly dramatic nuances. The compilation also offers a precious insight into the Italian jazz scene of the times, with its string of formidable soloists and international stars like Chet Baker and Gato Barbieri.

For a whole decade, spanning between the second half of the ’50s and the second half of the ’60s, jazz took over the Italian screens. 33 tracks from the CAM Sugar archive that go beyond music, telling the story of Italian cinema, society and of its unmistakable style and charm. A genre that even when nodding to Californian be-bop, to crime jazz or bossa nova still sounds surprisingly original and Mediterranean, elegant, and seductive, either with joyous peaks or with enigmatic and nearly dramatic nuances. The compilation also offers a precious insight into the Italian jazz scene of the times, with its string of formidable soloists and international stars like Chet Baker and Gato Barbieri.

Isa Miranda, one of Italy’s greatest stars, plays the role of a star revisiting her life in flashback after a suicide attempt leaves her comatose. From the record revolving on a turntable in the picture’s opening moments, Ophuls sets into motion one of those roundelays with fate that he alone could pull off with such eminent elegance.

A much-needed look at an overlooked side of the genius of Quincy Jones – not his jazz work, not his productions for famous soul artists, but instead his huge legacy of soundtrack material – a part of Q's career that really took off in the 60s! By the time he started working in films, Jones had already had a decade under his belt as one of the hippest arrangers, leaders, and composers in jazz – and the film business really respected those talents, and allowed Quincy to bring some really fresh styles into play – modes that really opened up the vibe of American cinema, and also paved the way for the funky styles of the 70s! As that decade approached, Jones left behind the cinema to take on some more higher-profile records of his own – but all the charms of those great albums can be found here at their roots – in this stunning collection of soundtrack material, some of which has never been on CD. The package is way more than just a sampler – and includes an album's worth of material from the films The Pawnbroker, Slender Thread, Mirage, The Deadly Affair, In The Heat Of The Night, In Cold Blood, Walk Don't Run, The Italian Job, Lost Man, and John & Mary – plus two versions of the love theme from The Getaway, and a bonus CD with 18 tracks – titled Q's highlights, and featuring tracks from his Mercury records – plus more by Billy Preston, Arthur Prysock, Bill Cosby, Shirley Horn, Letta Mbulu, Toots Thielemans, and others. Even features the "Sanford & Son" and "Ironside" themes!

Cinema Serenade Ensemble is a group of italian professional musicians, who perform with orchestras of leading Italian theatres, such as Teatro alla Scala in Milan , the Teatro la Fenice in Venice and the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome. Their love for music and quality film productions, brings them often together on the stage of international television events. They recorded this amazing album with best-known film score music tracks in a new, revisited version. Percussion instruments, violin, double bass, accordion, guitar and piano improvise and try out different sonorities. Main focus is on tango and jazz tango. Enjoy one more gem.

A trumpet, a guitar and a bass. The absence of the battery immediately brings to mind the last Chet Baker, a chamber size, intimate and sensual. The music was "photographed" in the wonderful acoustics of the theater "Persius Flaccus" of Volterra, waiting for the bells of the five ceased, or that the thunder of a storm at the end of summer subside.

Tropicale is the explosion of joy of the Italian economic miracle, the promise of distant destinations becoming all of a sudden tangible, the illusion of a taboo world where everything seems possible. Through rare and unreleased cuts from the CAM Sugar archive, Tropicale traces the incendiary liaisons between Italian film music and tropical culture in the 1960s across bossa nova, samba, Latin jazz, exotica, calypso, mambo and other tropical rhythms.