de Vito

Following her brilliant album “Verso”, recorded a couple of years earlier, Italian Jazz singer Maria Pia De Vito returns with her second album on the splendid Provocateur label. Her two faithful companions on the previous album: British pianist John Taylor and US guitarist Ralph Towner are back with her again, but this time the instrumental ensemble is expanded to a quartet with the participation of legendary US bassist Steve Swallow and French drummer / percussionist Patrice Heral. The music, composed by De Vito, Taylor, Towner and Swallow, is beautifully minimalist and quite complex, providing an ideal vehicle for the singer’s vocal explorations. She uses lyrics and vocalese interchangeably, with a rare ability to sound perfectly right at each given moment.

This live recording from 1954 of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with Gioconda de Vito and the RIAS Symphony Orchestra under Georg Ludwig Jochum is of particular documentary value as the Italian violinist made no studio recording of the work.

Grâce à des informations et des témoignages inédits, "La chute du dernier parrain" relate la fin du règne de Vito Rizzuto, de l'enquête Colisée à sa mort soudaine en décembre 2013, en passant par ses craintes envers la justice américaine, sa fuite temporaire à Cuba, son arrestation, son extradition, sa détention aux États-Unis, son retour dans le sang et la reprise éphémère de sa couronne. …