Jazz Italian Style

Pyramide Music Presents Smooth Jazz Italian Songs Vol.3 (Canzoni Italiane In Versione Smooth Jazz) album original hits and the original artists genre Jazz, Chillout.

Uno dei dischi più dirompenti della musica pop italiana degli anni ’80 e ‘90; ovviamente lì per lì un mezzo flop, capito poco, ascoltato poco. Solo molti anni più tardi inizia a “crescere” tra il pubblico, A casa di Ida Rubinstein, restando però sempre un lavoro sostanzialmente di culto, citato (ed amato) solo dai veri appassionati. Un disco con cui Giuni Russo voleva liberarsi di Un’estate al mare e Alghero: canzoni di grande successo, certo, e che lei comunque amava, ma che l’avevano imprigionata in un ruolo che non sentiva minimamente suo, quella della sfornatrice di hit a misura di mercato e di airplay radiofonico (che a quell’epoca era legge assoluta). Troppo sfaccettata la sua personalità, troppo sfaccettata la sua curiosità artistica. Una vitale irriducibilità che allora (solo allora…?) non era tollerata dalla grande discografia, tant’è che la Russo venne bollata come “ingestibile” – questo addirittura su documenti ufficiali, nel travaglio legale per la risoluzione del contratto con la CGD a metà anni ’80.

One of the most prestigious Italian restaurants in the Big Apple. Presented in the week of the sixty and eighth Festival of Sanremo, the release is completely dedicated to the Italian song will be presented through the interpretations in the key of lounge, jazz and nu-jazz, No-Lounge, Lino Brotto, Fabrizio Bosso, Miss Pineda, Alma Swing, Franco Cerri, McEndoz and many others.

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.

The Italian Sessions is a renowned album by the iconic American trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker, recorded in 1962 during a series of sessions in Italy. It showcases his remarkable ability to blend cool jazz with a more relaxed and lyrical style, all while being influenced by the European jazz scene. The album consists of a mix of original compositions and standards, and it's often considered a significant release in Baker's career, offering a snapshot of his creative output during this period.

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.

There are few World film composers that can boast the prolificacy of Piero Piccioni. Since the early 1950s Piccioni has been a truly innovative composer of film music. In the 1950s he composed under the pseudonym of Piero Morgan, and since his first soundtrack Il Mondo Le Condanna of 1952, many directors sought Piero Piccioni to score the soundtracks for their films: Luchino Visconti, Bernardo Bertolucci, Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rossellini, Elio Petri, Francesco Rosi, Mario Monicelli, Alberto Lattuada, Alberto Sordi, Luigi Comencini, Antonio Pietrangeli, Lina Wertmuller, Tinto Brass, Dino Risi, are just some of the great directors for whom he scored more than 300 wondrous soundtracks. Swept Away, Le Mani sulla città’, Camille 2000, Colpo Rovente, The 10th Victim, Amore mio aiutami, More Than a Miracle,

Super rare compilation one early 70s Italian library jazz/funk and easy listening scores. Very limited pressing, tough to find on vinyl!
One of the erliest italian libraries compilation made. The compiler put together psychedelic beat and bossa tunes from albums that were pressed in very tiny quantities (Bixio diamonds is actually an exeption as it's from a soundtrack…) great photographic cover too from italian Playman magazine collection.