The White Sheik

A collection of hits from the times of World War II 1939-1945. Includes legendary performers - Glenn Miller, Oscar Peterson, Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters, Vera Lynn, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Coleman Hawkins, George Formby, Nat King Cole, Gracie Fields …

After the death of Nino Rota in 1979 the record producer Hal Willner released this album dedicated to him on his work with Fellini. It's a short but fruitful exploration of his music, but not collecting original works, but played by a handful of notable musicians and jazz groups such as the pianist 'Jaki Byard' (dead in 1999), guitarist Bill Frisell, vibraphonist Dave Samuels, saxophonist Steve Lacy and others as Sharon Freeman, Deborah Harry, Wynton Marsalis and Kenny Barron, integrated in groups like David Amtam Quintet or a sextet with William Fischer.

Michelangelo Antonioni storia di un autore / Antonioni: Documents and Testimonial - by Gianfranco Mingozzi (1966)

This documentary was made ​​for Canadian television and was named "Antonioni: Documents and Testimonial". It is a fitting name, since Antonioni is not enough to say, though, and often appears on the screen. Here he was, as a person and his writings give a characterization of colleagues to form their utterances of the film. Here there is an interview with Monica Vitti, including a candid moment with Vitti, where she recalls the accident at the show "Adventures" in 1960 at the Cannes Film Festival. Also a composer Giovanni Fusco, director Federico Fellini (with whom he collaborated on the screenplay for Antonioni's "The White Sheik") and many others. We can also see the rare moments of shooting with Antonioni and footage of scenes cut from "The Adventures".

Nino Rota: La Notte Di Un Neurastenico, Nonetto
Classical | CD | FLAC CUE LOG | COVER | 276 MB
La Bottega Discantica 09 | Release Date: 1997

Born in Milan in 1911 into a family of musicians, Nino Rota was first a student of Orefice and Pizzetti. Then, still a child, he moved to Rome where he completed his studies at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in 1929 with Alfredo Casella. In the meantime, he had become an 'enfant prodige', famous both as a composer and as an orchestra conductor. His first oratorio, L'infanzia di San Giovanni Battista, was performed in Milan and Paris as early as 1923 and his lyrical comedy, Il Principe Porcaro, was composed in 1926.