Amarcord Nino Rota
Amarcord Nino Rota | |
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Studio album by (Various) | |
Recorded | 1981 |
Label | Hannibal |
Producer | Hal Willner |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Amarcord Nino Rota is an album by various artists, recorded as a tribute to composer Nino Rota.
Background and recording
The album is a tribute to composer Nino Rota and contains adaptations of his compositions for Federico Fellini films.[1] It was the first of producer Hal Willner's tribute albums, and featured then-little-known musicians such as Wynton Marsalis and Bill Frisell.[2] It was recorded in 1981.[3]
Reception
Writing in The Boston Phoenix, critic Bob Blumenthal said that "Even listeners unfamiliar with Fellini's movies should sense how these melodies, with their playful mix of sentiment and irreverence, lend themselves to jazz improvisors. ... Like a good casting director, [producer Hal Willner] has chosen arrangers eclectically, yet with an unerring sense of character type; and like a skilled film editor, he has paced the album meticulously, with terse foreshadowings and framing devices that keep the solo and duet performances in dramatic balance with the larger ensemble efforts."[4]
Track listing
- "Amarcord"
- "Interlude from Juliet of the Spirits"
- "8 1/2"
- "Theme from La Dolce Vita and Juliet of the Spirits"
- "Juliet of the Spirits"
- "La Dolce Vita Suite (Introduction/Notturno/Interlude/Valzer [Parlami Di Me])"
- "Satyricon"
- "Roma"
- "Medley: The White Sheik/I Vitelloni/Il Bidone/The Nights of Cabiria"
- "La Strada"
Personnel
Tracks 1 and 10
- Jaki Byard – piano, arranger
Tracks 2 and 4
- Dave Samuels – vibes, arranger
Track 3
- Carla Bley – organ, glockenspiel, conductor, arranger
- Michael Mantler – trumpet
- Gary Valente – trombone
- Earl McIntyre – tuba
- Gary Windo – tenor sax
- Courtenay Wynter – woodwinds
- Joe Daley – euphonium
- Arturo O'Farrill – piano
- Steve Swallow – bass
- D. Sharpe – drums
Track 5
- Bill Frisell – guitar, arranger
Track 6: part a & c
- Sharon Freeman – French horn, piano, arranger
- Francis Haynes – steel drums
Track 6: part b
- Muhal Richard Abrams – conductor, arranger
- Claudio Roditi – trumpet
- Emmet McDonald – trombone
- Sharon Freeman – French horn
- Henry Threadgill – flute
- Bobby Eldridge – baritone sax, clarinet
- Jay Hoggard – vibes
- Amina Claudine Myers – piano
- Fred Hopkins – bass
- Warren Smith – drums
Track 6: part d
- Michael Sahl – keyboards, co-arranger
- Chris Stein – guitar, co-arranger
- Deborah Harry – vocals
- Charles Rocket – accordion, bells
- Lenny Ferrari – drums
Track 7
- David Amram – penny whistle, double ocarina, shanai, guitar, claves, arranger
- Jerry Dodgion – flute
- Sharon Freeman – French horn
- Victor Venegas – bass
- Ray Mantilla – percussion
- Steve Berrios – percussion
Track 8
- Steve Lacy – soprano sax, gong, arranger
Track 9
- William Fischer – conductor, arranger
- Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
- George Adams – tenor sax
- Branford Marsalis – woodwinds
- Kenny Barron – piano
- Ron Carter – bass
- Wilbert Fletcher – drums
References
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott "Various Artists – Amarcord Nino Rota". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ "Amarcord Nino Rota" Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine. Barbican. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ "London Jazz Festival: Amarcord Nino Rota" (August 19, 2013). TimeOut.
- ^ Blumenthal, Bob (January 5, 1982). "Rota of the spirits". The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
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