Totally groovy!!
The talents of Italian soundtrack genius Piero Umiliani turned
towards his love of Duke Ellington and the result is an incredibly
result of groovy tracks that mix up jazz, electronics, and
plenty of great keyboards!
The bulk of the material on this cd was recorded in 1974 and
it features Umiliani playign moog and ARP, in a strange sort
of tribute to Ellington that takes the usual Duke tunes, and
turns them into hard grooving little numbers, with lots of
bubbling electronic bits and weird sound effects.
In effect this isn't a pure jazz music but a mix of downtempo,
electronic, easy...
In few words:
A disk to listen... listen... listen...
SOLOISTS
Tracks 01 - 03 - 15 - 16 Nino Culasso: Trumpet
Tracks 01 - 06 - 08 - 10 Gianni Basso: Tenor sax
Tracks 01 - 03 - 06 - 11 - 13 Cicci Santucci: Trumpet
Tracks 01 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 13 - 16 Piero Umiliani:
ARP synthesizer, Piano, Moog
Tracks 02 - 04 - 06 - 08 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 Marcello
Boschi: Alto sax, Flute
Track 02 Gino Marinacci: Flute
Track 02 Livio Cerveglieri: Tenor sax
Tracks 04 - 16 Franco Chiari: Vibes
Track 05 Bruno Carmini: Hammond organ
Track 08 Al Corvin: Trumpet
Track 11 Sal Genovese: Baritone sax, Fluegejhorn
Track 16 Mario Midana: Trobone
Track 16 Baldo Maestri: Clarinet |
