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Saxophonist Patrizio Destriere Releases 'Portrait Of Ennio' - A Tribute to Ennio Morricone

Source: Danilo Bazzucchi
April 3, 2023

Originally composed by Ennio Morricone for the 1971 film Sacco and Vanzetti, the music of this 1970s masterpiece is rearranged by the jazz quartet in an original and modern version thanks to the almost hip-hop modal and rhythmic sounds in the central part. The suite ends with the famous Here's to you, which became famous thanks to the contribution of Joan Baez who wrote the text as a hymn to freedom and freely inspired by Vanzetti's statements in prison. In ...

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