Results for "Ennio Morricone"

Ennio Morricone

Born: November 10, 1928

Ennio Morricone was born in Rome on 10 November 1928. His long artistic career includes a wide range of composition genres, from absolute concert music to applied music, working as orchestrator, conductor and composer for theatre, radio and cinema. In 1946, Ennio received his trumpet diploma and in 1954 he received his diploma in Composition at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia under the guidance of Goffredo Petrassi. He wrote his first concert works at the end of the 1950s, then worked as arranger for RAI (the Italian broadcasting company) and RCA-Italy. He started his career as a film music composer in 1961 with the film Il Federale directed by Luciano Salce

Take Five with Joanie Pallatto

by AAJ Staff
March 15, 2021

Meet Joanie Pallatto In February 2021, the Chicago Music Awards bestowed Joanie Pallatto with a Special Lifetime Achievement Award for Extraordinary Contributions to the Music Industry. Described by Rick Kogan of the Chicago Tribune as having “a stirring and special voice," Joanie Pallatto is a graduate of The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. ...

Di Zappa di più

by Mario Calvitti
February 26, 2021

Sono passati 27 anni da quando Frank Zappa ci ha prematuramente lasciato, ma la sua figura di musicista è ben lontana dall'essere dimenticata, o anche semplicemente messa da parte. Questo sicuramente anche grazie all'attività dei figli Dweezil e Ahmet, il primo con i tour mondiali della sua band Zappa plays Zappa dedicata alla musica del padre, ...

In Memoriam: Jazz Musicians Who Passed in 2020

by Maxim Micheliov
December 31, 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to remember the extraordinarily gifted musicians who made an indelible mark on jazz. With sadness, we bid farewell to Gary Peacock, Ennio Morricone, Keith Tippett, Henry Grimes, Bucky Pizzarelli, Wallace Roney and many others including NEA Jazz Masters Jimmy Cobb, Lee Konitz, Candido Camero, ...

Dimensioni Sonore

Label: Dialogo
Released: 2020

Sarah McKenzie: il fascino misterioso della composizione

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
December 14, 2020

Secrets of My Heart è il quinto album in studio della cantante, compositrice e pianista di origini australiane Sarah McKenzie. Realizzato nel 2019, questo disco rappresenta una combinazione gioiosa e perturbante di standard jazz di stampo classico e di composizioni inedite, avvolte da una brillante fusione fra jazz, blues e sonorità latine. Approfittando del tour europeo ...

Sarah McKenzie: A Mysterious Thing Called Songwriting

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
November 23, 2020

Secrets of My Heart is the fifth studio album of the Australian singer, composer and pianist Sarah McKenzie. Released in 2019, this album represents a joyous and uncanny combination of classical jazz standards and new original compositions with a brilliant fusion between jazz, blues and latin sounds. We took the opportunity of the European tour of ...

Ennio Morricone & Bruno Nicolai Dimensioni sonore – Musiche per L’immagine e L’immaginazione (Dialogo) - Available October 30, 2020

October 13, 2020

One of the most 'hidden' and sought after releases of all times is finally getting a due repress: a work of epic proportions, Ennio Morricone's and Bruno Nicolai's Dimensioni Sonore has been eluding collectors and affectionate listeners for about 50 years. Last copies. Limited Collector Edition which comes complete with 10LPs, 10CDs, a 48-page LP-sized book ...

Take Five with Josie Falbo

by AAJ Staff
September 25, 2020

Meet Josie Falbo: Josie is and has been one of jny: Chicago's busiest and most frequently heard studio singers for over 30 years. Heard on over 1,000 commercials in various languages through the decades, many you know like McDonald's, United, Nationwide, Midway Airlines, Great America, Green Giant, Oscar Meyer, Budweiser, Old Style, Sara Lee, ...

Felice Clemente: Solo

by Neri Pollastri
September 7, 2020

Felice Clemente affronta il lavoro in solitudine, prova impegnativa per qualunque strumentista, ma certo particolarmente ardua per chi si misura con le ance. Lo fa alternando due sassofoni, il tenore e il soprano, e il clarinetto, registrando in un ambiente suggestivo e dalle sonorità particolari qual è una chiesa--quella di Montecalvo Versiggia, nel pavese--e affrontando un ...