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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

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How Can Album Notes Compete For A Grammy Nomination?

October 1, 2026

Five compositions, five histories—and a 16-page booklet that argues that the story surrounding music can be part of the work itself. Most people think of a GRAMMY as an award for something they can hear: a performance, a song, an album, an arrangement. But there is a GRAMMY category in which the principal work being considered ...

Article: So You Don't Like Jazz

Iconic Music in Film: Boomer Edition

by Alan Bryson
July 1, 2026

One of the pleasures of looking back at film music from the boomer years is realizing how quickly the walls were coming down. Classical themes turned into jazz-funk hits. Soul records won Oscars. Rock songs became character development. Bluegrass, blues, disco, Latin jazz, and spaghetti-western minimalism all found their way onto the screen, and in the ...

Article: Album Review

Seth Andrew Davis & EMAS: Cybersyn: Live From the Stray Cat Film Center

Read "Cybersyn: Live From the Stray Cat Film Center" reviewed by Max Kutner

by Max Kutner
March 4, 2026

Undeniably one of the most active and adventurous figures of the greater Midwest music and arts scene, composer/guitarist/improvisor Seth Andrew Davis has emerged as a force of creative exploration and inquiry. Currently based in Kansas City, MO, Davis has released well over a dozen albums through his imprint, Mother Brain Records (co-founded with fellow Missouri-native, Michael ...

Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz Winter a Orvieto

by Libero Farnè
January 7, 2026

Umbria Jazz Winter Varie sedi Orvieto 30 dicembre 2025--3 gennaio 2026 A differenza di tutti gli altri anni recenti, sui main stage di questa 32^ edizione di Umbria Jazz Winter--il Teatro Macinelli, il Museo Emilio Greco e il Palazzo del Popolo--non erano presenti esponenti dell'attuale scena statunitense in veste di ...

Album

Alma Libre

By Arturo Sandoval

Label: Pier 5, Terry Heimat Studios, LLC
Released: 2025
Track listing: Tema De Maria; I’ll Always Be With You; A Taste Of Honey; Cinema Paradiso; Maria Cervantes; Last Tango; Rise; Just a Day Day; Adios.

Article: Album Review

Yoshie Fruchter's Pitom: Alive and Well

Read "Alive and Well" reviewed by Max Kutner

by Max Kutner
December 12, 2025

Yoshie Fruchter has been a presence within the Radical Jewish and Modern Klezmer music circles for nearly 3 decades. His ensemble, Pitom, showcases many facets of his deep knowledge in those scenes as filtered through the sludge-clouded lenses of grunge, doom, and just straight metal. The band has released three full length albums since its inception, including ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz & Wine in Montalcino 2025

by Marco Iacoboni
August 26, 2025

Jazz & Wine in Montalcino 2025 Castello Poggio alle Mura; Fortezza Montalcino (SI) 22--27 luglio2025 Dal 22 al 27 luglio 2025, il maestoso Castello Poggio alle Mura e la storica Fortezza di Montalcino hanno ospitato la ventottesima edizione del Jazz & Wine in Montalcino. Organizzato dalla Fondazione Banfi, in collaborazione con ...

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I'll Be Always With You

July 9, 2025

Album: Alma Libre
By Arturo Sandoval
Label: Pier 5, Terry Heimat Studios, LLC
Released: 2025
Duration: 05:15

Article: Album Review

Italian Surf Academy + Denver Butson: Ennio Morricone Is Dissolving

Read "Ennio Morricone Is Dissolving" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
June 19, 2025

Diciassette frammenti poetico-musicali, svarianti da mezzo minuto a poco più di tre, raccolti in forma di suite in meno di mezz'ora, è quanto ci arriva da questo cd del trio diretto dal chitarrista napoletano Marco Cappelli, di fatto newyorchese d'adozione, abbinato alla recitazione di Denver Butson, autore del poema del titolo, spalmato su alcune delle tracce ...