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Nino Rota

Born: December 3, 1911

Nino Rota (December 3, 1911 – April 10, 1979) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, and academic, best known for his film scores, particularly for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. Born in Milan, Italy, into a musical family, Rota displayed prodigious talent early, composing his first oratorio at age 11. He studied at the Milan Conservatory and later in Rome, with further training in the United States at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

Rota’s most celebrated work includes his scores for Fellini’s films, such as La Strada (1954), La Dolce Vita (1960), 8½ (1963), and Amarcord (1973), which blend lyrical, melancholic, and whimsical melodies that became iconic. His collaboration with Fellini spanned over two decades, creating a distinctive sound that merged circus-like motifs, folk tunes, and classical influences. He also composed for Visconti’s The Leopard (1963) and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), with the latter earning him an Academy Award for Best Original Score, shared with Carmine Coppola.

David Unger and Samuel Thiebaut: Miles in Motion

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 14, 2026

The centennials of two giants like Miles Davis and John Coltrane have made 2026 a year awash in projects celebrating their legacies, from festivals and venues to record stores, magazines, and websites. Tribute fatigue inevitably ensued, because tributes can be a tricky business. Too often, they end up feeling self-serving, if not downright gimmicky. Just as ...

Airelle Besson, Lionel Suarez: Au Lait

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 10, 2026

On Blossom, Airelle Besson and Lionel Suarez offer a compelling illustration of how instrumentalists can be storytellers just as eloquent as singers. The choice of material highlights the French duo's distinctly cinematic sensibility, with an inspired selection of originals, freely improvised pieces and compositions by kindred spirits with a strong narrative voice, such as Carla Bley. ...

Umbria Jazz Winter 2024

by Libero Farnè
January 6, 2025

Umbria Jazz Winter 2024 Orvieto, varie sedi 28 dicembre 2024--1° gennaio 2025 Come avviene ormai da 31 anni, Umbria Jazz Winter si svolge nel raccolto, accogliente e suggestivo centro storico di Orvieto nel clima festoso di fine anno, distribuendo i concerti in sedi storiche di grande prestigio. La serata inaugurale si è ...

Madeleine Peyroux, Mikael Máni, Marco Tiraboschi, Andrew Bird & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 3, 2024

The return of Madeleine Peyroux, the narrative qualities of modern guitar players, hypnotic violins, and an unepxected John Zorn--Nino Rota--Ennio Morricone astral alignment are some of the reasons which make this playlist intriguing.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Madeleine Peyroux “Please Come On Inside" ...

Piero Umiliani: A Tempo Di Jazz

by Chris May
December 23, 2023

Considering how many stylish movies were made in Italy in the 1950s and early 1960s, surprisingly few have jazz or jazz-based soundtracks of note; back at the ranch, jazz was Hollywood's go-to cool music. A handful of composers including Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone included jazz in their palettes but jazz was not their primary inspiration. ...

Cristina Zavalloni: fra canzone e ricerca

by Libero Farnè
August 28, 2023

L'ecclettismo, la vitalità creativa e l'intelligenza interpretativa di Cristina Zavalloni ci hanno abituato a sorprese continue, sia in concerto che nelle edizioni discografiche. È significativa la successione delle sue incisioni degli ultimissimi anni, a cominciare da For the Living (Encore, 2020), lavoro “impegnato" realizzato nel primo anno del Covid a capo di una formazione italo-scandinava da ...

The Luvmenauts: In Space

by Chris May
June 18, 2021

Toronto quartet The Luvmenauts' In Space is a well-crafted assemblage of new millennial library-going-on-soundtrack music. It has echoes of the mid 1960s and early 1970s rock 'n' funk produced by library labels such as KPM and Music De Wolfe, and has intersections, too, with the work of BBC Radiophonic Workshop composer Delia Derbyshire, not least in ...

Cory Weeds: O Sole Mio! Music From The Motherland

by Jack Bowers
March 22, 2021

O Sole Mio!, the latest in a series of splendid albums by Canadian-bred saxophonist/entrepreneur Cory Weeds, is subtitled “Music from the Motherland"-- in other words, Italy, which, presumably, is Woods' ancestral home. Whatever the case, Woods' blue-chip quintet focuses for the most part on music born in Italy or written by Italian-Americans including Henry Mancini, Nino ...

Jazz & Film: An Alternative Top 20 Soundtrack Albums

by Chris May
June 24, 2020

Jazz and the movies have a shared history stretching back almost a hundred years. The relationship came into its own in the US in the mid twentieth century. Elia Kazan's 1950 movie Panic In The Streets is an early example of how film makers used jazz-based soundtracks to enhance drama and atmosphere and create ambiances of ...