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Franco Baggiani and Florence Art Orchestra: The Dead City
Che con goliardica sfrontatezza accosta in "Suite for My Father" un traditional come "When the Saints Go Marching In" all'inno di Mameli mischiandoli ad arie popolari per poi virare verso un torrido funky. Senza dimenticare il jazz elettrico, acido, dalle parti di Bitches Brew nell'iniziale "The Dead City," le polifonie con afflati free di "O' icche 'ole," il blues di "A Funeral March" e le delicatezze di "The Sweetness in Your Eyes". Insomma The Dead City è disco colorato, ad alto tasso di energia e freschezza, ritmicamente sostenuto e variopinto grazie all'apporto di quattro percussionisti, con i fiati agili nei movimenti e pertinenti negli spazi solistici. E la direzione di Baggiani a fornire coesione e senso narrativo al tutto.
Track Listing
01. The Dead City; 02. The Sweetness in Your Eyes; 03. O' icche 'ole; 04. Suite for my Father: I.Intro. II. When the Saints. III. Funk Inside. IV. Ending; 05. 1996 (Winter Version); 06. A Funeral March; 07. Bla bla bla; 08. I'm for Sale!. Tutte le composizioni sono di Franco Baggiani.
Personnel
Franco Baggiani (tromba, percussioni); Andrea Coppini (sax soprano, sax alto, percussioni); Giacomo Downie (sax baritono, voce in #8, percussioni); Leonardo Passigli (chitarra elettrica, percussioni); Lorenzo Forti (basso elettrico, percussioni); Alberto Rosadini (batteria); Antonio Gentile (congas, bongo, steel cups); Alessandro Criscino (cajon, asiko, tumba); Fabio Ferrini (cajon, piatti, jingles, tamburino, campane, shakers, campanacci, woodblock, triangolo.
Album information
Title: The Dead City | Year Released: 2013 | Record Label: Sound Records
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