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Richard Galliano Plays Nino Rota
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Artist
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Richard Galliano, accordion. John Surman, saxophone & clarinet. Dave Douglas, trumpet. Boris Kozlov, double bass. Clarence Penn, drums.
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Label
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Deutsche Grammophon
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Format
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CD
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Runtime/Release Date
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61'31/2011
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Label Number
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B001637602
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Daedalus Item Code
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29085
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Description
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Nino Rota's haunting music has graced the films of Fellini (Nights of Cabiria, La Dolce Vita, Amarcord, La Strada, 8 1/2) as well as classics by many other cinematic auteurs, and this group truly captures its bittersweet mix of yearning and nostalgia. "Rota's timeless movie themes interpreted by an elite international jazz quintet…. The group's jazz energies make the biggest difference in the engine-room, with the superb Kozlov and Penn applying circus-music strutting, 1950s Miles Davis swing-groove hipness, brooding drama and New Orleans funeral-march rhythms as needed. Douglas's brassy, slewing lines whirl across 'La Strada-Tema' and he and Surman then switch into 50s Miles Davies mode over Penn's rimshots, with the saxophonist probably delivering his most straight-ahead recording in decades. 'La Strada Processione' is a Carla Bley-style dirge; 'The Godfather Love Theme' is exquisitely played by Galliano against only a bass commentary; Surman sounds Sidney Bechet-like on 'La Notti di Cabiria'; and 'Giuglietta Degli Spiriti' is gurgly free-improv that turns into a Latin dance. They are beautiful themes, and this set prioritises their sympathetic rendition."—The Guardian
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