Amarcord Nino Rota
Studio album by (Various)
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Recorded | 1981 |
Label | Hannibal |
Producer | Hal Willner |
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Amarcord Nino Rota is an album by various artists, recorded as a tribute to composer Nino Rota.
Background and recording
The album is a tribute to composer Nino Rota and contains adaptations of his compositions for Federico Fellini films.[1] It was the first of producer Hal Willner's tribute albums, and featured then-little-known musicians such as Wynton Marsalis and Bill Frisell.[2] It was recorded in 1981.[3]
Track listing
- "Amarcord"
- "Interlude from Juliet of the Spirits"
- "8 1/2"
- "Theme from La Dolce Vita and Juliet of the Spirits"
- "Juliet of the Spirits"
- "La Dolce Vita Suite (Introduction/Notturno/Interlude/Valzer [Parlami Di Me])"
- "Satyricon"
- "Roma"
- "Medley: The White Sheik/I Vitelloni/Il Bidone/The Nights of Cabiria"
- "La Strada"
Personnel
Tracks 1 and 10
- Jaki Byard – piano, arranger
Tracks 2 and 4
- Dave Samuels – vibes, arranger
Track 3
- Carla Bley – organ, glockenspiel, conductor, arranger
- Michael Mantler – trumpet
- Gary Valente – trombone
- Earl McIntyre – tuba
- Gary Windo – tenor sax
- Courtenay Wynter – woodwinds
- Joe Daley – euphonium
- Arturo O'Farrill – piano
- Steve Swallow – bass
- D. Sharpe – drums
Track 5
- Bill Frisell – guitar, arranger
Track 6: part a & c
- Sharon Freeman – French horn, piano, arranger
- Francis Haynes – steel drums
Track 6: part b
- Muhal Richard Abrams – conductor, arranger
- Claudio Roditi – trumpet
- Emmet McDonald – trombone
- Sharon Freeman – French horn
- Henry Threadgill – flute
- Bobby Eldridge – baritone sax, clarinet
- Jay Hoggard – vibes
- Amina Claudine Myers – piano
- Fred Hopkins – bass
- Warren Smith – drums
Track 6: part d
- Michael Sahl – keyboards, co-arranger
- Chris Stein – guitar, co-arranger
- Deborah Harry – vocals
- Charles Rocket – accordion, bells
- Lenny Ferrari – drums
Track 7
- David Amram – penny whistle, double ocarina, shanai, guitar, claves, arranger
- Jerry Dodgion – flute
- Sharon Freeman – French horn
- Victor Venegas – bass
- Ray Mantilla – percussion
- Steve Berrios – percussion
Track 8
- Steve Lacy – soprano sax, gong, arranger
Track 9
- William Fischer – conductor, arranger
- Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
- George Adams – tenor sax
- Branford Marsalis – woodwinds
- Kenny Barron – piano
- Ron Carter – bass
- Wilbert Fletcher – drums
References
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott "Various Artists – Amarcord Nino Rota". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ "Amarcord Nino Rota" Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine. Barbican. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ "London Jazz Festival: Amarcord Nino Rota" (August 19, 2013). TimeOut.
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co-leader
- Here's Jaki (1961)
- Hi-Fly (1962)
- Out Front! (1964)
- Jaki Byard Quartet Live! (1965)
- The Last from Lennie's (1965 [2003])
- Freedom Together! (1966)
- On the Spot! (1967)
- Sunshine of My Soul (1967)
- Jaki Byard with Strings! (1968)
- The Jaki Byard Experience (1968)
- Live at the Jazz'Inn (1971)
- Duet! (1972)
- Family Man (1978)
- Improvisations (1981)
- The Magic of 2 (1982 [2013])
- Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1984)
- Phantasies (1984)
- Phantasies II (1988)
- Foolin' Myself (1988)
- The Changes of Life (1996)
- This Happening (1997)
- Night Leaves (1997)
- July in Paris (1998)
piano
- Blues for Smoke (1960 [1988])
- Solo Piano (1969)
- Parisian Solos (1971)
- The Entertainer (1972)
- There'll Be Some Changes Made (1972)
- Flight of the Fly (1976)
- Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner (1978 [2007])
- A Matter of Black and White (1978–79 [2011])
- The Late Show: An Evening with Jaki Byard (1979 [2014])
- To Them – To Us (1982)
- Jaki Byard at Maybeck (1991)
Charles
Mingus
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- The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
- Town Hall Concert (1964)
- The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964)
- Mingus at Monterey (1964)
- Astral Weeks (1964)
- Cornell 1964 (1964)
- Revenge! (1964)
- Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (1970)
- Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970)
others
- Live in '65 (Art Blakey DVD, 1965)
- Body and Soul (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, 1973)
- Double Exposure (Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson), 196061)
- Far Cry (Eric Dolphy, 1961)
- Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1961)
- How Time Passes (Don Ellis, 1960)
- New Ideas (Don Ellis, 1961)
- The Freedom Book (Booker Ervin, 1963)
- The Space Book (Booker Ervin, 1964)
- Groovin' High (Booker Ervin, 1963–64)
- The Trance (Booker Ervin, 1965)
- Setting the Pace (Dexter Gordon & Booker Ervin, 1965)
- Heavy!!! (Booker Ervin, 1966)
- Newport Suite (Maynard Ferguson, 1960)
- Let's Face the Music and Dance (Maynard Ferguson, 1960)
- Maynard '61 (Maynard Ferguson, 1960–61)
- Two's Company (Maynard Ferguson and Chris Connor, 1960–61)
- "Straightaway" Jazz Themes (Maynard Ferguson, 1961)
- Maynard '64 (Maynard Ferguson, 1961)
- Manhattan Plaza (Ricky Ford, 1978)
- Manhattan Blues (Ricky Ford, 1989)
- Ebony Rhapsody (Ricky Ford, 1990)
- American-African Blues (Ricky Ford, 1991)
- Honi Gordon Sings (Honi Gordon, 1962)
- Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971)
- Five on Eight (Rufus "Speedy" Jones, 1964)
- Dr. Chicago (Clifford Jordan, 1984)
- Rip, Rig and Panic (Roland Kirk, 1965)
- Here Comes the Whistleman (Roland Kirk, 1966)
- Grits & Gravy (Eric Kloss, 1966)
- Sky Shadows (Eric Kloss, 1968)
- In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969)
- Involution (Michael Marcus, 1998)
- Charlie Mariano with His Jazz Group (Charlie Mariano, 1950)
- Modern Saxophone Stylings of Charlie Mariano (Charlie Mariano, 1951)
- Year of the Iron Sheep (Ken McIntyre, 1962)
- Home (Ken McIntyre, 1975)
- Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
- Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2, 1988)
- Body and Soul (Ray Nance, 1969)
- Life Is a Many Splendored Gig (Herb Pomeroy, 1957)
- "In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Dannie Richmond, 1965)
- Fuchsia Swing Song (Sam Rivers, 1964)
- Rhythm Is Our Business (Jordan Sandke, 1985)
- Lady Bird (Archie Shepp, 1978)
- Amarcord Nino Rota (Hal Willner, 1981)
- Musique du Bois (Phil Woods, 1974)