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Americano Bliss & Delight
Something Special

SOMETHING SPECIAL

Americano Bliss & Delight


 

  1. A tisket a tasket (Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald, 1938)

  2. Boum (Charles Trenet, 1938)

  3. Se todos fossem iguais a você (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius De Moraes, 1956)

  4. Sem fantasia (Chico Buarque De Hollanda, 1968)

  5. Senza fine (Gino Paoli, based on an arrangement by Franco Cerri, 1961)

  6. Volevo salutarti (Franco Cerri, Franco Califano, 1968)

  7. All of you (Cole Porter, 1954)

  8. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps (Osvaldo Farres, Joe Davis, 1947)

  9. Theme from New York, New York (John Kander, Fred Ebb, 1977)

  10. The Mooche (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, 1928)

  11. Careful (Jim Hall, 1971)

  12. If I could (Pat metheny, 1984)

  13. Tricotism (Oscar Pettiford, 1954)

  14. Joy Spring (Clifford Brown, 1954)

  15. I remember Clifford (Benny Golson, 1956)

  16. Skating in Central Park (John Lewis, 1959)

 

 

This is our maiden voyage of a somewhat heterogeneous and somehow passionate band as we are. Our minimal quartet jazz band is involved in a continuous strive to capture and widespread the inner soul and the joy of the best of the musical artistry, spanning a marvellous but troubled 20th century and a set of unparalleled authors.

The dream of the Americano band develops into a keen research of a rendering of the essence of the power of the greatest orchestras and performers on earth ever. SOMETHING SPECIAL is our first selection in this sense. We humbly, gratefully, and respectfully homage those great authors to propose their traditional arrangements along with some new colours we could add to make the tunes even more ours and close to our musical sensitivity. SOMETHING SPECIAL is a tribute to the song and the melody. In our vision, the song touches more continents and nations to communicate the cosmopolitan and inclusive character of this art, which does not belong to a specific genre or nation but to the beauty of humankind.

We start our tribute with “A tisket a tasket”, where an explosive Ella Fitzgerald ruled the world in her Chick Webb’s orchestra period. At the same time, on the other side of the Atlantic, the great chansonnier Charles Trenet let the Europeans swing and smile with the lovely “Boum”, soon after Django Reinhardt made possible the landing of jazz in France. We then cross again the Ocean, pointing down south, to greet the most beautiful musical atmospheres in the world. “Se todos fossem iguais a você” and “Sem fantasia” are two profound songs that express some of the divine Brazilian beauty. We bless Vinicious, Tom and Chico, who in turn blessed so many times our Italy and its great musicians. In “Senza Fine”, we adhere to the acknowledgment to Gino Paoli that the great Franco Cerri gifted in 1961 with an astonishing arrangement of the song. We tried to honour and capture the immense soul of Franco with our slight reinterpretation of this masterpiece. “Volevo salutarti” is a fortunate outcome of the friendship between Franco Cerri and Franco Califano. A too marvellous song to be forgotten. With our heart already delighted, we head again to the US to greet the song writing of Cole Porter and “All of you”. Then we tried to resume the famous Doris Day’s interpretation of “Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps”. “Theme from New York, New York” is a hidden homage to the Frank Sinatra’s magic, who sang it as no one. As after the voice of Frank “Blue Eyes” only some good silence can follow, we go ahead with some beautiful instrumental pieces. It could not start differently but with Duke and his funny though elegant “The Mooche”. A big step forward in time, along the same elegance rank, just to bless the unrivalled Jim Hall and his extra-terrestrial sound with “Careful”, to which we dared giving a little but mostly reverent personal contribution. After that, we used the enchanting “If I could” by Pat Metheny to join him in his salutation to Wes Montgomery. The memory of Wes leads us again to his peers and to four unforgettable tunes of the Fifties. “Tricotism” is a legendary craftwork by Oscar Pettiford that prepares us to the joyful and disruptive “Joy spring” by the giant Clifford Brown. “I remember Clifford” is a touching ballad of Benny Golson to homage such an unforgettable musician. Before waking up from all of this, with our heart full of bliss, the sweet, evocative and dreamy “Skating in Central Park” by John Lewis is perfect to say thank you.

 

SOMEONE SPECIAL.

We would like to bless all the extraordinary people that continuously inspire, teach, and give support and friendship to the Americano band. First of all the great man and bartender Loris De Santis, whose incredible wit and mastery made us easy to come up with a band name.

We always thank and bless too little some of our numerous teachers, friends and guides with the following absolutely not exhaustive list: Andrea Conti, Fabio Zeppetella, Nunzio Barbieri, Stefano “Fefo” Catani, Bruno Tommaso, Gian Marco Gualandi, Caterina Colombaroni.

A special dear hug to Franco Cerri, our flagship soul, special man and friend.

A special acknowledgement to Danilo Santinelli, whose graphics artwork always materialize perfectly our feelings and ideas. The same holds for Francesco Sardella, whose sound palette knowledge and mastery can wonderfully render our music accomplished and make it happen.


 


 

Serena Api – vocals

Claudio Mangialardi – double bass

Massimiliano Pirani – guitar, vocals

David Uncini – trumpet, backing vocals


 

e-mail: americanojazzband@gmail.com

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℗ 2018, Recorded at Pink House Studio, Monsano, Italy

Graphics: danilosantinelli.it

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