HORO 35 - PIERO UMILIANI & HIS ORCHESTRA - HLL 101-35

Here come the '70s and in full pop and rock age, Umiliani enters in his Sound Work Shop studio to record "Jazz A Confronto No. 35" on HORO label.

The album is a vibrant ode to Duke Ellington, played with friends Cicci Santucci, Nino Culasso, Marcello Boschi, Gianni Basso and other famous names in italian jazz.

Finally Umiliani, thirty years after finding that record forbidden called "Hot Duke" in a little shop in Florence, he feels ready to dedicate a tribute to his idol, his inspiration.

Those tracks will be reprinted in the 2000 CD "Ode to Duke Ellington" (Easy Tempo ET 935) with the addition of special versions of Ellington songs recorded by Umiliani in it's activities.

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Credits:

Label: HORO

Catalog# HLL 101-35

Format: LP

Country: Italy

Released: 1974, March-April

At “Sound Work-Shop Studio”

Produced by Aldo Sinesio

Nino Culasso, Cicci Santucci,

Romano Parrini, Michele Lacerenza (trumpets),

Giancarlo Becattini, Ernesto Pumpo,

Paolo Boccabella, Baldo Rossi (trombones),

Marcello Boschi, Baldo Maestri (alto saxophones),

Gianni Basso, Sal Genovese (tenor saxophones),

Giuseppe Taurino (baritone saxophone),

Carlo Zoffoli (vibes),

Bruno Carnini (hammond organ),

Roberto Pregadio (piano),

Pino Rucher (guitar),

Maurizio Maiorana (electric bass),

Roberto Zappulla, Vincenzo Restuccia (percussion),

Piero Umiliani (moog, arranger and conductor)

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Al Corvin replaces Nino Culasso in

“Don’t Get Around Much Anymore”

and “It Don’t Mean A Thing...”

 

Tracklisting:

HORO 35 _ Side A

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A1) Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington - Gordon - Mills)

Soloist: Gianni Basso (ts)

A2) Caravan (Ellington - Tizol - Mills)

Soloists: Nino Culasso (tp), Gianni Basso (ts), Cicci Santucci (tp)

A3) Jeep’s Blues (Ellington - Hodges)

Soloists: Cicci Santucci (tp),
Sal Genovese (b. fh), Marcello Boschi (as)

A4) Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Ellington)

Soloist: Piero Umiliani (sinth)

A5) The Mood to be Wooed (Ellington)

Soloist: Marcello Boschi (as)

HORO 35 _ Side B

B1) Mood Indigo (Ellington - Bigard - Mills)

Soloists: Piero Umiliani (sinth),
Marcello Boschi (fl), Cicci Santucci (tp)

B2) Take The «A» Train (Strayhorn)

Soloists: Cicci Santucci (tp), Marcello Boschi (fl), Gianni Basso (ts)

B3) Sophisticated Lady (Ellington - Mills - Parish)

Soloist: Piero Umiliani (sinth)

B4) Blues of The Vagabond (Ellington)

Soloists: Nino Culasso (tp), Cicci Santucci (tp)

B5) It Don’t Mean A Thing (Ellington)

Soloists: Gianni Basso (ts), Marcello Boschi (fl),
Piero Umiliani (sinth), Al Corvin (tp)

B6) Solitude (Ellington - Mills - De Lange)

Soloists: Piero Umiliani (sinth), Bruno Carnini (h. org)

JAZZ A CONFRONTO 20 - KENNY CLARKE - HLL 101-20

Kenny Clarke (born Kenneth Clarke Spearman, later aka, Liaqat Ali Salaam, on January 9, 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-died January 26, 1985 in Paris, France) was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming. As the house drummer at Minton's Playhouse in the early 1940's, he participated in the after hours jams that led to the birth of Be-Bop, which in turn lead to modern jazz. He is credited with creating the modern role of the ride cymbal as the primary timekeeper.

Before, drummers kept time on the high-hat and snare drum (”digging coal”, Clarke called it) with heavy support from the bass drum. With Clarke time was played on the cymbal and the bass and snare were used more for punctuation. This led to a much more relaxed style of drumming. From this point more and more rhythms and poly-rhythms are made possible. For this, “every drummer” Ed Thigpen said, “owes him a debt of gratitude.” Clarke was nicknamed “Klook” or “Klook-mop” for the style he innovated.

Clarke was a founder member of the Modern Jazz Quartet (as the Milt Jackson Quartet) in 1951 and also participated in many recording sessions as house drummer for Savoy Records. Connie Kay took his place in the MJQ in 1955 and from 1956 Clarke was resident in France where he regularly worked with visiting American musicians in Paris, in particular forming a working trio, known as “The Bosses”, with Bud Powell and Pierre Michelot.

Later in 1961, with Belgian pianist Francy Boland he formed a regular big band featuring leading European and ex-patriate American musicians, including among many others, Johnny Griffin and Ronnie Scott on tenor saxes. The big band, which had been the idea of Italian producer Gigi Campi, lasted for eleven years.

source AAJ

Credits:

Label: HORO
Catalog#: HLL 101-20
Format: LP
Country: Italy

Recorded at "Titania Studios", Rome 1975, March 3

Cicci Santucci (tp), Enzo Scoppa (tenor sax),
Enrico Pieranunzi (piano), Roberto Della Grotta (bass),
Kenny Clarke (drums)

Tracklisting:

Side A

A1) Close The Door - 4'19"
A2) I Am Louis Armstrong - 3'36"
A3) Big Bang - 5'35"
A4) Jay Jay - 5'26"

Side B

B1) Waiting - 6'34"
B2) New April - 3'48"
B3) Nudibranco - 3'54"
B4) Via Sistina - 3'39"