Gil Cuppini - A New Day - Jazz Suite for Big Band

Credits:

Label: Red Record
Catalog# VPA 154
Format: LP
Country: Italy
Date of release: March 1980

Tracklisting:

Side A

1) A New Day - Jazz Suite for Big Band - 19:30

Fermo Lini, Emilio Soana, Franco Corvini, Oscar Valdambrini (tp),
Nicola Castriotta, Rudy Migliardi, Cesare Gagliardi, Beppe Bergamasco (trne),
Glauco Masetti, Gianni Basso, Cesare Bergonzi (sax),
Ettore Righello (p),
Giorgio Azzolini (bass),
Gil Cuppini (drums),
Carlo Sola (bongos)

recorded at Milan, Teatro Lirico, 1969, October 27

Side B

B1) Flakes - 3:15

Emilio Soana, Franco Corvini, Bruno Moretti, Sergio Fanni (tp),
Nicola Castriotta, Rudy Migliardi, Palmiro Mautino, Beppe Bergamasco (trne),
Glauco Masetti, Nando Nebuloni, Leandro Prete, Eraldo Volonté, Sergio Rigon (sax),
Carlo Milano (bass),
Gil Cuppini (drums)

recorded at Milan, Jazz Festival of Cinisello Balsamo, 1974, March 13

B2) Ol' Man River - 4:10
B3) Caceres - 4:25
B4) Laura - 4:14
B5) 3th Dimension - 2:45

Emilio Soana, Franco Corvini, Bruno Moretti, Sergio Fanni (tp),
Nicola Castriotta, Rudy Migliardi, Claudio Barbieri, Beppe Bergamasco (trne),
Glauco Masetti, Gianni Basso, Leandro Prete, Sergio Rigon, Stelio Licudi (sax),
Ettore Righello (p),
Mario Bosi (vib),
Alberto Pizzigoni (g),
Piero Gosio (sistro),
Carlo Milano (bass),
Gil Cuppini (drums)

recorded at Locarno, Tarantella Jazz Club, 1977, September 23

Giorgio Azzolini - Big Band - 1971

Big Band, big band ...

Today they appear like a "old fashioned", but these were a great school.

Then when the soloists called Giorgio Azzolini, Eraldo Volontè, Gianni Basso, Glauco Masetti, Giancarlo Barigozzi, Oscar Valdambrini o Franco D'Andrea... well, the past take another meaning.

first print cover

Credits:

Giorgio Azzolini

Big Band

Label: DIRE

Catalog# FO 339

Format: LP

Country: Italy

Recorded in Milan, 1971

Glauco Masetti (alto, soprano sax),
Giancarlo Barigozzi (alto, soprano, bar. sax, fl),

Gianni Bedori (fl), Gianni Basso (tenor sax),
Eraldo Volonté (tenor sax), Sergio Rigon (bar. sax, fl),
Emilio Soana (tp), Oscar Valdambrini (tp),

Giuliano Bernicchi (tp), Nicola Castriotta (trne),
Giancarlo Romani (trne), Franco D'Andrea (p),
Giorgio Azzolini (bass), Pierre Favre (drums),

Bruno De Filippi (sitar on #A2)

Tracklisting:

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Side A

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A1) Blues Deflection 4:28

A2) Bangkok 5:31

A3) In Good Faith 4:30

Side B

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B1) Galaxi 3:23

B2) Rangte 3:19

B3) Free Man 7:24

Giorgio Gaslini Big Band Live - GRIDO - 1968

In May 1968, Giorgio Gaslini puts up a big band unique in Italy, and perhaps also in Europe, with great soloists as Dino Piana, Sergio Fanni, Glauco Masetti, Eraldo Volonté and Gianni Bedori, who will interpret his idea of total music, playing songs "that move between contemporary music and the African-American music, incorporating elements that come from the gospel, as the free jazz".

This balanced mix of improvisation and musical notation, the audacity of instrumental voices, the collective / libertarian aspect of the Orchestra, the epic form and, at the same time, the modern themes, and the urgency of the social message, leave a indelible mark on jazz of tomorrow.

The most immediate example is the Italian Instabile Orchestra, founded by Pino Minafra in '90, probably the most ambitious and successful collaborative project that has ever happened in Italy, where Gaslini collaborated from '92 to 1996.

Credits:

GRIDO*

Label: CICALA
Catalog# BL 7131 J
Format: LP
Country: Italy

Recorded at Teatro Lirico in Milan, May 28, 1968

Giorgio Gaslini (piano), Sergio Fanni, Emilio Soana (trumpet),
Dino Piana, Giancarlo Romani (valve trombone),
Eraldo Volontè (tenor sax), Glauco Masetti (soprano sax, alto),
Sergio Rigon (baritone sax), Gianni Bedori (alto sax, tenor sax),
Manlio Palumbo (french horn), Alessandro Ferrero (horn),
Bruno Crovetto, Carlo Milano (bass),
Gianni Cazzola (drums).

Special guest on track #B2, Steve Lacy (soprano sax)


*first print on DURIUM A 77199


Tracklisting:

Side A

A1) Invention - 5'50"
A2) Il Fiume Furore - 8'42"
A3) All'Origine - 6'00"

Side B

B1) Canto Per I Martiri Negri - 9'45"
B2) Grido - 11'30"

 

Bill Coleman in Milan with Lino Patruno & his friends - 1972

Bill Coleman 1904-1981

Credits:

Label: DURIUM
Catalog# ms. A 77313
Format: LP
Country: Italy

Recorded in Milan, 1° and 2 December 1972.

Bill Coleman (tp, flgh, voc), Lino Patruno (g, bass on #A1, A3, B4), Gianni Acocella (trne),
Bruno Longhi (cl), Sergio Rigon (ten sax, fl), Paolo Tomelleri (ten sax on #B2, B4),
Mario Rusca (p), Giancarlo Cinti (bass), Giorgio Vanni (drums).


Tracklisting:

Side A

A1) Basin Street Blues
A2) Honeysuckle Rose
A3) I Want A Little Girl

Side B

B1) Pennies From Heaven
B2) I've Found A New Baby
B3) Out Of Nowhere
B4) Perdido

Lino Patruno ricorda Bill Coleman

Gil Cuppini Big Band - Sof' Stroke - 1968

Gilberto "Gil" Cuppini is not a jazzman that needs to be presented.

Then just scroll through the names of friends, and great musicians, who came forward to his call, to realize the respect and credibility to the Italian jazz recognizes at this man.

This LP is a recording of a memorable concert took place in late summer of 1968 at Universal Club of Marina di Carrara, entirely dedicated to the memory of Giancarlo Testoni, well-known music critic, founder of the "Musica Jazz" magazine.

Credits:

Label: MEAZZI
Catalog#: MLPS 04048
Format: LP
Country: Italy

Recorded at "Universal Club",Marina di Carrara (Tuscany), on Summer 1968

Fermo Lini, Alberto Corvini, Emilio Soana, Oscar Valdambrini (trumpets), Dusko Goykovich (flgh), Mario Pezzotta, Dino Piana, Nicola Castriotta (trnes), Cesare Gagliardi (bass trne), Glauco Masetti, Sergio Valenti (alto sax), Gianni Basso, Eraldo Volontè (ten sax), Sergio Rigon (bar sax, fl), Ettore Righello (p), Giorgio Azzolini (bass), Gil Cuppini (drums)


Tracklisting:

Side A

Opening "the stretch" - 0'39"
A1) Flip Top - 3'00"
A2) Sof' Stroke - 4'39"
A3) A Crystal Dream - 3'20"
A4) 'Tronicdrum - 10'18"




Side B

B1) Well Said ! - 5'12"
B2) Making Love - 4'10"
B3) Sweet Lips - 3'04"
B4) When the Angels Listen to Mario - 3'22"
B5) Hot D.O.G. - 4'00"
Ending "Lady of the lavender mist" - 2'03"