Skies of Europe

Italian Instabile Orchestra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ecm Records
• ASIN: B0000031YZ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,069 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Maestro Muratore: Il Maestro Muratore

2. Il Maestro Muratore: Squilli Di Morte

3. Il Maestro Muratore: Corbù

4. Il Maestro Muratore: Merù lo Snob

5. Il Maestro Muratore: l'Arte Mistica del Vasaio

6. Il Maestro Muratore: Il Maestro Muratore (Ripresa)

7. Skies of Europe: Du du Duchamp

8. Skies of Europe: Quand Duchamp Joue du Marteau

9. Skies of Europe: Il Suono Giallo

10. Skies of Europe: Marlene E Gli Ospiti Misteriosi

11. Skies of Europe: Satie Satin

12. Skies of Europe: Masse d'Urto

13. Skies of Europe: Fellini Song

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Joyous melodic folk jazz chaos., October 16, 2001

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greg taylor (Portland, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skies of Europe (Audio CD)

What a gift these guys are. Sixteen wonderful Italian musicians come together to play two wonderful compositions by Girgio Gaslini (piano and the occassional anvil) and Bruno Tommaso (double bass). Many of these players are leaders of their own groups and wonderful composers in their own right. Particularly worthy of mention are Gianluigi Trovesi (reeds (and see his own albums particularly Around Small Fairy Tales)), Carlo Actis Dato (baritone sax), Mario Schiano (alto sax), Guido Mazzon and Pino Minafra (trumpets) and Renato Geremia on violin. But everyone who solos is wonderful and the ensemble passages are altenately funny, rambunctious, and sometimes quite beautiful. It is worth pointing out that each of the two pieces is divided into sections that quite stand alone, are melodically and instrumentally quite different and yet thematically linked. One of the things that I always like about the Italians is how they weave their regional folk, traditional, renaissance and classical melodies into their jazz compositions and improvs. It seems to serve them in much the same way that the blues tradition and vocabulary serves American jazz artists. Listening to this album is a wonderfully different experience for American mainstream and progressive jazz listeners. Give your ears and your secret Italian soul (and we all have one) a treat-buy this.