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italian records for beginners

the_dLthe_dL 1,531 Posts
edited September 2010 in Strut Central
I have a good friend heading to his home land for the first time at the end of this week and he was asking me about italian records, I confessed that I knew very little about italian records and that I would ask around to see if I could find any info. The guy has mainly great taste in music, so if any one has any essential italian records that he should look out for can you plese to poast!
thanks

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  • neil_somethingneil_something 993 Posts
    i suspect you might be looking for funk and soul, but your mention of italian music reminded me of this nice italo disco thing i was listening to last month...

  • neil_somethingneil_something 993 Posts
    and here's a great pop tune....

  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    so many great soundtracks, but they were all pressed in limited quantities so anything remotely interesting looking, buy on sight.
  • the_dLthe_dL 1,531 Posts
    neil_something said:
    i suspect you might be looking for funk and soul,


    yes, but definitely not ltd to that at all, in fact the more rock, jazz, soundtrack, disco etc the better
    thanks
  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    generally i've found digging in italy to be one of the hardest in european terms, so hard to find vinyl record shops. the only time i found a decent place the best stuff in there was all from other countries. i hear the best trick is to find a fleamarket
  • djwaxondjwaxon 411 Posts
    this is probably a pretty obvious one, but i've been really into this tune for a while now:

  • disco_chedisco_che 1,115 Posts






  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,126 Posts
    Other than the base of crime, horror thriller and goofy comedy movies with good soundtracks by Ennio Morricone, Bruno Nicolai, Franco Micalizzi, Goblin and all those Italian mod-pop sex kitten vanity singles, Italy was one of those European countries that seemed to embrace the black power movement via jazz. Anything on the Horo label is worth a listen.
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  • neil_somethingneil_something 993 Posts
    Electrode said:
    Anything on the Horo label is worth a listen.

    Definitely.

    Also reminds me of one of my favourite jazz tunes, which was recorded in Italy...



    Really love "Giovanni D'Oggi" from that album, too.
  • djsheepdjsheep 3,620 Posts
    there's a great little store near the vatican, amazing amounts of jazz and soundtracks at semi-reasonable prices for Europe...
  • WoimsahWoimsah 1,734 Posts
  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    djsheep said:
    there's a great little store near the vatican, amazing amounts of jazz and soundtracks at semi-reasonable prices for Europe...

    aha! cheers sheep.
  • djwaxondjwaxon 411 Posts
    Woimsah said:

    HOT
  • tabiratabira 856 Posts
    Italian pianist and label, recorded in France. Slept-on track from well known LP

  • neil_somethingneil_something 993 Posts
    tabira said:
    Italian pianist and label, recorded in France. Slept-on track from well known LP

    Great tune that. Most people usually just play "Bossa With Regards".

    I also rate his "Un Auntunno A Parigi" and "At the Living Room" albums.
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  • tabiratabira 856 Posts
    neil_something said:
    tabira said:
    Italian pianist and label, recorded in France. Slept-on track from well known LP

    Great tune that. Most people usually just play "Bossa With Regards".

    Very true - never understood why this one gets ignored. Maybe the long bass build up - what a line though! By the way is Konitz using a varitone in the above track? Sounds like it but I'd be surprised coming from him (still Stitt used one too briefly)
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