Stefano Di Battista - Morricone Stories - Import CD

Credits:

Stefano Di Battista

Description:

The master of film music, composer Ennio Morricone's masterpieces are reborn as universal jazz standards by veteran Italian saxophonist Stefano Di Patista. From well-known masterpieces to unknown masterpieces - including the world premiere of the previously unreleased "Flora" - a tribute to Morricone by the master of jazz is now complete! Stefano di Patista is a veteran Italian saxophonist. He is active mainly in Paris and has deep ties to the Italian jazz world. He has completed a tribute album to Ennio Morricone, a master of film music and composer who represents his native Italy. Ennio Morricone has composed soundtrack scores for numerous films. His music, which sadly passed away last year after 91 years of life, not only colors the scenes of movies, but also shines with equal appeal when performed in all kinds of compositions, forms, and arrangements, from orchestras to Bulgarian chorus groups, and even ocarina quintets. Among them, it is safe to say that his affinity with jazz is particularly exceptional.The emotional melodies and intelligent harmonies of Morricone's music are common to the musical style of jazz. And now, Morricone's music is given a new tone by a veteran jazz saxophonist named Stefano di Patista. In MORRICONE STORIES, Di Battista has composed music for more than 500 films, including some of Morricone's world-famous masterpieces, such as "Veruschka," "What Have You Done to (Cosa avete fatto a Solange?), as well as relatively "minor" films and songs. All of these songs have been transformed into wonderful jazz standards in his hands.For example, the theme from "Metti, una sera a cena" (The Dinner Table) is arranged with wit and swing, and the theme from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (The Gunman of the Sunset) features a passionate improvisational showdown between instruments. The theme from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" features a passionate improvisational duel between instruments. The "Deborah's Theme" from "Once Upon a Time in America" is full of emotion, and in "The Mission" the original oboe part is replaced by a soprano saxophone. The Mission" features an arrangement in which the original oboe part is replaced by a soprano saxophone. Of particular note is the inclusion of Morricone's previously unreleased song "Flora," which is being performed for the first time in the world. The album's arrangements and artistic direction are by Di Batista and Fred Nadin. Ennio Morricone has greatly influenced film music with his originality, textures, and melodies.With his fellow Italian artist Stefano di Patista's "Morricone Stories," the musical legacy of the great master takes on a new universality as a jazz standard - a jazz standard.

Tracklisting:

1.Cosa avete fatto a Solange (From "What have you done to Solange?")
2.Peur sur la ville (From "Fear over the City")
3.La cosa buffa
4.Veruschka
5.Deborah's Theme (From "Once Upon a Time in America")
6.Metti, una sera a cena
7.Apertura della caccia (From "1900")
8.Il grande silenzio (From "The Great Silence")
9.Flora
10.La donna della domenica (From "Sunday Woman")
11.Gabriel's Oboe (From "The Mission")
12.The Good, the Bad and the Ugly