Piero Umiliani - A tempo di jazz '2023

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Sonor Music Editions proudly presents "A TEMPO DI JAZZ" by Maestro Piero
Umiliani. This lost gem captures the formative years of Modern Jazz in late
1950s Italy - alongside the legendary Basso-Valdambrini recordings in the early
1960s, as well as the early years of Piero Umiliani's long and prolific career
as a composer with over 190 soundtracks, 40 library albums, and 35 TV title
themes recorded.

A TEMPO DI JAZZ includes seven original compositions by Piero Umiliani recorded
in 1959. Here, at the age of 33, he lays a perfect ground with himself as a
pianist, accompanied by some of the best Italian soloists at the time: Marcello
Boschi on alto saxophone and flute, Ivan Vandor on tenor saxophone, Peppe Carta
on bass, and the American trombonist Bill Gilmore. With plenty of room for
improvisation, the sextet fuses Big Band moods with West Coast experimentation
of Latin American rhythms and Modern Jazz ballads that sit perfectly between his
soundtracks for the films "I Soliti Ignoti" (Big Deal on Madonna Street) from
the same year that attained him international recognition, and his masterpiece
"Smog" (featuring Chet Baker and Helen Merrill) from 1962.

Five compositions are outtakes from Piero Umiliani's mega-rarity "Tempo Jazz",
released on RCA Custom in 1960, while 'Tema In Blues' has been published on the
two - impossible to obtain - 45 releases "Moderato Swing" (RCA Camden 45CP 112)
and "Tema In Blues" (RCA Custom 45 R3) from 1960 as well as the previously
unreleased track 'Mezza Cottura.'

The music has been transferred and remastered from the original master tapes and
lacquer cut in MONO, preserving the original sound of the recordings.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Piero Umiliani - Marmellata di suoni (2:04)
1.02 - Piero Umiliani - Tempo jazz (4:30)
1.03 - Piero Umiliani - Battesimo dell'aria (5:22)
1.04 - Piero Umiliani - Tipi misteriosi (3:31)
1.05 - Piero Umiliani - Verso l'alba (10:03)
1.06 - Piero Umiliani - Tema in blues (4:28)
1.07 - Piero Umiliani - Mezza cottura (2:08)
1.08 - Piero Umiliani - Improvvisazione (1:42)
1.09 - Piero Umiliani - Mezza cottura (Take 2) (3:25)
1.10 - Piero Umiliani - Mezza cottura (Take 3) (4:48)

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