Folk Magic Band

Folk Magic Band represents one of the most interesting and original, yet lesser-known experiences of the italian jazz scene of the 1970s. In the legendary alternative environment of the Folk Studio in Rome, an open 18-members lineup is inspired by the free jazz of its time, a music that encompasses the whole world and its polychromy of sound.

The echo seems to resonate the pan-ethnic motifs of Don Cherry and his Organic Music Society, but also the spiritual jazz of Pharoas Sanders and the orchestrations of the Sun Ra Arkestra. The textures chase a chinese melody, ignite with african scents and south american jungles, flow into fusion violin drifts a la Archie Shepp's Attic Blues or Mingus-like orchestral sections.

The fascination of this collective affair still strikes for its playful and ironic nature, still impressing for its strength and willingness to open and influence new directions.

PERSONNEL:

• Luciano De Bonis - (alto sax, vocals)
• Sandro Satta - (alto sax, vocals)
• Sandro Cesaroni - (baritone sax, woodwind)
• Alfredo Minotti - (congas, percussion)
• Mauro Dolci - (contrabass, vocals)
• Fabrizio Cecca - (contrabass)
• Giampaolo Ascolese - (drums, vocals)
• Nicola Stilo - (flute, percussion, vocals)
• Lillo Quaratino, Paolo Morelli - (percussion, vocals)
• Corrado Nofri - (piano, vocals)
• Giancarlo Maurino - (soprano, alto sax, vocals)
• Mario Fulci - (tenor sax)
• Gaetano Delfini - (trombone, percussion, vocals)
• Massimo Pastorello, Rudy Baroncini - (violin, vocals)
• Lisette Miller - (vocals, percussion)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Inno Per L’imperatore
• A2. Monkey

• SIDE B
• B1. Free Bop, New Bop
• B2. Alice, Alice Che Piange E Che Ride
• B3. Grass Leaf Rag