Various Artists

This compilation comes as a perfect introduction to vintage Italian Jazz. A fine selection of some of the best Italian mainstream jazz masters of the sixties and seventies such as the young trumpet genius of Enrico Rava, or maverick film music composer Piero Umiliani, whose jazz influence is well known worldwide. Throughout this record you will bump into both famous and obscure swing / bop stylists of the likes of bass player, Giorgio Azzolini, trombonist Dino Piana, tenor saxophonist Gianni Basso, and drummer Gil Cuppini, a bunch of true pioneers who made the sound of Italian Jazz.

PERSONNEL:

• ENRICO RAVA QUARTET
• Enrico Rava - trumpet
• Maurizio Lama - piano
• Filippo Faguttin - bass
• Franco Mondini - drums

• MAURIZIO LAMA TRIO
• Maurizio Lama - piano
• Filippo Faguttin - bass
• Franco Mondini - drums

• SERGIO FANNI & HIS ALL STARS
• Sergio Fanni - trumpet
• Eraldo Volonté - tenor sax
• Ettore Rihello - piano
• Giorgio Buratti - bass
• Gil Cuppini - drums

• AZZOLINI, DONADIO, MONDINI, PIANA:
• Giorgi Azzolini - bass
• Attilio Donadio - alto, baritone sax
• Dino Piana - valve trombone
• Franco Mondini - drums
• PICCOLA SUITE AMERICANA
• Teobaldo Maestri - clarinet
• Paolo Boschi - alto sax
• Ivan Vandor - tenor sax
• Marcello Cianfanelli - tenor sax
• Gino Marinacci - baritone sax

• MODEN JAZZ GANG
• Sandro Brugnolini - alto sax, clarinet
• Enzo Scoppa - tenor sax, flute
• Cicci Santucci - trumpet
• Alberto Collatina - valve trombone
• Carlo Metallo - Baritone sax
• Puccio Sboto - piano
• Sergio Biseo - bass
• Roberto Podi - drums

• DINO PIANA QUARTET
• Dino Piana - valve trombone
• Gianni Basso - tenor sax
• Enrico Deviá - piano
• Nando Amedeo - bass
• Franco Tonani - drums

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Enrico Rava Quartet- Line For Lyons
• A2. Maurizio Lama Trio - Tema For Franco
• A3. Sergio Fanni and His All Stars - Duo
• A4. Sergio Fanni and His All Stars - Circeo
• A5. Azzolini, Donadio, Mondini, Piana - Bag's Groove

• SIDE B
• PIERO UMILIANI-PICCOLA SUITE AMERCANA
• B1. Charleston
• B2. Blues Passacaglia
• B3. Slow
• B4. Boogie Woogie - Invinzione A Quattro Voci
• B5. Modern Jazz Gang - The Drum Is A Tramp
• B6. Modern Jazz Gang - Blue Mirria
• B7. Dino Piana Quartet - Tempo Di Febbaio