This hugely enjoyable and highly inventive album is dedicated to the late Umberto Eco, a lifelong friend of accordionist Gianni Coscia and an ardent champion of this particular duo. Eco’s The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loanna, a meditation on the nature of memory, inspires Trovesi and Coscia on their own nostalgic and exploratory journey, referencing music mentioned in the novel and free-associating upon its philosophical themes. As ever, the Italians cast a wide net, playing songs associated with Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller and George Formby, paraphrasing Janácek, dipping into movie music, and improvising most creatively while keeping their dedicatee in view.

PERSONNEL:

• GIANLUIGI TROVESI, piccolo clariner, alto clarinet
• GIANNI COSCIA, accordion

TRACKS:

• 01. Interludio
• 02. Nebjana I
• 03. Basin Street Blues
• 04. Nebjana II
• 05. As Time Goes By
• 06. Pippo non lo sa
• 07. Fischia il vento
• 08. Moonlight Serenade
• 09. In cerca di te
• 10. Bel Ami
• 11. Eco
• 12. EIAR: I. Ma l'amore no / II. Silenzioso Slow / III. Tu musica divina IV. Bambina innamorata V.Mille lire al mese
• 13. Gragnola
• 14. Nebjana III
• 15. Inno dei sommergibili
• 16. Umberto
• 17. Volando
• 18. La piccinina
• 19. Moonlight Serenade (var.)