Amarcord Nino Rota is an album by various artists, recorded as a tribute to composer Nino Rota.

Amarcord Nino Rota
Studio album by
(Various)
Recorded1981
LabelHannibal
ProducerHal Willner
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Background and recording

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The album is a tribute to composer Nino Rota and contains adaptations of his compositions for Federico Fellini films.[1] It was the first of producer Hal Willner's tribute albums, and featured then-little-known musicians such as Wynton Marsalis and Bill Frisell.[2] It was recorded in 1981.[3]

Reception

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Writing in The Boston Phoenix, critic Bob Blumenthal said that "Even listeners unfamiliar with Fellini's movies should sense how these melodies, with their playful mix of sentiment and irreverence, lend themselves to jazz improvisors. ... Like a good casting director, [producer Hal Willner] has chosen arrangers eclectically, yet with an unerring sense of character type; and like a skilled film editor, he has paced the album meticulously, with terse foreshadowings and framing devices that keep the solo and duet performances in dramatic balance with the larger ensemble efforts."[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Amarcord"
  2. "Interlude from Juliet of the Spirits"
  3. "8 1/2"
  4. "Theme from La Dolce Vita and Juliet of the Spirits"
  5. "Juliet of the Spirits"
  6. "La Dolce Vita Suite (Introduction/Notturno/Interlude/Valzer [Parlami Di Me])"
  7. "Satyricon"
  8. "Roma"
  9. "Medley: The White Sheik/I Vitelloni/Il Bidone/The Nights of Cabiria"
  10. "La Strada"

Personnel

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Tracks 1 and 10

Tracks 2 and 4

Track 3

Track 5

Track 6: part a & c

Track 6: part b

Track 6: part d

Track 7

Track 8

Track 9

References

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  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott "Various Artists – Amarcord Nino Rota". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  2. ^ "Amarcord Nino Rota" Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine. Barbican. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  3. ^ "London Jazz Festival: Amarcord Nino Rota" (August 19, 2013). TimeOut.
  4. ^ Blumenthal, Bob (January 5, 1982). "Rota of the spirits". The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved July 1, 2024.