Play the Music of Bill Frisell Vol. 1 & 2
CD1
- Before We Were Born 1:10
- Probability Cloud 12:03
- Unsung Heroes 8:54
- Hangdog 4:50
- Rob Roy 7:14
- Twenty Years 7:10
- Verona 2:54
CD 2
- Some Song and Dance - Freddy’s Step
- Some Song and Dance - Love Motel
- Some Song and Dance - Pip
- Squeak
- Goodbye
- Throughout
- Unscientific Americans
- Egg Radio
Mirco Rubegni trumpet, flugelhorn, french horn
Fulvio Sigurtà trumpet, flugelhorn
Filippo Vignato trombone
Federico Pierantoni trombone (CD1 Tracks 1-7, CD2-2, CD2-3, CD2-5,CD2-6)
Lorenzo Manfredini (CD2-1, CD2-4,CD2-7)
Cristiano Arcelli alto sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet
Piero Bittolo Bon alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
Francesco Bigoni tenor sax, clarinet, live electronics on brass
Rossano Emili baritone sax, bass clarinet (CD1 Tracks 1-7, CD2-2, CD2-3, CD2-5,CD2-6)
Beppe Scardino baritone sax, bass clarinet (CD2-1, CD2-4,CD2-7)
Alfonso Santimone piano, live electronics on clarinets
Danilo Gallo double bass
Zeno De Rossi drums
All compositions by Bill Frisell (Friz-Tone Music BMI)
Arranged and conducted by Alfonso Santimone
Produced by Unscientific Italians and Hora Records
Recorded October 22-23, 2019 ((CD1 Tracks 1-7, CD2-2, CD2-3, CD2-5,CD2-6)
) and May 24, 2021 (CD2-1, CD2-4,CD2-7) at
Teatro Asioli, Correggio (RE), Italy
Recording Engineer: Diego Bergamini
Mixed by Alfonso Santimone @ blackHole unLTD
Mastered by Giovanni Versari at La Maestà, Tredozio (FC), Italy
Cover Drawings by Bill Frisell
Artwork and design by Francesco Chiacchio
Special thanks to Bill Frisell.
Piero Bittolo Bon plays Rampone & Cazzani saxophones and SYOS mouthpieces.
Francesco Bigoni plays SYOS mouthpieces.
Alfonso Santimone uses OLLO Audio headphones model S4R for recording and model S4X for mixing (olloaudio.com)
HORA Records is pleased to annouce the release of Unscientific Italians Play The Music of Bill Frisell – Volume 1 & 2 in a LTD edition Double CD BOX on November 25th 2022. This new chapter follows the acclaimed Volume 1, which was released in 2021 and received praise world-wide both from music critics and the community of Frisell Fans, leading the band to be awarded as ‘Band of the Year 2021’ by Italian jazz critics pool ‘Top Jazz’.
The ensemble Unscientific Italians, led by pianist, arranger and composer Alfonso Santimone, features some of the most gifted performers and bandleaders on the Italian scene: Fulvio Sigurtà and Mirco Rubegni on trumpet and flughelhorn, Filippo Vignato, Federico Pierantoni and Lorenzo Manfredini on trombone, Cristiano Arcelli, Piero Bittolo Bon, Francesco Bigoni, Rossano Emilli and Beppe Scardino on reeds, Danilo Gallo on bass and Zeno De Rossi on drums.
Bill Frisell is undoubtedly one of the most influential masters in today’s jazz landscape. However, his compositions remain unexplored, perhaps because of a lack of critical distance, perhaps because their apparent simplicity hides impenetrable folds to those who lack the right perspective.
Musically speaking, Unscientific Italians is not a tribute or an orchestral rendition of Frisell’s music, but rather an idiosyncratic rewriting and orchestration that borrows his compositional and instrumental language.
The first four tunes are a reinterpretation of the entire ‘Some Song and Dance’ suite from 1989 Frisell masterpiece album ‘Before We Were Born’
The album continues with Frisell classic ‘Throughout’ (known as well with the title ‘Steady Girl’ - with lyrics by Arto Lindsay), goes on with the song responsible for the band’s name ‘Unscientific Americans’ and ends with ‘Egg Radio'.
Release date: November 25th, 2022
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