900 1. Novecento CGD, 900
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"...a recording of hitherto unwitnessed instrumental
proportions which puts to use the talents of sixteen players. The attention
to detail in the orchestration is immediately noticeable. As well as the
artist's more recent somewhat brash piano style, it is dominated by an
ever-present but subtle brass section not to mention the (now customary)
virtuoso accordion of Massimo Pizzanti. The atmosphere is more cinematic
than ever, and the lyrics bare this out quite heavily in their subjects
or imagery. When the strings are present the sensations are those asociated
with a particular kind of 20's and 30's serious orchestrated jazz, though
of course as usual everything else is thrown in for good measure and there
are even some ghostly reminiscences of old New Orleans..." (The full
review will be made available in the equivalent section of the members'
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