Amarcord Nino Rota

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Recorded1981
Label Hannibal
Producer Hal Willner
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Amarcord Nino Rota is an album by various artists, recorded as a tribute to composer Nino Rota.

Contents

Background and recording

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]

Track listing

  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

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

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References

  1. 1 2 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.