The Floor were a Danish pop-psych band that released the album 1st Floor on Philips in 1967, followed by a standalone single in 1968. Members: Mogens Petersen, Joergen Krabbenhoeft, Torben Sardorf, Bjarne de la Motte, Steen Bergstroem (organ) Discography: 1st Floor (1967) “You Ain’t Going Nowhere” / “Open the Door Homer” (1968)
Ballet Mécanique was a Danish post-punk band from København that released a standalone single on small-press Better Day Records in 1980, followed by two albums on CBS in 1981/82, the second under the truncated name Ballet M. Frontman Martin Hall subsequently launched a solo career. Members: Martin Hall (vocals, grand piano, guitar), Michael Karshøj (drums), […]
Bifrost was a Danish folk-rock band that made three albums on CBS, including the 1977 two-record Til en sigøjner…, followed by three albums through 1984 on Mercury. Members: Tom Lundén (vocals, keyboard), Ida Klemann (vocals, 1975-83), Pia Cohn (vocals, 1983-), Annapurna (vocals, 1975-79), Finn Jensen (guitar, 1974-77), Michael Miller (guitar, 1977-82), John Teglgaard (guitar, 1979-86), […]
Anima was a Danish jazz-rock band named after a 1979 solo album by keyboardist Kenneth Knudse. They debuted with the 1980 Sonet release Kilgore, followed by the 1982–86 Metronome albums Songs and Shanghai Circus. Members: Kenneth Knudsen (keyboards), Mikkel Nordsø (guitar), Michael Friis (bass), Ole Theill (drums) Background Anima formed in 1979 in Copenhagen when […]
Pepe Maina is an Italian avant-garde composer who released two albums on Ascolto and Imbroglio between 1977 and 1979. Discography: Il canto dell’arpa e del Flauto (1977) Scerizza (1979)
Patty Pravo (born April 9, 1948) is an Italian singer and media personality who emerged from the Rome Piper Club scene with the 1966 single “Ragazzo triste” and scored an international breakthrough with “La bambola.” Pravo sustained chart prominence through the 1970s with recordings such as “Pazza idea” and “Pensiero stupendo,” while successive albums moved […]
Odissea was an Italian symphonic-rock band that released a 1973 self-titled album on Rifi. Members: Luigi “Jimmy” Ferrari (guitar), Ennio Cinguino (keyboards), Alfredo Garone (bass), Paolo Cerlati (drums, 1972-77), Roberto Zola (vocals, guitar, 1972-74), Elio Vergnaghi (vocals, 1976-?), Aldo Ambrosi (guitar, 1976-?) Background Odissea formed in 1972 in the Biella area of Piedmont when guitarist […]
Moby Dick were an Italian hard-rock band that recorded an album in 1973 that was ultimately released by archivists Akarma in 2001. Members: Sandro Coppola (vocals, guitar), Toni di Mauro (guitar, vocals), Enzo Petrone (bass), Adriano Assanti (drums), Marco Cecioni (vocals), Toni Esposito (percussion) Discography: Moby Dick (recorded 1973)
Modern Sound Quartet was an Italian studio ensemble that released three albums of 1976–78 jazz-funk instrumentals on the library-music specialty labels Fonovideo and Ring. Keyboardist Oscar Rocchi also partook in the parallel Ball Bearing Group. Members: Ernesto Verardi (guitar), Gigi Cappellotto (bass), Andrea Surdi (drums), Oscar Rocchi (keyboards), Hugo Heredia, (saxophone, flute) Background Modern Sound […]
Piero Umiliani (July 17, 1926 — Feb. 14, 2001) was an Italian composer and conductor, active through the second half of the 20th century. From 1960-onward, he scored numerous soundtracks, including jazz-funk scores for the 1971–73 thrillers 5 bambole per la luna d’agosto, La ragazza dalla pelle di luna, and La ragazza fuoristrada. During the […]
Roger Hodgson (born March 21, 1950) is an English musician, vocalist, and songwriter from Portsmouth, Hampshire, who cut a single apiece with the 1969 one-offs People Like Us and Argosy, the latter featuring a then-unknown Elton John. That same year, Hodgson began a 14-year, seven-album stint with Supertramp, in which he split most of the […]
The Rock Follies were an English vocal trio that starred in their own musical-drama series on ITV for two seasons during 1976 and 1977. Both seasons yielded soundtrack LPs comprised of songs performed during musical routines in the episodes. The music on both albums was written and produced by Roxy Music‘s Andy MacKay. During the […]
The League of Gentlemen were an English art-punk band that made a 1981 self-titled album on E’G/Polydor. Guitarist Robert Fripp revived the name from his pre-fame R&B/beat act. The Gentleman also included former XTC keyboardist (and subsequent Shriekback frontman) Barry Andrews and eventual Gang of Four bassist Sara Lee, a latter-day B-52’s auxiliary. Members: Robert […]
Robert Fripp (born May 16, 1946) is an English guitarist and composer from Wimborne Minster, Dorset, who first recorded in the psych-pop trio Giles, Giles and Fripp. The band released one album in 1968 before evolving into King Crimson, which Fripp led through multiple iterations between 1969 and 1974 and again between 1981 and 1984. […]
The Roaring Boys were an English rock band from Cambridge that released a 1986 self-titled album on Columbia. Members: Paul Mitchell (vocals), Neill MacColl (guitar, backing vocals), Chris Jones (bass, backing vocals), Stefan Osadzinski (keyboards), Tim May (saxophone, guitar), Dave Larcombe (drums) Background Roaring Boys formed in Cambridge from the Models, a 1980 student band […]
Luciano Basso is an Italian keyboardist and composer who released the symphonic suite Voci on Ariston in 1976, followed by the similarly styled Cogli il Giorno in 1978. He released two further albums on the label in 1979 and 1980, after which he went quiet for many years, resuming activity at the close of the […]
Nada (born Nov. 17, 1953) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and actress who reached national prominence at the 1969 Sanremo Music Festival with “Ma che freddo fa” and won the 1971 festival with “Il cuore è uno zingaro.” She cultivated Piero Ciampi songs for her 1973 album Ho scoperto che esisto anch’io and teamed with […]
Miro — aka Mario Baldoni (born 1943) — is an Italian singer/songwriter who cut numerous group and solo singles from 1965, culminating with three Zeus singles and the 1973 album Per Conoscermi. After another round of singles on Joker, he released the 1977–79 albums Real Life Games and Ambiguità on Vedette Records. Background Miro was […]
Mauro Pagani (born Feb. 5, 1946) is an Italian composer and multi-instrumentalist who served as the flutist/violinist of Premiata Forneria Marconi between 1970 and 1975, playing on that band’s first four proper albums. In 1978, he released a self-titled solo album on Ascolto. Discography: Mauro Pagani (1978) Sogno di una notte d’estate (OST, 1981)
Mario Barbaja is an Italian singer/songwriter who released four albums on Ariston between 1971 and 1978. Discography: Argento (…quando il nostro amore diventa libertà…) (1971) Megh (1972) New York bazar (1975) Made in Hong Kong (1978)
Lucio “Violino” Fabbri (March 25, 1955) is an Italian multi-instrumentalist who played on albums by Mario Barbaja, Roberto Colombo, Claudio Rocchi, Jenny Sorrenti, Madrugada, and Piazza delle Erbe during the 1970s. In 1978, he released the album Amarena on Cramps. Discography: Amarena (1978) Recitarcantando (live, 1980 • Demetrio Stratos & Lucio Fabbri)
Luciano Cilio (1950 — May 21, 1983) was an Italian electroacoustic multi-instrumentalist and composer who released the album Dialoghi del Presente on EMI in 1977. Discography: Dialoghi del Presente (1977)
Living Life was an Italian symphonic/jazz-rock band that established Shirak Records for the 1975 album Let: From Experience to Experience, then returned in 1981 with Mysterious Dream. Members: Marcello “Spooky” Quartarone (guitar, vocals), Walter Negri (saxophone, flute), Piercarlo Bettini [Swami Zekuta] (keyboards), Roberto Savarro (bass, vocals), Roberto “Johnny” Betti [Nijo Tibet] (drums, keyboards, vocals), Sandro […]
Litfiba are an Italian new wave band that debuted with the 1982 EP Guerra, followed by the 1983 Eneide di Krypton soundtrack. On IRA, they made the 1985–88 albums Desaparecido, 17 Re, and Litfiba 3. Members: Ghigo Renzulli (guitar), Piero Pelù (vocals, 1980-99, 2009-present), Sandro Dotta (guitar, 1980), Francesco Calamai (drums, 1980-83), Gianni Maroccolo (bass, […]
Lino Capra Vaccina (born 1953) is an Italian malletist and composer who played in the bands Aktuala and the unrecorded Telaio Magnetico during the 1970s. In 1978, he released the album Antico Adagio on self-press Nō. Discography: Antico Adagio (1978) L’attesa (1992)
Laser were an Italian symphonic/hard-rock band that debuted with a standalone single in 1972, followed by the album Vita sul Pianeta on the Car Juke Box label in 1973. Members: Riccardo Paolucci (vocals, guitar), Loris Cardinali (guitar, vocals), Valentino D’Agostino (vocals, keyboards), Adalberto Sbardella (bass), Antonello Musso (drums) Discography: “Lacrime di Ragazzo” / “Dove Andremo?” […]
La Seconda Genesi were an Italian symphonic/jazz-rock band that released the album Tutto deve Finire on Picci in 1972. Members: Alberto Rocchetti (vocals, keyboards), Paride De Carli (guitar), Giambattista Bonavera (saxophone, flute), Nazzareno Spaccia (bass), Sandro Leoni (drums) Discography: Tutto deve Finire (1972)
La Compagnia Digitale were an Italian space-rock band that was active in the summer of 1979, recording a live set that was ultimately released 13 years later by archivists Mellow Records. Members: Ciro Perrino (sequencer, synthesizer), Alex Magazzino (guitar, vocals), Roby Rossi (bass), Marco Tudini (drums), Lady Mantide (electric piano, vocals) Discography: La Compagnia Digitale […]
La Bottega dell’Arte were an Italian folk-pop band that debuted with a single on Tomato in 1974, followed by three albums on EMI between 1975 and 1979. The band released their final album on Nuovo Sound in 1984. Members: Piero Calabrese (vocals, keyboards), Massimo Calabrese (bass, guitar, vocals), Romano Musumarra (keyboards, flute, guitar, vocals), Alberto […]
Ivan Cattaneo (born March 18, 1953) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and multimedia artist who released three albums on Ultima Spiaggia between 1975 and 1979, followed by a round of titles on CGD during the 1980s. Discography: UOAEI (1975) Primo secondo e frutta (Ivan compreso) (1977) Superivan (1979) Urlo (1980) Duemila60 Italian Graffiati (1981) Ivan […]
Il Reale Impero Britannico was an alter-ego of Italian instrumental band Goblin, who used the name for their soundtrack to the 1976 horror-drama Perchè Si Uccidono (Why They Kill Themselves). Members: Fabio Pignatelli (bass), Claudio Simonetti (keyboards), Massimo Morante (guitar), Agostino Marangolo (drums), Maurizio Guarini (keyboards) Discography: Perchè Si Uccidono (1976)
Camera Obscura were an English coldwave/synthpop duo from York, North Yorkshire, that was active between 1982 and 1984. In 1983, the band issued a standalone single on Small Wonder and recorded an album’s worth of material that was ultimately issued more than two decades later by archivists Anna Logue Records . Members: Peter Oldroyd, Nigel […]
Broken Glass were an English hard-rock band that released a self-titled album on Capitol in 1975. The band featured Chicken Shack alumni Stan Webb and Robbie Blunt alongside Keef Hartley Band guitarist/songwriter Miller Anderson and drummer/namesake Keef Hartley. Concurrent to this release, the latter pair also recorded a one-off with Dog Soldier. Members: Stan Webb […]
Brian Bennett (born Feb. 9, 1940) is an English musican, composer, and producer who served as the longtime drummer for Cliff Richard‘s backing band The Shadows. Apart from the band, Bennett released a series of instrumental/library albums on Bruton Music during the 1970s and 1980s. His 1976 fanfare “Capital City” became the theme for the […]
Gaetano Liguori (born May 19, 1950) is an Italian jazz pianist and composer who issued the 1975 album I Signori della Guerra on PDU with backing from his namesake trio. Discography: I Signori della Guerra (1975) Collective Orchestra (1977) La cantata rossa per Tall el Zaatar (1977 • Gaetano Liguori & Giulio Stocchi) Terzo Mondo […]
I Gres were an Italian library group that released three albums on Globevision and Gemelli in 1974 and 1975. Members: Giorgio Carnini, Roberto Pregadio, Enzo Restuccia, Silvano Chimenti Discography: I Gres (1974) Vol. 2 (1975) Vol. 3 (1975)
I Califfi were an Italian beat group that released numerous shortplayers on Rifi between 1965 and 1969, culminating with the album Cosi ti Amo. In 1973, the band’s embrace of symphonic/hard-rock was displayed on the Cetra longplayer Fiore di Metallo. Members: Paolo Tofani (guitar, 1966-71), Giacomo Romoli (keyboards, 1966-71), Franco Boldrini (bass, vocals), Carlo Felice […]
I Cadmo were an Italian avant-jazz band that released the album Boomerang on Vedette in 1977, followed by a second title on Edizioni Dell’Isola in 1978. Members: Antonello Salis (piano), Riccardo Lay (bass), Mario Paliano (drums), Sandro Satta (saxophone, 1978-?), Danilo Terenzi (trombone, 1978-?) Discography: Boomerang (1977) Flying over Ortobene Mount in July Seventy Seven […]
Hydrus was an Italian electronic studio project that yielded the album Midnight in Space on PDU in 1978. The identities of those involved in the project remains a mystery. Members: ? Discography: Midnight in Space (1978)
Horus was an Italian symphonic-rock band that recorded a 1978 album, shelved apart from one single until the 1993 Mellow Records release Stelle di Battaglia. Members: Battista Leone (vocals), Antonino Valenti (keyboards, vocals), Italo Vercellina (guitar), Roberto Freggiaro (bass, acoustic guitar), Beppe Bellussi (drums) Profile Horus emerged in December 1978 in Turin as a quintet […]
Herbana — aka Nicoletta Bozzai — is an Italian library musician who released two albums on Piero Umiliani‘s Sound Work Shop and Omicron labels during the mid-1970s. Discography: Week-End (1974) Relax (1975)
The Guido Manusardi Quartet was an Italian post-bop combo behind the 1974 Amigo release Romanian Impressions, followed by the 1978 Atlantic album Namymanu, recorded with Polish saxist Zbigniew Namysłowski. Members: Guido Manusardi (piano), Red Mitchell (bass), Petur Östlund (percussion), Lennart Åberg (soprano saxophone) Background In March 1974, pianist Guido Manusardi led a Stockholm quartet with […]
Gramigna was an Italian symphonic-folk band that released the 1977 album Gran Disordine Sotto il Cielo on Ultima Spiaggia. Members: Umberto Calice (vocals, percussion), Françoise Godard (vocals, guitar), Maurizio Martelli (guitar), Alberto Mompellio (keyboards, violin, vocals), Dino Mariani (bassoon), Mario Arcari (oboe), Raoul Scacchi (bass, guitar), Mario Ultre (drums) Background Gramigna formed in Milan when […]
Giuliano Sorgini is an Italian composer and keyboardist who released numerous soundtracks and library works during the 1970s on Lupus, Leo, Leonardi, and other labels. Discography: Elettroformule (1969) Musica da ballo (1969) Percussioni in Crescendo (1971) Scappo per cantare (1971) Arie Antiche (1973) London Transport (1973) Under Pompelmo (1973) The Living Dead at the Manchester […]
Gianni Safred was an Italian pianist and composer who released roughly a half-dozen albums and EPs on the library-specialty labels Music Scene and Golden Record during the late 1970s. Discography: Electronic Designs (1977 • Gianni Safred and His Electronic Instruments) Futuribile: The Life to Come (1978) Alle tastiere (EP, 1979) “Sexy Souls” / “Galaxy” / […]
Giorgio Moroder (born April 26, 1940) is an Italian composer, producer, and arranger who recorded three albums with accompanying singles for Hansa and Philips between 1969 and 1973. He is most famous for his working relationship with soul singer Donna Summer, whose 1976–81 output he co-produced with Pete Bellotte. Other artists that Moroder has produced […]
Gianni Ferrio (Nov. 15, 1924 — Oct. 21, 2013) was an Italian composer who recorded numerous soundtrack scores between 1964 and 1984. During the 1970s, more than 12 of his scores were released on CAM, Cinevox, and Ariete. Discography: Non cantare, spara (TV, 1968) I dolci vizi… della casta Susanna (OST, 1968) Sentenza di morte […]
Gianni D’Errico (Sept. 16, 1948 — Sept. 7, 1975) was an Italian singer/songwriter who released a string of singles on CGD and Ariston during the first half of the 1970s. In 1975, while recording what would have been his first album, he was fatally struck by a passing vehicle. The album, Antico Teatro da Camera, […]
Genfuoco was an Italian symphonic-rock band that released the 1979 album Dentro l’invisible on Città Nuova. Members: Marco Borgogni (vocals, flute, guitar), Tarcisio Bratto (saxophone, guitar), Franco Cecchi (keyboards), Paolo De Luca (guitar), Giovanni De Luca (bass), Marco Naldini (drums) Background Genfuoco formed in the mid-1970s in Siena, Tuscany, within the international Gen Christian movement. […]
Gaznevada was an Italian new wave band formed in Bologna in 1977 from the earlier Centro d’Urlo Metropolitano. The group documented its early punk and electronic phase on the 1979 Gaznevada cassette and the 1980 album Sick Soundtrack, then moved toward synth-based dance music on subsequent Italian Records releases. Gaznevada reached the Italian charts in […]
I Signori Della Galassia were an Italian electro/space-funk band behind the 1978 album Qualcosa Si Crea, Nulla Si Distrugge on Magic Record, followed by the 1979 Rifi release Iceman. Members: Franco Delfino (keyboards, vocals), Gigi Mosello (keyboards, vocals), Manuel Gustavino (guitar), Bruno Govone (guitar), Sergio Babboni (bass), Beppe Aleo (drums) Background I Signori della Galassia […]
Enrico Rava (born Aug. 20, 1939) is an Italian trumpeter, composer, and bandleader with more than 300 album credits since the early Sixties. Rava played beside Gato Barbieri, Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Carla Bley, Lee Konitz, and Giorgio Azzolini. In 1970, he cut an album with American brass-rockers Gas Mask. Rava debuted as a bandleader […]
Futuro Antico was an Italian ethno-electronic combo that self-released a 1980 album and recorded a second, released ten years late as Dai primitivi all’elettronica. Contemporary live material surfaced on the archival Isole del Suono. Members: Walter Maioli (flute, ney, flute, whistle, rattles, bass harmonica, mouth bow, jew’s harp, double flute, jangro, vocals), Riccardo Sinigaglia (synthesizer, […]
Freedom Power was the name of a library/studio project comprised of Italian jazz musicians. The project yielded a self-titled album of jazz-funk/psych instrumentals, released in 1976 on Cometa Edizioni Musicali. Members: Gabriele Ducros (flute), Alessandro Brugnolini (saxophone), Silvano Chimenti (guitar), Enrico Pieranunzi (piano) Background Freedom Power was a Rome library-music collective centered on arranger-flautist Gabriele […]
Free Wave System was an Italian jazz-rock band that released the 1981 album Nonostante Tutto on Drums Edizioni Musicali. Members: Luca Morandi (keyboards, organ, electric piano, synthesizer), Enrico Morandi (drums), Luciano Devietti (bass), Mauro Ravizza (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone) Background Free Wave System formed in the second half of the 1970s in Cirié, near Turin, […]
Franco Micalizzi (born Dec. 21, 1939) is an Italian composer who released numerous soundtracks on CAM, Cinevox, and other labels during the 1970s and early 1980s. Discography: They Call Me Trinity (1970) Panhandle 38 (1972) The Two Faces of Fear (1972) Storia de fratelli e de cortelli (1973) The Last Snows of Spring (1973) Il […]
Franco Falsini is an Italian keyboardist and guitarist who played with electro/space-rockers Sensations Fix between 1974 and 1979. In 1975, he released the album Cold Nose (Naso freddo) on Polydor. Discography: Cold Nose (Naso freddo) (1975)
Francesco De Gregori (born April 4, 1951) is an Italian singer/songwriter who emerged in 1972 as one-half of the folk duo Theorius Campus, which also included Antonello Venditti. As a solo artist, De Gregori released 12 albums on RCA Italiana between 1973 and 1985. Background Francesco De Gregori was born April 4, 1951, in Rome […]
Francesco Cabiati is an Italian electronic musician who released the album Mirage on the Mu label in 1979. Discography: Mirage (1979)
Faust’o is an Italian singer/songwriter who made the 1978–80 albums Suicidio, Poco zucchero, and J’accuse… Amore Mio. His 1979 single “Oh! Oh! Oh!” brought him a Festivalbar appearance. He followed through 1985 with Out Now, Faust’o, and Love Story, then resumed under his birth name Fausto Rossi with the 1992 disc Cambiano le cose. Background […]
Fabrizio De André (Feb. 18, 1940 — Jan. 11, 1999) was an Italian singer/songwriter whose best-known songs include “La canzone di Marinella,” “La guerra di Piero,” “Bocca di Rosa,” and the 1970 Italian chart hit “Il pescatore.” His principal 1968–73 albums include Tutti morimmo a stento, La buona novella, Non al denaro non all’amore né […]
Fabio Celi e Gli Infermieri were an Italian symphonic-rock band that released the album Follia on Studio 7 in 1973. Members: Fabio Celi [Antonio Cavallaro] (keyboards, vocals), Ciro Ciscognetti (keyboards), Luigi Coppa (guitar, harmonica), Rino Fiorentino (bass), Roberto Ciscognetti (drums, percussion) Discography: Follia (1973)
Eugenio Finardi (born July 16, 1952) is an Italian singer/songwriter who released five albums between 1975 and 1979 on Cramps Records. He rose to prominence with the 1976 album Sugo and the songs “Musica ribelle” and “La radio,” followed by the 1977/78 albums Diesel and Blitz, which yielded “Extraterrestre.” Finardi continued with a sequence of […]
Vincenzo Carella (Jan. 8, 1952 — Feb. 21, 2017) was an Italian singer/songwriter who appeared with the 1977 it/RCA Italiana album Vocazione, followed by the 1979–81 titles Barbara e altri Carella and Sfinge. Background Enzo Carella was born Vincenzo Carella on Jan. 8, 1952, in Rome, Italy. At age 13, Carella received a first guitar […]
Era di Acquario was an Italian symphonic-folk band that made two 1972 singles on RCA Italiana, followed by the 1973 album Antologia. Members: Michele Seffer (vocals, guitar, bass), Angelo Giordano (flute, saxophone, vocals), Pippo Cataldo (drums, percussion, vocals), Gianni Garofalo Background Era di Acquario (He was an Aquarius) emerged in late 1969 in Palermo. By […]
Enzo Capuano is an Italian singer/songwriter who released the 1975 album Storia Mai Scritta on Divergo/Produzioni D’Essai. Background Enzo Capuano was born March 1, 1947, in Catanzaro, Calabria. Capuano left Calabria in the early 1960s for Bologna, where he earned an industrial chemistry degree with full marks. He taught himself guitar with little formal music […]
Emilio Locurcio is an Italian singer, songwriter, and actor who recorded the 1977 concept album L’eliogabalo with backing by Pierrot Lunaire. Background Emilio Locurcio was born in 1953 in Turin, Italy. Locurcio attended the Scuola di Formazione dell’Attore, the actor-training school attached to the Teatro Stabile di Torino, where he studied under theater critic Giuseppe […]
Doris Norton is an Italian keyboardist and producer who played in the bands Jacula and Antonius Rex during the 1970s. Between 1981 and 1984, she released four electronic solo albums on Durium and Disco Più, followed by a pair of mid-’80s titles on Globo and Nuova Era. Discography: Parapsycho (1981) Raptus (1981) Norton Computer for […]
Desert was an electro-funk studio project headed by Italian library musicians A. Vuolo and E. Grande. The project yielded a self-titled album on library-press Cardium in 1979. Members: Antonio Vuolo (MiniMoog, Fender Rhodes, piano, clavinet, vibraphone, electric organ), Elio Grande [aka Enodian] (electric bass, guitar), Rino Diaferio (electric guitar, electric bass) Discography: Desert (1979)
Rino Dimopoli (born 1953) is an Italian singer/songwriter who released two albums with accompanying singles on Harmony and CGD between 1977 and 1979. Discography: Dimopoli (1977) Se Nel Cielo… Oltre Il Cielo (1979)
Degada Saf was an Italian coldwave band that released the 1984 album No Inzro on Rockgarage Records, followed by the 1986 Casablanca single “Trocadero” / “I Love Mexico.” Members: Fausto Crocetta (vocals, synthesizer), Fabio Basso (guitar, 1983-84), Gianni Baggio (keyboards, 1983), Stefano dal Col (1984-85), Michele Piovesan (synthesizer, 1985-present), Dino Favretto (guitar, 1985-86), Luigi Campalani […]
Confusional Quartet was an Italian avant-jazz/proto-zolo band that released a self-titled album and three shortplayers in 1980/81 on Italian Records. Members: Marco Bertoni (keyboards), Enrico Serotti (guitar), Lucio Ardito (bass), Gianni Cuoghi (drums) Background Confusional Quartet formed in 1976 in Bologna, Italy, when keyboardist Marco Bertoni approached neighborhood guitarist Enrico Serotti about starting a band. Serotti […]
Combojazz was an Italian jazz-rock band that released the 1979 album No Speed on small-press Mu. Members: Giorgio Diaferia (drums), Maurizio Gianotti (contralto saxophone, baritone saxophone), Aldo Rindone (piano, electric piano), Giorgio Marotti (bass), Flavio Boltro (trumpet), Claudio Bonade (tenor saxophone, clarinet) Background Combojazz formed in Turin in 1978 around drummer Giorgio Diaferia, trumpeter Flavio […]
Claudio Lolli (March 28, 1950 — Aug. 17, 2018) was an Italian singer/songwriter who released four albums on Columbia between 1972 and 1976, followed by the popular Disoccupate le Strade dai Sogni on Ultima Spiaggia in 1977. A further round of albums appeared on EMI during the 1980s. Discography: Aspettando Godot (1972) Un uomo in […]
Bambibanda e Melodie were an Italian jazz-rock band that released a self-titled album on Fonit Cetra in 1974. Members: Pier Nicolò “Bambi” Fossati (guitar, vocals), Roberto Ricci (bass), Maurizio Cassinelli (drums, bongos, vibraphone), Ramasandiran Somusundaram (percussion) Discography: Bambibanda e Melodie (1974)
Carnascialia were an Italian symphonic-folk band that released a self-titled album on small-press Mirto in 1979. Members: Pasquale Minieri (guitar, bass, vocals), Giorgio Vivaldi (percussion, flute), Carlo Siliotto (violin), Demetrio Stratos (vocals), Clara Murtas (vocals), Nunzia Tambara (vocals), Piero Brega (vocals), Luciano Francisci (accordion), Tommaso Vittorini (saxophone), Maurizio Giammarco (saxophone), Mauro Pagani (violin, mandolin), Danilo […]
Carpineta were an Italian ethno-psych band that self-released an eponymous album in 1978. Members: – Discography: Carpineta (1978)
Carlo Savina (Aug. 2, 1919 — June 23, 2002) was an Italian composer, conductor, and arranger who recorded numerous soundtrack works and library albums for CAM, Cinevox, and other labels during the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s. Discography: Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators (1964) Terror in the Crypt (1964) 1965 Gli amanti latini 1965 Secret […]
Canzoniere del Lazio was an Italian avant-garde musical ensemble that blended jazz, folk, and symphonic-rock across six albums between 1973 and 1978 on Intingo, Cramps, and I Dischi Del Sole. Members: Carlo Siliotto (violin, guitar, mandolin, piano, percussion, vocals), Piero Brega (vocals, 1972-76), Francesco Giannattasio (accordion, percussion, 1972-76), Sara Modigliani (vocals, flute, 1972-74), Pasquale Minieri […]
Buon Vecchio Charlie were an Italian symphonic-rock band that was active circa 1970/71, recording an album’s worth of material that was ultimately released two decades later by archivists Melos. Members: Richard Benson (vocals, guitar), Luigi Calabrò (guitar, vocals), Sandro Cesaroni (saxophone, flute), Sandro Centofanti (keyboards), Paolo Damiani (bass), Rino Sangiorgio (drums) Discography: Buon Vecchio Charlie […]
Bruno Nicolai (May 26, 1926 — Aug. 16, 1991) was an Italian composer, conductor, and arranger who amassed more than 600 project credits over a 40-year career, starting in the early 1950s. Between 1969 and 1976, he recorded numerous soundtracks and library albums for Gemelli, RCA, and other labels. Background Bruno Nicolai was born May […]
