Live In Noci And Rive-De Gier

by Italian Instabile Orchestra

Overview

The Italian Instabile Orchestra is a large ensemble, formed in 1990 by the trumpeter Pino Minafra, and Live in Noci was their first release. Drawing musicians from across several disparate disciplines, the group tends to travel between free jazz, Italian folk traditions, contemporary classical ideas, and general good-natured wackiness, in some sense the Southern European version of bands like Willem Breuker's Kollektief. The "kitchen sink" approach, while enjoyably dizzying at times, tends to work against cohesiveness in certain compositions and may aggravate the listener just settling into a particularly nice section. The opening track for instance, Paolo Damiani's "Detriti," has several lovely portions, any one of which might have been comfortably stretched into a separate piece instead of episodically placed back to back. Likewise, Eugenio Columbo's "Ippopatami" begins in a delightful rampage befitting its subject, but then veers off into a relatively standard free jazz blowing fest. In fairness, Minafra, in his "Noci...Strani Frutti No. 1," is able to bring enough out and out wackiness to make one toss any reservations aside and just go with the flow, and there are more than enough fine musicians in this band so that one can simply listen to appreciate their soloing art. But one has the impression of more potential here than realization, fun though the ride may be. ~ Brian Olewnick

Product Details

Release Date:	10/15/2000
Label:	LEO RECORDS UK
UPC:	5024792018222

Tracks

1. Detriti
2. Ippopotami
3. La Czarda Dell'aborigeno
4. Pierrot Solaire
5. Noci...Strani Frutti No. 1
6. I Virtuosi Di Noci/Munasterio E Santa Chiara

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Italian Instabile Orchestra   Primary Artist
Giancarlo Schiaffini   Trombone,Tuba
Renato Geremia   Flute,Violin,Sax (Alto),Sax (Soprano)
Eugenio Colombo   Flute,Sax (Alto),Sax (Soprano)
Enrico Rava   Trumpet
Umberto Petrin   Piano
Mario Schiano   Vocals,Voices,Sax (Alto),Sax (Soprano)
Martin Mayes   French Horn
Vincenzo Mazzone   Gong,Drums,Timpani,Timbales,Percussion
Alberto Mandarini   Trumpet
Bruno Tommaso   Bass,Double Bass
Lauro Rossi   Trombone
Sebi Tramontana   Vocals,Voices,Trombone
Guido Mazzon   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Tiziano Tononi   Drums,Percussion
Paolo Damiani   Bass,Cello,Vocals,Voices,Double Bass
Daniele Cavallanti   Sax (Bass),Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Carlo Actis Dato   Sax (Bass),Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone),Clarinet (Bass)
Pino Minafra   Trumpet,Didjeridu,Flugelhorn
Giorgio Gaslini   Piano
Gianluigi Trovesi   Piccolo,Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Clarinet (Alto),Clarinet (Bass)

Technical Credits

Eugenio Colombo   Composer
Cosmo Laera   Photography
Guiseppe Genco   Cover Art
Alberto Barberis   Composer
Raffaele Musio   Engineer
Paolo Damiani   Composer
Steve Lake   Liner Notes
Leo Feigin   Producer
Pino Minafra   Composer,Liner Notes
Giorgio Gaslini   Composer,Engineer
Giancarlo Schiaffini   Composer