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Foorprints in Jazz

A Hexacord EXCLUSIVE!

The Orchestral Jazz of Mario Nascimbene

Music composed by Mario Nascimbene Orchestra conducted by Roberto Pregadio

This is not a soundtrack album, but rather a compilation of rare essays in jazz from the magic pen of the late Mario Nascimbene. Our first suite, (“Belinda e il mostro”), comes from incidental music composed as part of the maestro’s fruitful association with the “La Meridiana” theatrical company. The remaining two suites and BONUS TRACKS were drawn from Nascimbene’s prolific work for the small screen and some very rare jazz-inspired collaborations with fellow film composer and jazz master, Roberto Pregadio!

Hexacord label owner, Prof. Roberto Zamori writes: “It's the kind of music we listened to in Italy on radio during fifties and sixties... and the cover pictures humorously show the circuitry of a nineteen-sixties radio!”

An essential CDs for fans of the maestro and for collectors of top-notch, vintage Italo-Jazz!

Track Listing:
Suite from “Belinda e il mostro
1. Preludio
2. Canzone per Bellinda
3. Viaggio del mimo
4. Adagio contemplativo
5. Blues della notte
6. Viaggio del mercante
7. Duello
8. Il mimo e la rosa
9. Finale Belinda
Suite for a psychological film
10. Introduzione psicologica
11. Suspence
12. Fuga dopo il colpo
13. Epilogo drammatico
The rhythmic suite
14. Afro-cuba swing
15. Sound in jazz
16. Fugato in blue
17. Blues finale
Bonus Tracks
18. Abbandono
19. Blues del tramonto
20. Blues della notte (alternate take)
21. Classic beguine
22. Il mio amore in blues
23. Ritmico swing
24. Omaggio a Shearing
25. Slow blues
26. Swing in quartet