Marco Vienna - Caffe Espresso "Made in Italy"(2004)

The "Caffe' Espresso - Made In Italy" project by the Italian guitarist Marco Vienna is a very original acoustic jazz CD. An instrumental rendition of 12 beatiful Italian songs (from the repertoire of Bruno Martino, Gorni Kramer, Fabio Concato, Ennio Morricone, Piero Umiliani and others) loosely played in the style of Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club De France, but with a more modern and "Mediterranean" mood. Although being an expert in all the swing related styles, including Gypsy of course, in this record Marco Vienna isn't trying to sound exactly like a "traditional" Gypsy Jazz guitarist, goin' on the usual licks and cliches often associated with this style but his goal is exploring new sounds and new repertoires. This CD, in spite of containing hot guitar and other instruments solos, is not made to impress other musicians but just to let you enjoy good music. Swing, pompe Manouche, great Selmer guitar solos, but also a lot of different rhythms... gypsy-bossa, ballads, boleros... and many great different players... the leader Marco Vienna on acoustic and electric guitars and mandolin, Giordano Pietroni and Andrea Taravelli on bass, Stefano Nanni on accordion, Gaspare Tirincanti on clarinet, Angelo Adamo on chromatic harmonica, Stefano Serafini on trumpet, Alessandro Fariselli on sax, Federico Tassani on trombone, Luca Florian on misc. percussions, Luca Nanni on snare drum. A completely original project, nearly one hour of surprising, melodic, sometime romantic but always very feel-good music and some very beatiful unknow tunes. 1. Donna (Kramer) 2. I ricordi della sera (Savona) 3. Domenica bestiale (Concato) 4. Non gioco piu (Ferrio-Lerici) 5. Roma nun fa la stupida stasera (Trovajoli) 6. Non illuderti (Pisano) 7. Senza fine (Paoli) 8. Le tue mani (Spotti - Montano) 9. Parole parole parole (Chiosso - Ferrio) 10. Giu la testa (Morricone) 11. E la chiamano estate (Martino) 12. I soliti ignoti (Umiliani) Marco Vienna: acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin Giordano Pietroni: bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12) Andrea Taravelli: bass (3, 9, 11) Stefano Nanni: accordion (1, 10) Angelo Adamo: chromatic harmonica (4, 9) Gaspare Trincanti: clarinet (2, 7) Federico Tassani: tormbone (5, 8, 12) Luca Florian: percussion (3, 9, 11) Gianluca Nanni: snare drum (12) Stefano Serafini: trumpert (12) Alessandro Fariselli: tenor sax (12)