Name: Around Small Fairy Tales
Brand: Soul Note (Italy)
SKU: 133928
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Performer Notes

Personnel: Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, clarinet); Bruno Tommaso (conductor); Emilio Soana (trumpet); Ombretta Maffeis (flute); Giuseppina Gerosa (oboe); Stefano Montanari, Stefania Trovesi, Cesare Zanetti, Anita Anghelova, Ettore Begnis, Agata Borgato, Alessia De Filippo, Marina Valota (violin); Graziano Spinnato, Flavio Ghilardi (viola); Flavio Bombardieri, Giovanna Cividini (cello); Elena Corni (harp); Andrea Dulbecco (vibraphone); Marco Esposito (bass); Roberto Bonati, Riccardo Crotti (counter bass); Vittorio Marinoni (drums); Stefano Bertoli (percussion).
Producers: Enea Salmeggia Association - Friends of St. Maria.
Recorded at Papa Giovanni XXIII Auditorium, Nembro (Bergamo), Italy in January, 1998. Includes liner notes by Marcello Piras.
Personnel: Gianluigi Trovesi (clarinet, alto saxophone); Elena Corni (harp); Alessia de Filippo, Marina Valota, Anita Anghelova, Agata Borgato, Stefano Montanari , Ettore Begnis, Cesare Zanetti, Stefania Trovesi (violin); Glavio Ghilardi, Graziano Spinnato (viola); Flavio Bombardieri, Giovanna Cividini (cello); Ombretta Maffeis (flute); Giuseppina Gerosa (oboe); Emilio Soana (trumpet); Andrea Dulbecco (vibraphone); Roberto Bonati, Riccardo Crotti (double bass); Vittorio Marinoni (drums); Stefano Bertoli (percussion).
Liner Note Authors: Gianni Bergamelli; Marcello Piras.
Recording information: Papa Giovanni XXII Auditorium, Nembro, Italy (01/1998).
Photographers: Luciano Rossetti; Agostino Mela.
Italian music, even of the pop variety, often references the country's rich orchestral and operatic tradition. Rarely do you find such a fusion as effective and grand as in this "chamber jazz" concoction of Italy's small town saxophonist and clarinetist Gianluigi Trovesi. Every jazz bar follows with an allusion to Baroque or Renaissance forms before returning to something "trad." The effect is wondrous and magical. The prevalence of vibraphone maintains this air of a symphonic spell. Symphonic it is, because while the album is a collection of separate pieces, conductor Bruno Tommaso scores the entire opus for conceptual continuity. A prevalence of strings and a beautifully understated participation from the jazz percussion (a knockdown exception is royal rhythms of "Dance for a King") give Tales an airy, free, and lighthearted feel. Nembro is the name of that small town that Trovesi is from, and his daughter and son-in-law play in its Chamber Orchestra, chosen for use on this recording. The 18-member ensemble is bolstered by Trovesi himself, vibes, a very subtle electric bass, drums, and percussion for jazz flavoring of this exquisitely arranged meeting of Western Society's two most intellectual musics. Liner notes to this album are in Italian and English. ~ Tom Schulte

Album: Around Small Fairy Tales
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Sia Maledetta l'Acqua
2)	Le Maschere: Pierrot/Pierrot (Prologue)/Puppet Theatre/Pierrot: Pierrot (Prologo) / Puppet Theatre / Pierrot (Epilogo)
3)	Dance for a King
4)	Pazzia, La
5)	C'Era Una Strega, C'Era Una Fata
6)	Verano
7)	Illimani
8)	Ambulat Hic Armatus Homo/Introito/Cantus I/Armatus Homo/Cantus ...: Introito / Cantus I / Armatus Homo / Cantus II / Triadi / Kyrie / L'Homme Arme

Album: Around Small Fairy Tales
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Sia Maledetta l'Acqua
2)	Le Maschere: Pierrot/Pierrot (Prologue)/Puppet Theatre/Pierrot: Pierrot (Prologo) / Puppet Theatre / Pierrot (Epilogo)
3)	Dance for a King
4)	Pazzia, La
5)	C'Era Una Strega, C'Era Una Fata
6)	Verano
7)	Illimani
8)	Ambulat Hic Armatus Homo/Introito/Cantus I/Armatus Homo/Cantus ...: Introito / Cantus I / Armatus Homo / Cantus II / Triadi / Kyrie / L'Homme Arme