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Another exciting Italian band with my FIRST REVIEW!!!

ROCKY'S FILJ* — Storie Di Uomini E Non
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— First review of this album —

5%20stars My review is produced using this review: BMG Ricordi S.p.A. 74321-98160-2

My Rating: 9,5/10 PA Rating: 5/5

One of the more interesting, personal and innovative and unfortunately band from Italy. Unfortunately bacause the all Banco del Mutuo Soccorso's staff work for this album and the band is disbanded when a member was arrested (and the disc almost not even published), stopping the dreams of a band that would have been able to be one of the better, not only in Italy. Interesting, personal and innovative because not having the keyboards but the saxes section the instrumental parts are Jazz Rock but the vocal parts (with the good and exciting voice of Rocky Rossi) are too Rock and Symphonic. So it talks about Symphonic Jazz Rock. In this sense "Il Soldato" or "Io Robot" are very good examples of Rocky's Filj style. Interesting the long "L'Ultima Spiaggia" really boiling, mix between Art Rock, Symphonic and Jazz (for resonance). The instrumental "E" is, instead, a good Jazz Rock. The final piece "Martino" is a really photocopy of the previous sung songs. But with symphonic very exciting final with sax. Interesting one interlude in "L'Ultima Spiaggia" and the intro of "Io Robot" with double-bass and flute that are two good examples of Romantic classic music.

For the Ricordi label the Rocky's Filj have to be one of the tours de force of the catalog for a lot of years. But the Italian justice stopped this band. I should say that still today the regretted it is a lot, also because, this album seems just published, so it is fresh and present. For this reason the 5/5 is little. Another Gem from Italy, another Gem from the Prog world... Very higly recommended!!!

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Just recieved in the post:

Hiromi: Sonicboom. Japanese pianist whiz , here with Dave Fuze Fuiczynski guesting. Out in the US already, out in the UK/Europe later this month. Lots of complexxpiano pyrotechnics, and Fuze slipping into the line-up as guest, very well,but without surrendering his distinctive sound. The accompanying press release talks about Hiromi being the 'new progressive fusion', here with her 5 th album.

Wayne Krantz: Your Basic Live '06 - Krantz maintains his distance from the record companies in handling the complete production of his latest recording, including posting the CD out - check the customs declaration form on the envelope and there (in probability) is Krantz's autograph. Krantz is one of jazz rock's unsung heroes, a man who is a major improvisor of melodic and harmonic fusion, having an amazing bag of jazz and rock riffs. Support this indie artist, jazz rock fans will not be disappointed.

Jaco Pastorius at the Montreal International Jazz Festival (DVD). At last people are making the effort to disinter recordings of Pastorius for DVD. For too long we only had Joni Mitchell's unsympathetic (to Pastorius fans)  Shadows & Light ( i.e. avoiding showing footage of  her sidemen blowing, by dropping other images onto the screen as they do their stuff), and apparently one hugely expensive Japan-only DVD.  Weather Report at Montreux is out now or soon.

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Originally posted by andu andu wrote:

Black Market is a jazz-rock masterpiece and their true blueprint.
Anyway Black Market it's so good, that it should rate - imo - in the top 20 albums of this site.


I agree! BLACK MARKET is a terrific, TRULY POETIC masterpiece!

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Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

I've bought a copy of a fantastic jazz rock album:
 
Spectrum by Billy Cobham (1973).
 
SpectrumClap
 
Well, I'm going on with my approach to jazz rock. Some of the albums I found are really stunning at the first listenings.
 
P.S. I still haven't found Bruford's One of a Kind...
 
Well done Andrea.Clap
Spectrum is amazing album. Tommy Bolin's guitar is impressive.
If you like this one try also Cobham's "Crosswinds".
 
Passport and their album "Looking thru" was actually my introduction to jazz/rock especially after their concert in Zagreb 1974.
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Jazz Rock ??? 
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Originally posted by pero pero wrote:

Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

I've bought a copy of a fantastic jazz rock album:
 
Spectrum by Billy Cobham (1973).
 
SpectrumClap
 
Well, I'm going on with my approach to jazz rock. Some of the albums I found are really stunning at the first listenings.
 
P.S. I still haven't found Bruford's One of a Kind...
 
Well done Andrea.Clap
Spectrum is amazing album. Tommy Bolin's guitar is impressive.
If you like this one try also Cobham's "Crosswinds".
 
Passport and their album "Looking thru" was actually my introduction to jazz/rock especially after their concert in Zagreb 1974.
 
Thanks, pero! I will also check it out!
 
This summer I will be in Histria for the secon time (a small village near Porec will be my home...). I'm curious to find some good Croatian prog...is there any good contemporary bands from croatia or some classic ones from the Yugoslavian 70s I should look for?
 
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Originally posted by debrewguy debrewguy wrote:

Jazz Rock ??? 

 
 
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Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Originally posted by debrewguy debrewguy wrote:

Jazz Rock ??? 

 
 
??????
 
An obscure question, indeed!Confused
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Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Originally posted by debrewguy debrewguy wrote:

Jazz Rock ??? 

 
 
??????
 
An obscure question, indeed!Confused


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Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Originally posted by pero pero wrote:

Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

I've bought a copy of a fantastic jazz rock album:
 
Spectrum by Billy Cobham (1973).
 
SpectrumClap
 
Well, I'm going on with my approach to jazz rock. Some of the albums I found are really stunning at the first listenings.
 
P.S. I still haven't found Bruford's One of a Kind...
 
Well done Andrea.Clap
Spectrum is amazing album. Tommy Bolin's guitar is impressive.
If you like this one try also Cobham's "Crosswinds".
 
Passport and their album "Looking thru" was actually my introduction to jazz/rock especially after their concert in Zagreb 1974.
 
Thanks, pero! I will also check it out!
 
This summer I will be in Histria for the secon time (a small village near Porec will be my home...). I'm curious to find some good Croatian prog...is there any good contemporary bands from croatia or some classic ones from the Yugoslavian 70s I should look for?
 
 
I will be in Ćervar the whole summer (apartment place 6 km from Poreč on the road to Novigrad). We could drink some beer this summer on Motovun film festivalWink
 
I can recomend you only "Time" (croatian band from 70') and "Leb i sol" (Macedonian band) and "Buldožer" (Slovenians).
 
 
 


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Originally posted by pero pero wrote:

Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Originally posted by pero pero wrote:

Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

I've bought a copy of a fantastic jazz rock album:
 
Spectrum by Billy Cobham (1973).
 
SpectrumClap
 
Well, I'm going on with my approach to jazz rock. Some of the albums I found are really stunning at the first listenings.
 
P.S. I still haven't found Bruford's One of a Kind...
 
Well done Andrea.Clap
Spectrum is amazing album. Tommy Bolin's guitar is impressive.
If you like this one try also Cobham's "Crosswinds".
 
Passport and their album "Looking thru" was actually my introduction to jazz/rock especially after their concert in Zagreb 1974.
 
Thanks, pero! I will also check it out!
 
This summer I will be in Histria for the secon time (a small village near Porec will be my home...). I'm curious to find some good Croatian prog...is there any good contemporary bands from croatia or some classic ones from the Yugoslavian 70s I should look for?
 
 
I will be in Ćervar the whole summer (apartment place 6 km from Poreč on the road to Novigrad). We could drink some beer this summer on Motovun film festivalWink
 
I can recomend you only "Time" (croatian band from 70') and "Leb i sol" (Macedonian band) and "Buldožer" (Slovenians).
 
 
 
 
 
Great!! I will be in Porec from 6th august to 16th. We surely can meet!!Tongue
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Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Originally posted by pero pero wrote:

Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Originally posted by pero pero wrote:

Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

I've bought a copy of a fantastic jazz rock album:
 
Spectrum by Billy Cobham (1973).
 
SpectrumClap
 
Well, I'm going on with my approach to jazz rock. Some of the albums I found are really stunning at the first listenings.
 
P.S. I still haven't found Bruford's One of a Kind...
 
Well done Andrea.Clap
Spectrum is amazing album. Tommy Bolin's guitar is impressive.
If you like this one try also Cobham's "Crosswinds".
 
Passport and their album "Looking thru" was actually my introduction to jazz/rock especially after their concert in Zagreb 1974.
 
Thanks, pero! I will also check it out!
 
This summer I will be in Histria for the secon time (a small village near Porec will be my home...). I'm curious to find some good Croatian prog...is there any good contemporary bands from croatia or some classic ones from the Yugoslavian 70s I should look for?
 
 
I will be in Ćervar the whole summer (apartment place 6 km from Poreč on the road to Novigrad). We could drink some beer this summer on Motovun film festivalWink
 
I can recomend you only "Time" (croatian band from 70') and "Leb i sol" (Macedonian band) and "Buldožer" (Slovenians).
 
 
 
 
 
Great!! I will be in Porec from 6th august to 16th. We surely can meet!!Tongue
 
Im looking forward to meet you. You can bring some Italian Prog  (I dont have any Embarrassed), and I will bring my jazz/rock CD's Wink


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I recommended this album of a good Jazz Rock from Tony Esposito:

Toni Esposito (Rosso napoletano) - LP Numero Uno (ZSLN 55677) 1974


This is a marvellous trip to the Neapolitan and Italian version of Jazz with one of the best Italian percussionist!!!
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Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

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Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Originally posted by pero pero wrote:

Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

I've bought a copy of a fantastic jazz rock album:
 
Spectrum by Billy Cobham (1973).
 
SpectrumClap
 
Well, I'm going on with my approach to jazz rock. Some of the albums I found are really stunning at the first listenings.
 
P.S. I still haven't found Bruford's One of a Kind...
 
Well done Andrea.Clap
Spectrum is amazing album. Tommy Bolin's guitar is impressive.
If you like this one try also Cobham's "Crosswinds".
 
Passport and their album "Looking thru" was actually my introduction to jazz/rock especially after their concert in Zagreb 1974.
 
Thanks, pero! I will also check it out!
 
This summer I will be in Histria for the secon time (a small village near Porec will be my home...). I'm curious to find some good Croatian prog...is there any good contemporary bands from croatia or some classic ones from the Yugoslavian 70s I should look for?
 
 
I will be in Ćervar the whole summer (apartment place 6 km from Poreč on the road to Novigrad). We could drink some beer this summer on Motovun film festivalWink
 
I can recomend you only "Time" (croatian band from 70') and "Leb i sol" (Macedonian band) and "Buldožer" (Slovenians).
 
 
 
 
 
Great!! I will be in Porec from 6th august to 16th. We surely can meet!!Tongue
 
Im looking forward to meet you. You can bring some Italian Prog  (I dont have any Embarrassed), and I will bring my jazz/rock CD's Wink
 
I will certainly brought you copies of a pair of italian prog albums, at least. What do you prefer. The most famous bands or the most obscurest?
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Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

I've bought a copy of a fantastic jazz rock album:
 
Spectrum by Billy Cobham (1973).
 
SpectrumClap
 
Well, I'm going on with my approach to jazz rock. Some of the albums I found are really stunning at the first listenings.
 
P.S. I still haven't found Bruford's One of a Kind...


I confirm these words!!!
Andrea Cortese had astonished me with this purchase...  But I should say that it had done really well to gain a such masterpiece!!! 
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Yep, Spectrum is great.
 
I hope also Crosswind is wonderful too!
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Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Yep, Spectrum is great.
 
I hope also Crosswind is wonderful too!


I've got it Andrea.. I don't think you'll be disappointedWink
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Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Yep, Spectrum is great.
 
I hope also Crosswind is wonderful too!
 
Andrea, here is the list of my favorite jazz/rock albums which I could bring you this summer (if I manage to be in Poreč until 06.08 when you arrive, because I still don't know if I have to go on my vacation 09.07-31.07, or 16.07-07.08):
 
1. Mahavishnu orchestra (Birds of fire, From nothingness to eternity, Inner mountain flame, Lost trident sessions)
   

2. Weather report (Heavy weather, 8:30, Black market)

 
3. Return to forever (No mystery, Return to forever, Hymn of seventh galaxy, Where have I known you before)

4. Zappa (Hot rats, Waka/Jawaka, The grand wazoo, Apostrophe, One size fits all, Bongo fury, Over-nite sensation)

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5. Colosseum (Live, Valentyne suite, Those about to die salute you)
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6. Gong (Shamal, Gazeuse, Espresso II, Downwind)

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7. Passport (Looking thru, Cross colaterall)
 
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8. Billy Cobham (Crosswinds, Spectrum, Rudiments-best of)
9. Herbie Hancock (Headhunters, Man child)

10. Alan Holdswort (Metal fatigue, I.O.U.,Secrets)

11. Soft machine (Third album, Fifth, Bundles, Softs)

12. Brand X (Unorthodox behaviour, Livestock)

13. Jaco Pastorius (Invitation, Curtain call, Live albums)

14. Bill Bruford (Feels good to me, One of a kind)

15. Eumir Deodato (Prelude)
 
 
16. National health (Of queues and cures)
 
 
17. Jeff Beck (Wired, Blow by blow)
 
18. Traffic (John Barleycorn must die, On the road, Shoot out of the fantasy factory,The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys)
 
19. Larry Coryell (Intruducing Larry Coryell and 11 house, Spaces, Planet end)
 
20. Santana (Caravanserai, Third, First album)
 
 
21. Miles Davis (In a silent way, Tribute to jack Johnson, Kind of blue)
 
22. John Mayall (Jazz blues fusion-live)
 
23. Tonny Williams lifetime
 
24. John Mclaughlin solo (Extrapolation. Electric guitarist)
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I've got Mahavushnu's Birds of Fire and RtF's Romantic Warrior (and Spectrum, of course). And Caravanserai also.
 
I also have Mysterious Traveller by Weather Report plus some albums from the italian scene and some canterburian record...
 
Not very much, I admit.
 
I'm intrigued in Bruford's One of a kind and in Black Market...
 
Which italian band do you want to listen to?


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Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

I've got Mahavushnu's Birds of Fire and RtF's Romantic Warrior (and Spectrum, of course). And Caravanserai also.
 
I also have Mysterious Traveller by Weather Report plus some albums from the italian scene and some canterburian record...
 
Not very much, I admit.
 
I'm intrigued in Bruford's One of a kind and in Black Market...
 
Which italian band do you want to listen to?
 
Because I dont know Italian prog scene pick something what you think is OK.
 
By the way yesterday on TV was reportage about Bassano del grappa. Very nice town to live.
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