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Todd, you have this one?   Didn't you say it is more in the JF realm?
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LIVING LIFE - Let:from experience to experience - 1975 (Italian light and jazzy progressive rock)





Widely unknown jazz rock band from Turin,formed in mid-70's by ex-Circus 2000 drummer Roberto “Johnny” Betti.Another former member of Circus 2000, guitarist Marcello ''Spooky'' Quartarone participated also in the original line-up.Their first album was released in 1975 on Betti's newly established Shirak Label with no names of the band's members,except the main composer Nijo Tibet,who has to be Betti under a fake pseudonym. Fortunately the album was re-released by Mellow Records on CD in 1995.''Let: from experience to experience'' is mostly an instrumental album of soft and progressive jazz rock with some ethnic overtones here and there.Unlike many bands dealing with this path,LIVING LIFE choose to balance the album between free impovisational forms and well-arranged compositions,always filled with massive flutes, perscussions and saxes.For example the first two tracks are beautifully composed progressive/jazz tracks with a fair amount of melody and a slight Canterbury feeling (mainly the first).However the two followers, ''Time'' and ''From Marocco'' are an obscure blending of free improvisation and ethnic tunes created by saxes,while those tracks include heavy use of percussions as well.''Ciopi ciopi'' is a relaxing instrumental entirely based on Piercarlo Bettini' piano,while the closer ''Straight down'' is the more balanced composition,where Bettini's piano meets Quartarone smooth solos meets Walter Negri's improvisational saxes and Savarro's fantastic bass lines.A combination of KRAAN, WEATHER REPORT, RETURN TO FOREVER with some AREA's softer music would be a good description.All in all the album is really satisfying with some trully good moments and a hidden energy on the background. Generally recommended,but not to be missed by fans of progressive rock,who want heavy doses of jazz in their music.
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Points: 17332 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2010 at 15:45
Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

The long under-rated, but more recently reformed Latte e Miele evidently recorded a live album in Canada and released it in 2008 called Live and Tasting-does anybody know where in Canada the concert was recorded?



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Recorded live in Toronto, Canada, in 2008

CD Aereostella 0193582AER (2008)


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It's amazing that I still get as much chills from Impressioni Di Settembre as the first I heard it.

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Originally posted by LinusW LinusW wrote:

It's amazing that I still get as much chills from Impressioni Di Settembre as the first I heard it.

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I've been enjoying the "big 3" quite a bit lately too Linus, after several years ignoring them in search of the lesser known bands. 

My big 3 starter kit would look like this:

Banco - s/t
PFM - Storia di un Minuto
Orme - Felona e Sorona
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Originally posted by LinusW LinusW wrote:

It's amazing that I still get as much chills from Impressioni Di Settembre as the first I heard it.

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Same hereClap. I was moved almost to tears when they played it last year at NEARfest - transporting me back almost 40 years to the summer of 1972, when I used to listen to the song on the radio.
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Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Originally posted by LinusW LinusW wrote:

It's amazing that I still get as much chills from Impressioni Di Settembre as the first I heard it.

Heart


Same hereClap. I was moved almost to tears when they played it last year at NEARfest - transporting me back almost 40 years to the summer of 1972, when I used to listen to the song on the radio.


That was the one song that made me fall in love with RPI. The combo of Introduzione and Impressioni di Settembre over and over again LOL....
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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Originally posted by LinusW LinusW wrote:

It's amazing that I still get as much chills from Impressioni Di Settembre as the first I heard it.

Heart


I've been enjoying the "big 3" quite a bit lately too Linus, after several years ignoring them in search of the lesser known bands. 

My big 3 starter kit would look like this:

Banco - s/t
PFM - Storia di un Minuto
Orme - Felona e Sorona




Ah yes. That old chestnut Wink

My Big 3 starter kit:

Banco - Io Sono Nato Libero
PFM - Storia Di Un Minuto
Le Orme - Uomo Di Pezza
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Points: 3472 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2010 at 14:57
Although I don't recommend starting with Darwin!, it was the first RPI title I ever heard.  Several years ago I saw on the Gnosis website that their number one prog album was Darwin!.  I thought, no way can that be better than all those great Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, etc titles I love so much.  So I bought it, and the rest is history!
 
And I agree about Storia di un Minuto.  Easily the best PFM, not mentioned nearly enough.
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Originally posted by Nightfly Nightfly wrote:

What a dilemma! I'd love to get the 35th aniversary edition of the 1st Biglietto Per L'inferno album but 25 euros for a cd I already have just to get an extra minute of L'amico Suicida is a bit steep, especially when I could spend the money on so many great RPI albums I don't have at all. Confused Anyone know if the sound quality is drastically improved or not?
 
Okay, so I'm pretty disappointed with the SHM Japanese mini lp.  This version was taken from a vinyl copy, complete with lots of vinyl background noise.  The sound isn't any better, in fact it's worse than my copy from the remastered box set (which I think is probably the same as the Italian mini lp version).  So save your money, Paul!  The extra minute isn't worth it.  Those of you who don't have the album, if you can't get the box set I'd advise the Italian mini lp version if you can find it.
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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Todd, you have this one?   Didn't you say it is more in the JF realm?
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LIVING LIFE - Let:from experience to experience - 1975 (Italian light and jazzy progressive rock)





Widely unknown jazz rock band from Turin,formed in mid-70's by ex-Circus 2000 drummer Roberto “Johnny” Betti.Another former member of Circus 2000, guitarist Marcello ''Spooky'' Quartarone participated also in the original line-up.Their first album was released in 1975 on Betti's newly established Shirak Label with no names of the band's members,except the main composer Nijo Tibet,who has to be Betti under a fake pseudonym. Fortunately the album was re-released by Mellow Records on CD in 1995.''Let: from experience to experience'' is mostly an instrumental album of soft and progressive jazz rock with some ethnic overtones here and there.Unlike many bands dealing with this path,LIVING LIFE choose to balance the album between free impovisational forms and well-arranged compositions,always filled with massive flutes, perscussions and saxes.For example the first two tracks are beautifully composed progressive/jazz tracks with a fair amount of melody and a slight Canterbury feeling (mainly the first).However the two followers, ''Time'' and ''From Marocco'' are an obscure blending of free improvisation and ethnic tunes created by saxes,while those tracks include heavy use of percussions as well.''Ciopi ciopi'' is a relaxing instrumental entirely based on Piercarlo Bettini' piano,while the closer ''Straight down'' is the more balanced composition,where Bettini's piano meets Quartarone smooth solos meets Walter Negri's improvisational saxes and Savarro's fantastic bass lines.A combination of KRAAN, WEATHER REPORT, RETURN TO FOREVER with some AREA's softer music would be a good description.All in all the album is really satisfying with some trully good moments and a hidden energy on the background. Generally recommended,but not to be missed by fans of progressive rock,who want heavy doses of jazz in their music.


 
I do have this album, and it's excellent Italian JRF.  This review is excellent, too--where did you find it?  Living Life isn't on the site, are they?
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Points: 17332 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 22 2010 at 14:34
No, it was in the thread for non-site band reviews.  ^
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No, it was in the thread for non-site band reviews.  ^
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El Tor by CITTÀ FRONTALE album cover Studio Album, 1975
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Città Frontale Rock Progressivo Italiano

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3 stars After "Landscape of Life" the memorable italian prog band Osanna disbanded. Many opinionists tell there were then discording musical ideas between Elio D'Anna and Lino Vairetti (excellent vocalist) based, probably (that's one of the peculiarities of the italian progressive rock movement) on different political faiths.

So they turned to an ending point. D'Anna formed the unlucky band Uno and flew to London to record the eponimous debut. Vairetti, on the other hand, formed Città Frontale (or re-formed...Città Frontale was a band active before Osanna and in the line up was also a certain Gianni Leone, founder of Il Balletto di Bronzo).

The band offer a peculiar mix between gentle folk and pastoral tunes within some jazzy incursions and melodic vocals winking at the left wing tradition. Near to the previous Osanna's record.

The result is still convincing, but, as for Uno only album, simpler and with a more commercial approach, showing a clear tendency to come closer more mainstream musical areas. Fortunately, the wise interplay between flutes, particularly strong saxes ( tenor, soprano and contralto) and keyboards (moog, organ mellotron, fender piano and harpsichord) seem to assure the right of being called a good prog album. Other interesting peculiarity are the folksy and pastoral sparse touches as in the opener "Alba di una Città". To be honest, the opener is not so representative of the whole record, being the only one completely performed as an acoustic gentle ballad.

Try this one if you like Osanna! But don't expect to listen to some complicated stuff...


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Points: 3659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 23 2010 at 06:12
^ I do like Osanna and would be interested in checking this one out. However my list of wanted RPI albums is so long I fear this one would be well down so little chance of it ending up in my collection any time soon. Great review from Andrea though. Thumbs Up
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Battisti has been ordered, just these 2 at the moment and I am looking forward to their arrival. Maybe I should check the Letter Box? might be there already, only ordered 5 minutes agoSmile I wish
 
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^ You will want to check out "Anima Latina" soon too, which is my favorite of his.  Have fun!
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Originally posted by Todd Todd wrote:

^ You will want to check out "Anima Latina" soon too, which is my favorite of his.  Have fun!
I checked it out Todd and saw it was a bit pricey and I know if I leave it the price will only go up but found one for in the UK that was okay so I ordered it. I will be kicking myself if I did not grab it now as all the rest from the main sellers are twice the price. So thanks Todd. Big smile No more recommendations today I could go broke, I am like a kid in a lolly shopLOL
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Points: 3472 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 23 2010 at 14:43
Clap  You won't regret that one!
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Points: 24429 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 23 2010 at 14:53
Great album indeedClap! If you like it, you should also get the two Battisti released before it, Il mio canto libero and Il nostro caro angelo, both wonderful albums, and very progressive (though perhaps not in a conventional 'prog' sense). 
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Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Great album indeedClap! If you like it, you should also get the two Battisti released before it, Il mio canto libero and Il nostro caro angelo, both wonderful albums, and very progressive (though perhaps not in a conventional 'prog' sense). 
  Thanks Raff, I will have a look at them most likely next after I give these 3 a working over when they arriveSmile 
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