Amarcord Nino Rota
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| Amarcord Nino Rota | |
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| Studio album by (Various) | |
| Recorded | 1981 |
| Label | Hannibal |
| Producer | Hal Willner |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Amarcord Nino Rota is an album by various artists, recorded as a tribute to composer Nino Rota.
The album is a tribute to composer Nino Rota and contains adaptations of his compositions for Federico Fellini films.[1] It was the first of producer Hal Willner's tribute albums, and featured then-little-known musicians such as Wynton Marsalis and Bill Frisell.[2] It was recorded in 1981.[3]
Reception
Writing in The Boston Phoenix, critic Bob Blumenthal said that "Even listeners unfamiliar with Fellini's movies should sense how these melodies, with their playful mix of sentiment and irreverence, lend themselves to jazz improvisors. ... Like a good casting director, [producer Hal Willner] has chosen arrangers eclectically, yet with an unerring sense of character type; and like a skilled film editor, he has paced the album meticulously, with terse foreshadowings and framing devices that keep the solo and duet performances in dramatic balance with the larger ensemble efforts."[4]
