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Rita Marcotulli
Rita Marcotulli (born 10 March 1959) is an Italian jazz pianist and composer. Career Born in Rome, Marcotulli is the daughter of a sound engineer who collaborated with Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone, among others. She started playing piano at five years old and graduated in classical music from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory. Marcotulli began her professional career in the early 1980s and made her first recording in 1984. Thanks to a series of prestigious collaborations, including Richard Galliano, Chet Baker, Enrico Rava, Kenny Wheeler, Peter Erskine, and Steve Grossman, in a few years she established herself as an important figure in the contemporary jazz scene. In 1987 Marcotulli was nominated for the Best Young Talent Award in the NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll. In 1988 she toured in the U.S. and in Europe with Billy Cobham, also appearing in Cobham 's album ''Incoming''. In 1996 she duetted with Pat Metheny at the Sanremo Music Festival. She has also had a long-term music ...
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Rome
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Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, latin jazz, and jazz fusion. Metheny has three gold albums and 20 Grammy Awards and is the only person to win Grammys in 10 categories. He is the younger brother of jazz flugelhornist Mike Metheny. Biography Early years and education Metheny was born in Lee's Summit, Missouri. His father Dave played trumpet, his mother Lois sang, and his maternal grandfather Delmar was a professional trumpeter. Metheny's first instrument was trumpet, which he was taught by his brother, Mike. His brother, father, and grandfather played trios together at home. His parents were fans of Glenn Miller and swing music. They took Metheny to concerts to hear Clark Terry and Doc Severinsen, but they had little respect for guitar. ...
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Palmetto Records
Palmetto Records is an independent American jazz record company and label in New York City founded in 1990 by guitarist Matt Balitsaris. Issues began with those by Balitsaris, then Greg Hatza in 1993. Since then, its catalog has included albums by Peter Bernstein, Joel Frahm, Larry Goldings, Andrew Hill, Cecil McBee, Dewey Redman, and Matt Wilson. Balitsaris retired from music and began working for Fonkoze, a charity in Haiti. He was chairman of the board until 2015. Artists *Ben Allison * Lili Añel * Matt Balitsaris * David Berkman *Will Bernard * Betty Buckley *Joey Calderazzo * Frank Christian * Scott Colley * Richard Davis *Marty Ehrlich * Peter Eldridge *Sara Gazarek *Larry Goldings * Greg Hatza * Fred Hersch * Andrew Hill *Javon Jackson *Frank Kimbrough * Lee Konitz *Brian Landrus *Bill Mays * Cecil McBee * Leon Russell * Kate McGarry * Chris McNulty * Mustard's Retreat * Ted Nash *New York Voices *Noah Preminger *Bobby Previte *Dewey Redman * Lonnie Smith * Spect ...
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In London (Dewey Redman Album)
''In London'' is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1996 for the BBC and released on the Palmetto label.Palmetto Records catalogue
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Reception

The review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating " Dewey Redman emerges as an underrated giant".Yanow, S
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Gianmaria Testa
Gianmaria Testa (17 October 1958 – 30 March 2016) was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist. Testa began musical performances in 1990 and in the early 1990s, he won two consecutive top prizes at the Recanati Festival. His first album "Montgolfieres" was issued in 1995 in a collaboration between the French Label Bleu and Harmonia Mundi. Throughout his musical career, Testa continued to work as a station master at the train station in Cuneo, Italy. He sang in Italian and French and his music bears resemblances to folk, jazz and world music. References External links

* * * * 1958 births 2016 deaths Italian male singer-songwriters Italian singer-songwriters People from the Province of Cuneo Label Bleu artists Harmonia Mundi artists {{Italy-singer-stub ...
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Basilicata Coast To Coast
''Basilicata Coast to Coast'' is a 2010 Italian comedy film directed by Rocco Papaleo. A South Korean remake named '' Blue Busking'' was released in 2017. Plot Nicola Palmieri ( Rocco Papaleo) is a high school math teacher with a passion for music. He is the frontman of a local music band he formed with a group of friends from Maratea. Guitarist Salvatore Chiarelli ( Paolo Briguglia) is a medical student who has somehow forgotten to graduate and fall in love; double bass player Franco Cardillo ( Max Gazzè) is a fisherman at whom love has taken away word and purpose in life; drummer Rocco Santamaria (Alessandro Gassman), Salvatore's cousin, is a TV personality whose popularity is declining and hasn't been able to find a showbiz job in the last two years. During the Summer, the quartet decides to sign up for the national theater-song festival in Scanzano Jonico, renaming themselves "Le Pale Eoliche" (the windmill blades). To get from Maratea to Scanzano Jonico, they need to ...
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Rocco Papaleo
Rocco Antonio Papaleo (born 16 August 1958) is an Italian actor, film director and singer. Born in Lauria ( Basilicata), he moved to Rome to study math at university but left soon to attend the theatre school. He made his theatrical debut in 1985 acting ''Sussurri rapidi'' by Salvatore Di Mattia. In 1989, he made his first cinema appearance in ''Senza Pelle'', directed by Alessandro D'Alatri and appeared in the television series '' Classe di ferro''. He is known for his long collaboration with director Leonardo Pieraccioni. He also starred in films like '' Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess'' (2009) by Hiroshi Nishitani and '' What a Beautiful Day'' (2010) by Gennaro Nunziante. He made his debut as a film director in '' Basilicata coast to coast'' (2010), winning a Nastro d'Argento and a David di Donatello award for Best New Director.
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Nastro D'Argento For Best Score
The ''Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film critics. This is the list of Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Score. Ennio Morricone is the record holder with nine Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Score received from 1965 to 2013. 1940s *1947 - Renzo Rossellini - ''Paisan'' *1948 - Renzo Rossellini - ''The Brothers Karamazov'' *1949 - Alessandro Cicognini - ''Bicycle Thieves'' 1950s *1950 - Roman Vlad - for all his works *1951 - Giovanni Fusco - ''Story of a Love Affair'' *1952 - Mario Nascimbene - '' Rome 11:00'' *1953 - Valentino Bucchi - ''Eager to Live'' *1954 - Mario Zafred - ''Chronicle of Poor Lovers'' *1955 - Angelo Francesco Lavagnino - ''Lost Continent'' *1956 - Angelo Francesco Lavagnino - '' Vertigine bianca'' *1957 - Nino Rota - ''War and Peace'' *1958 - Nino Rota - ''W ...
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Nastro D'Argento
The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani''). It is the oldest Italian film award, given every year at the ''Teatro Antico'' in Taormina (Sicily). Awards The awards are currently given in the following categories: *Best Film (''Miglior film''; since 2017) *Best Director (''Miglior regista'', since 2017) *Best Comedy (''Migliore commedia''; since 2009) * Best New Director (''Miglior regista esordiente''; since 1974) *Best Producer (''Miglior produttore''; since 1954) *Best Original Story (''Migliore soggetto'') * Best Screenplay (''Migliore sceneggiatura''; since 1948) * Best Actor (''Migliore attore protagonista'') * Best Actress (''Migliore attrice protagonista'') * Best Supporting Actor (''Migliore attore non protagonista'') * Best Supporting Actress (''Migliore attrice non ...
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Ciak D'oro
''Ciak'' is a popular Italian film magazine published in Milan, Italy. It is the most popular film magazine in Italy. The title is the Italian word (also spelled ''ciac'', for a film clapperboard. History and profile ''Ciak'' was established in 1985 by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Each year the magazine publishes the Power List. Ciak d'oro The Ciak d'oro (Golden Ciak) is an Italian annual film award. It was established in 1986 by the magazine ''Ciak''. It is the only award of Italian cinema that has the audience as jury: the readers of the magazine vote the best film, the best director, the best leading actors and the best foreign film of the season, instead the best supporting actors and the winners of the Ciak d'oro for technical categories and for Best Debut are designed by a jury of film critics and specialized journalists. See also *List of magazines published in Italy References External links Official Website 1985 establishments in Italy Ciak Ciak Ciak Ciak ''Ci ...
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David Di Donatello For Best Score
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, Davi ...
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David Di Donatello
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award categories, as of 2021. The industry-voted awards are considered the Italian equivalent of the American Academy Awards and rank among top-tier awards such as the Premio Regia Televisiva for television, the Premio Ubu for stage performances, the Sanremo Music Festival, and the annual Venice Film Festival, which hosts the Golden Lion film award. History The David di Donatello film awards follow the same criteria as the American Academy Awards.) The ceremony was established in 1955 in order to honour the best of each year's Italian and foreign films, and first awarded in Rome on 5 July 1956. Similar prizes had already existed in Italy for about a decade, such as the Nastro d.'Gentro, but these were voted on by film critics and journalists. Ho ...
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