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artist : Mario Biondi
title . Handful Of Soul
type : Album
year . 2006
genre : House
subgenre . Jazz
label : Schema
cat . SCCD 406
URL : http://www.ishtar.it
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encoder . Lame 3.97r
quality : VBRkbps / 44,1Khz / Joint-Stereo
source . CDDA
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01.A Child Runs Free 05:56
02.No Mercy For Me 03:50
03.This Is What You Are 07:11
04.Rio De Janeiro Blue 04:10
05.Slow Hot Wind 04:04
06.A Handful Of Soul 04:23
07.Never Die 05:32
08.On A Clear Day 03:15
09.Gig 03:43
10.I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes 04:57
11.No Trouble On The Mountain 04:25
12.I'm Her Daddy 04:24
55:50 min 98,4 MB
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The deep house crew brings you once again a high quality release of
soulful dance music.. music with emotion that deserves the promotion..
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The background Finally to be released the debut album by Mario
Biondi, ôHandful of Soulö. You will be surprised by this singerÆs
deep and warm voice. It recalls the great interpreters soul and
rhythmÆnÆblues music. Many will think of a black singer. Whereas
Mario and Sicilian from Catania. Certainly heÆs capable of expressing
his Soul when singing. After the first collaboration between Schema,
Mario Biondi and the producer Alessandro Magnanini, which brought in
2004 to the release of Was-A-BeeÆs single ôThis Is What You Are / On
A Clear Dayö, ôHandful of Soulö is an album ranging between Jazz and
Soul. The result is in this very enticing music release, whose sound
swings from smooth vocal melodies to rhythmic tracks to dance to.
Mario and the tracks Assembling a repertoire in accordance with his
voice did not prove an easy task. The aim was to find pieces that did
not change the nature of his voice, which could highlight the
deepness of his tone, yet in the same time would still be able to
represent the artistic direction and the music lead followed by
Schema records. The love for Rhythm & Blues and Soul, the styles of
music mostly appreciated by Mario, took him to listen to a certain
music repertoire, in particular some of the most representative
related artists (Earth Wind & Fire, Donny Hattaway. Billy Paul,
Luther Vandross, Lou Rawls, Aretha Franklin, Eryka Badu, Will
Dowingàà). When the producer and Mario decided together the
repertoire to be performed, Mario doubted he might be able to
reproduce stylistically songs of the classic American repertoire such
as ôSlow Hot Windö and ôOn A Clear Dayö, or even ôA Handful Of Soulö.
The result instead can be stunning to most. In this album, not only
he delivers a very convincing interpretation but his voice adds a
different colour to the music in ôSlow Hot Windö as well as in ôA
handful of Soulö. The feel-good sensation spread in ôOn A Clear
Day(..)ö is certainly enhanced by the deep husky voice of the
interpreter. Mario himself remained pleasantly astonished by his own
familiarity with thosetunes. The inspiration he got from singing them
moved himself, along with the other co-authors, to lay down the track
ôGigö, clearly of American derivation, Cole Porter style. In the past
few years Mario collaborated with Alessandro Magnanini (Was-A-Bee),
multi-faced musician as well as excellent arranger. With Alessandro,
Mario co-wrote two authentic gems ôNo Mercy For Meö and ôThis Is What
You Areö. The latter was released as single and licensed on various
compilations, gaining enough success. Whilst ôNo Mercy For Meö
reveals MarioÆs true soul of a crooner, ôThis Is What You Areö went
on air in U.K.on heavy rotation in Norman JayÆs program Giant 45 for
BBC London. Whereas in Italy was programmed by RMC and later became
the music to the networkÆs corporate TV commercial. Another
unreleased track is ôNever Dieö, wrote by Marco Bianchi (already part
of duo Fedreghini-Bianchi, as well as The Invisible Session),
produced on the blueprint of ôThis is What You Areö yet a fine piece
of vocal jazz with fascinating harmonies and captivating solos.
Tributes to rock-blues, soul-blues and rhythm-blues follow
respectively in the shape of ôI CanÆt Keep From Crying Sometimeö by
Al Kooper, a ╛ on the trail of Deirdre Wilson Tabac where MarioÆs
soulful passionate signing shines throughout the song; ôIÆm Her
Daddyö originally by the one and only Bill Withers and ôNo Trouble on
The Mountainö by L.C Cook, another marvellous tune convincingly
covered by MarioÆs unique voice. Quite interesting is the version he
sang of ôA Child Runs Freeö a modern Bossa in perfect Schema style,
just like the samba ôRio De Janeiro Blueö. High Five Quintet When the
producer offered Fabrizio Bosso to arrange and perform the pieces in
this album, he accepted enthusiastically. He suggested to involve his
band and to leave the arrangements of the tracks to Luca Mannutza and
Pietro Ciancaglini. High Five front-line is comprised of
FabrizioBosso on trumpet, winner of important awards in the category
young Italian talent (Django d'Or 2002 and Top Jazz 1999); Daniele
Scannapieco on tenor sax, winner of Django d'Or 2003, esteemed on the
international jazz scene, courtesy of his collaborations with Dee Dee
Bridgewater and Henri Salvador. Luca Mannutza, Pietro Ciancaglini and
Lorenzo Tucci, respectively on piano, double bass and drums, form a
solid rhythm section. Strong and with an excellent interplay; capable
of creating articulate patterns along with refined accompaniments
where the two solo players can best express their flamboyant skills.
Even though High Five have released yet only two albums (for the
label Via Veneto Jazz), they encountered a big success in the most
important jazz festivals like, Paris Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz,
Brianza Open Jazz, Clusone Jazz Festival and Teano Jazz. Also the
singles musicians career proves their artistic relevance: Fabrizio
Bosso deftly sways from pop to collaborations with artists like Phil
Woods, Enrico Pieranunzi and Franco DÆAndrea; Daniele Scannapieco,
coming from a classical background, collaborated with jazz musicians
of notorious international fame, amongst whom Maria Pia De Vito,
Stefano Di Battista, Giovanni Tommaso, Tony Scott and Roberto Gatto;
Luca Mannutza boasts collaborations with artists like Paolo Fresu,
Emanuele Cisi, Maurizio Giammarco, Bebo Ferra and Steve Grossman;
Lorenzo Tucci instead, shared the stage with artists the likes of
Giovanni Tommaso, Maurizio Giammarco, Stefano Di Battista, Dado
Moroni, Flavio Boltro, Rosario Giuliani e Piero Umiliani; although
Pietro Ciancaglini is the youngest among the High Five, he can boasts
relevant artistic collaborations: from Nicola Stilo, to Kenny
Wheeler, from Lee Konitz to Rita Marcotulli, from Amedeo Tommasi to
Claudio Roditi. Together or individually they gave birth to some
exciting performances, both live as well as in studio, for artists
such as Schema Sextet and Nicola Conte. And now, Mario Biondi. High
Five are able to play Jazz in a way that is instinctive; they
perfectly adjusted to this production in a natural way, making this
album a very pleasant listening.
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