[Dixielandjazz] Italian Jazz
Stephen G Barbone
barbonestreet at earthlink.net
Sat Feb 4 09:05:19 PST 2012
Here are some clips historians may enjoy. They feature Romano
Mussolini on piano. Yes, Benito's son. I met him and his first wife,
Anna, (Sophia Loren's sister) when he was playing piano at a joint on
Capri, during my honeymoon in 1962. Back then he was using the alias
Romano Full, because his real name was still a bit of a handicap. He
passed away in 2006.
Italians love jazz. As an aside, in the 1930s, American jazz musicians
were known by Italian names to fit Italy's nationalistic fervor. For
example, Louis Armstrong was known in Italy as Luigi Fortebraccio, so
as to imply italian heritage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QM8VIW0TFw=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk_6XPFTx-4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkkPV6fjk9Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FV36_PA8l0&feature=related
and for the banjoists,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWI7Dhwj_oo&feature=related
Don't you just love the seriousness of the way Italians play jazz? Way
Cool.
Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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