[Dixielandjazz] Italian Jazz

[Marek Boym]

On at least two of those clips Mussolini is featured with OKOM bands
(even if some listmates would describe the high notes of the trumpet
as "circus music").  But usually he plays much more modern style, but
still coherent and swinging.  No someon whose records I'd wish to buy
and hear re;eatedly, but a musician I would not mind hearing in a bar
or a club.
Cheers

On 4 February 2012 19:05, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QM8VIW0TFw=
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk_6XPFTx-4&feature=related
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkkPV6fjk9Y
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FV36_PA8l0&feature=related
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> and for the banjoists,
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWI7Dhwj_oo&feature=related
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> 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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