i am trying to identify the title of a famous jazz track, often used as background music in some films by Pupi Avati.
the films in question are:
- LA RIVINCITA DI NATALE (the track is used at minute 7.30, as background music, while Diego Abatantuono alias Franco Matioli is in a car, on the highway, heading to Bologna, looking for Alessandro Haber alias Lele Bagnoli).
- MA QUANDO ARRIVANO LE RAGAZZE (the track is found around minute 19.30; it accompanies the scene where Nick, in the evening, invited to dinner, goes to Gianca's house).
it should be a piece for a jazz trio (piano, bass & drum); the theme is very frantic, not very catchy and with a fairly complex rhythmic profile. I suspect that one of the most famous performances of this supposed track was made by Keith Jarrett.
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... by any chance is the film available on youtube?
da questo link, forse, è possibile vedere il film LA RIVINCITA DI NATALE...ma non ne sono sicuro, al 100%. la mia connessione è lentissima (uso la chiavetta) e non mi è stato possibile verificarne il contenuto
In reality, the piece in question is not properly part of the soundtrack composed by Riz Ortolani. It is well known that Pupi Avati is a failed jazz musician (due to the 'fault' of his friend Lucio Dalla's excessive talent). And in his films, he often makes reference to his jazz vein with nods and citations. In RIVINCITA DI NATALE, the piece in question is part of the scene, in the sense that it is the music Abatantuono listens to from his car stereo while traveling to Bologna. It could also have been played by Bollani, but I am quite sure it is not a piece by Bollani.
In reality, the piece in question is not properly part of the soundtrack composed by Riz Ortolani. It is well known that Pupi Avati is a failed jazz musician (due to the 'fault' of his friend Lucio Dalla's excessive talent). And in his films, he often makes reference to his jazz vein with nods and citations. In RIVINCITA DI NATALE, the piece in question is part of the scene, in the sense that it is the music Abatantuono listens to from his car stereo while traveling to Bologna. It could also have been played by Bollani, but I am quite sure it is not a piece by Bollani.
Yes, I read it, thanks oscar. Actually, I knew that the author of the C.S. was Ortolani and the performer was bollani. Instead, I thought this piece was one of Pupi Avati's frequent jazzophile citations. For example, in the film preceding RIVINCITA DI NATALE (that is, REGALO DI NATALE), in the scene where Abatantuono meets one of his friends, the latter is in a room listening to BODY AND SOUL on the stereo, in the historical version by Coleman Hawkins (which, moreover, is explicitly mentioned in the subsequent conversation between the two).
And basically... his POKER D'ASSI felt so much like a certain type of jazz standard. What can I say...
Honors to Riz Ortolani! Honors to Stefano Bollani!
Yes, I read it, thanks oscar. Actually, I knew that the author of the C.S. was Ortolani and the performer was bollani. Instead, I thought this piece was one of Pupi Avati's frequent jazzophile citations. For example, in the film preceding RIVINCITA DI NATALE (that is, REGALO DI NATALE), in the scene where Abatantuono meets one of his friends, the latter is in a room listening to BODY AND SOUL on the stereo, in the classic version by Coleman Hawkins (which, moreover, is explicitly mentioned in the subsequent conversation between the two).
And basically... his POKER D'ASSI felt so much like a certain type of jazz standard. What can I say...
Honors to Riz Ortolani! Honors to Stefano Bollani!
