Premiere of "Assenzio (Decollazione)" from "Tre canti da una luna beffarda" at SpazioMusica (Cagliari, Italy) - 9 Ottobre 2021.
Soprano: Felicita Brusoni

"Assenzio (Decollazione)" is the chant n.13 of the theatrical music work PIERROT REDUX
Text by Albert Giraud, translated by Andrea Raos.

"Assenzio (Decollazione)" from "Tre canti da una luna beffarda" for soprano and electronics.

A tribute to Les Paul and Mary Ford. Thanks again.

Vaja Con Dios - Simone Massaron

Recently I mentioned that I had a cassette tape from over 40 years ago when The Takahashi Band of 82 made a demo track for a potential TV commercial. The track was only worked on for a day or two and then abandoned. I think we all had a busy year and for whatever reason this recording was discarded.

I also talked about sharing the recording one day just for nostalgic reasons, however the mix was a very basic end-of-day progress mix and no vocal part was conceived. Sharing it in this form would not do the potential of the work any justice.

The track began with chords and synths that Yukihiro Takahashi recorded, the basic building blocks of his composition. I added the drum part. Having been intensively rehearsing and performing Takahashi material this triggered a distinct blend of my own style as might appear on tracks such as 'The Art of Parties' and Yukihiro's style on tracks such as 'Glass'. Haruomi Hosono added his brilliance on bass, as well as Masami Tsuchiya overlaying guitar parts and Hajime Tachibana adding a saxophone solo.

Fast forward over 40 years....
 
At the end of 2023 I sent the demo to singer/songwriter Marco Machera, someone I’ve collaborated with a few times in the past and whose vocal style I felt would compliment the music. Yukihiro also enjoyed Marco's music, including it on his own radio show. I asked Marco to consider adding a vocal which he was happy to do, also composing lyrics too.

I used an AI program to break down the stereo mix of the original cassette recording into individual tracks (this is a relatively new technology and although the quality struggled it allowed for a little bit more flexibility with the mixing and blending of new overdubs). The performed parts were retained, and to which I recorded some additional instrumentation as well as joining Marco on the chorus vocals. I made a new mix of the track. So what we have here is the finished piece: “Impossible Until It Happens”. 

Marco and I share this as an homage to Yukihiro who passed away this time last year and is greatly missed. We can feel the essence of Yukihiro's writing style in this track and we hope that you enjoy it.

Music by Yukihiro Takahashi / Song & Lyrics by Marco Machera

Yukihiro Takahashi - Keyboards
Haruomi Hosono - Electric Bass
Steve Jansen - Drums & Percussion, Additional Sequencers & Synthesisers, Chorus Vocals
Masami Tsuchiya - Electric Guitar
Hajime Tachibana - Saxophone
Marco Machera -  Lead Vocals, Samples, Additional Synthesiser
(for more information www.marcomachera.com)

Impossible Until It Happens

Be Little! - Bella Ciao (trad)

Luca Calabrese - Flugelhorn
Massimo Minardi - Guitar
Antonio Cervellino - Double Bass
Francesco d'Auria - Drums

Be Little - Bella Ciao

Tadashi Yabe Special hosted by Rocco Pandiani on #TotallyWiredRadio
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This a Right Tempo tribute special show dedicated to Tadashi Yabe & United Future Organization (Raphael Sebbag & Toshio Matsuura). United Future Organization was the band which inspired Rocco Pandiani to create Right Tempo in the early 90’s. The show spans from UFO tracks to tracks the Japanese ensemble sampled in their work. The narration is inspired by a Tadashi Yabe interview made by Masaaki Hara in November 9, 2014. The show includes vocal tributes by Andrew Jervis, Luca De Gennaro, Franco Fusari, Luca Trevisi (LTJ Experience), Max De Giovanni, Riccardo Cigolotti, Dj Farrapo, Alphonse Ciulla and Max ‘Jazzcat’ Conti. RIP Tadashi Yabe! 

Narration by Rocco Pandiani (Right Tempo) taken from a Tadashi Yabe interview by Masaaki Hara (November 9, 2014) https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2014/11/tadashi-yabe-interview.

Show Mastering by Dj Farrapo 
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Right Tempo Tadashi Yabe (United Future Organization) Special

Nara Mongolia

Summer Ghosts - Part 1 - I hear you now

Composed by Cesare Pizzetti

Luca Calabrese Flugelhorn
Carlo Uboldi Piano
Cesare Pizzetti Double Bass
Marco Caputo Drums

Cesare Pizzetti P4et - Mini

Demo

Big Band Udine - But Not For Me - With Claudio Roditi

Escapologist

TOVAH - Empty Words (2007)

born in the small town of Castello di Annone, near Asti, in the north-western part of Italy, on January 22nd 1964. I have been working with different kind of bands in pop and contemporary music, straight ahead and avant garde jazz playing with, among many others, Gianni Basso, Dusko Gojkovich, Benny Bailey, Tullio de Piscopo, Tiziano Tononi, Daniele Cavallanti, Giorgio Gaslini,  Giovanni Maier, Carlo Actis Dato, Tony Scott, Claudio Roditi, Franco d'Andrea, Ray Charles, Slide Hampton, Roswell Rudd, Herb Robertson, Cecil Taylor, Keith Tippett, the Italian Instabile Orchestra...and performing in Italy,France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Macedonia, Portugal, Japan, Turkey, Canada, USA, Mexico and Guatemala... 

Cesare Pizzetti P4et - Mini

lucalab