Mia martini feat roberto murolo biography
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Rino was a double bass master, active as a soloist, bandleader, theater musician, sideman and teacher. He has performed with Gato Barbieri, Chet Baker, B. Cobham, Pino Daniele, Mons. Milingo, G. Gaber and many others.
R.I.P Rino Zurzolo (June 14, 1958 – April 30, 2017).
Born in Naples in 1958, Rino Zurzolo graduated from the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in double bass with top marks, and quickly also passed the Scala of Milan theatre exams. At the same time he made forays into the jazz world. In 1984, he founded the group Rino Zurzolo Jazz da camera, in which he explored both the classical and jazz sides of its musical personality. He also kept busy as a classical bassist, performing regularly with the A. Scarlatti Orchestra of RAI, Naples. As a soloist he performed in several Roberto De Simone shows. He appeared in all the most important Italian theatres, with R. Fabbriciani, C. Bruno, E. Fisk, T. De Piscopo and others. He participated in many recording sessions for radio and television, and concerts with prominent international musicians such as Gato Barbieri, Chet Baker, Bob Berg, Vladimir Denissenkov, Don Cherry, Billy Cobham, Steve Gadd, Toots Thielemans, Trilok Gurtu, Ustad Nisha Khan, and Nanà Vasconcellos.
Rino has received many awards and acknowledgments, incl
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From Milan To Naples: Italian Dialects In Music
Anyone who has been to Italy, even just once, knows to what extent it’s a country of dialects, and not just because there are so many. In some regions in particular, dialects are widely spoken. Across the country, regional expressions to a certain extent are often sprinkled into conversation. This linguistic variety also characterizes the musical catalog of a number of current and past Italian singers, making them an entertaining way to get closer to the local dialects from different regions. One thing is certain: Italian dialects in music are an important part Italy’s cultural heritage.
If you’re just getting started learning Italian, it can be hard to figure out where to get started listening to Italian dialects in music. To help you out, we put together a guide to some of the most popular acts through the decades. You can click on the various links before for YouTube videos of various songs and performance, or you can check out the playlist below with most of the songs we talk about throughout.
Campania
Let’s start with the region where music and dialect are most often mixed — Campania. This is the region where one of the most emblematic people in Italian music was born, Nino D’Angelo. Jammo Jà (“Let’s go”) is the name o
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