(Fusion, Modern Big Band) [CD] Maurizio Rolli & A.M.P. Big Band (featuring Mike Stern and Michael Manring) - Moodswings: A Tribute To Jaco Pastorius - 2001, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This isn’t just another oblique or chops based attempt at paying homage to the late, great bassist Jaco Pastorius. Here, Italian acoustic-electric bassist, arranger Maurizio Rolli and his A.M.P. Big Band (along with some special guests), inject heartfelt imagery into the Pastorius songbook. With this release, Rolli focuses on Pastorius' compositional strengths.
Rolli’s vision provides additional proof to the validity of Pastorius’ melodic gifts. Rolli, drummer Nicola Angelucci and bassist Michael Manring open the set with a (jam) spin on Jaco’s now infamous rendition of Charlie Parker’s “Donna Lee.” While much of the excitement pertains to Diana Torto’s airy, wordless vocals on pieces such as Pastorius’ classic, “Three Views of a Secret.” In fact many of these arrangements, feature Ms. Torto’s breezy vocalise atop the Big Band’s textured arrangements. They perform a justifiably, peppery version of “Teen Town.” Whereas, guitarist Mike Stern leads the charge during a work he had composed and dedicated to Jaco subsequent to his untimely death, titled “Havona.” A gorgeous and irrefutably somber ballad, Stern’s guitar parts are counterbalanced by the horns section warmly stated passages and Rolli’s lyrically charged electric bass work. Otherwise, Stern also performs on “Djaco,” and “Wing and a Prayer.”
Rolli’s thoughtfully conceived interpretations of the late bassist legacy stands as a triumphant homage as opposed to reworking these pieces into verbatim type exercises. The musicians convey a deeply personalized reckoning of what Pastorius did and perhaps could have done via the wide-ranging possibilities of his musical persona. Regardless, this is a grand production, brimming with multicolored pastels and shrewdly actualized soloing endeavors. Recommended…

Maurizio Rolli - Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass, Arrangements, Backing vocals
Michael Manring - Electric Bass on "Donna Lee jam"
Mike Stern - Electric Guitar on "Havona", "Djaco" and "Wing and a Prayer"
A.M.P. Big Band:
Alfredo Impullitti - Conductor
Diana Torto - Vocals
Fabrizio Bosso - Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Samuele Garofoli, Giorgio Distante, Gianni Ferreri, Roberto Di Egidio - Trumpets
Massimo Morganti, Marcello Scarpetti, Davide Di Pasquale - Trombones
Giovanni Pantalone - Oboe
Marco Felicioni - Flute
Roberto Torto - Clarinet and Bass Clarinet on "Wing and a Prayer" & "Teen Town"
Gianluca Esposito - Soprano Sax
Achille Succi - Alto Sax and Bass Clarinet
Marco Collazzoni - Alto Sax
Max Ionata - Tenor and Sop. Saxes
Piero Delle Monache - Tenor Sax
Massimo Mucci - Baritone Sax
Angelo Trabucco, Angelo Canelli (on "Good bye pork pie hat" and "Wing and a Prayer"), Claudio Filippini (on "Donna Lee") - Piano
Giancarlo Alfani - Guitar
Nicola Angelucci, Paolo Corsi (on "Havona", "Djaco" and "Wing and a Prayer"), Danny Manzo (on "Invitation " and "Teen Town") - Drums
Giovanni Imparato - Percussions and Backing vocals
Diana Torto, Simona Capozucco, Lucia Di Gregorio, Maurizio Rolli, Enrico Melozzi, Angelo Trabucco, Marcello Manuli, Giovanni Imparato - Backing vocals
Diana Torto, Maurizio Rolli, Paola Giuliani - Spoken
Augusto D'Incecco, Patrick Murray, Piergiorgio Troilo, Gaia Luzzi, Piero Montebello, Morena Di Gennaro - Violins
Giovanni Ciaffarini, Hazel Godard - Violas
Enrico Melozzi - Cello

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