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| 1. | Arigato
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| 2. | Bad Rap 1
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| 3. | Fusi Orari
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| 4. | Thai Children
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| 5. | Apaches
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| 6. | Cocodi
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| 7. | Sikasso
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| 8. | Bloody Christmas
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| 9. | Banda Sbandata
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| 10. | Kathmandu
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| 11. | Iga
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| 12. | Wonderful World
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| 13. | Marina
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| 14. | Wine and Water
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| 15. | Bad Rap 2
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| 16. | Marrakech
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| 17. | Oujda
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| 18. | Latin Lover
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| 19. | Witches
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| 20. | Basta la Pasta
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| 21. | Bali
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| 22. | Mikhail
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| 23. | Mambo N. 55
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| 24. | El Oued
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| 25. | Gamelan
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| 26. | Bad Rap 3
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| 27. | Arigato
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| 28. | Bad Rap 1
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| 29. | Fusi Orari
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| 30. | Mali
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Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation
Carlo Actis Dato - Engineer, Sax (Baritone), Producer, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Tenor)
John Rottiers Liner Notes, Producer
Leo Feigin Producer
Lora Denis Design
Mario Bertodo Editing, Mastering
Roberto Masotti Photography
Tamio Kanzaki Artwork, Cover Photo
The first solo CD by Carlo Actis Dato (Urartu, CD LR 220) released in 1995 was an instant success. However, since Carlo Actis Dato has never been marching time, it's time for a second solo CD on which Carlo plays baritone and tenor saxophones, and bass clarinet as well. There are 30 tracks on this CD, and some of them were recorded by Carlo on different locations. It's up to you to find out how they fit with the tracks recorded in the studio.
Saxophonist Carlo Actis Dato has been struggling for years to impose himself in the harsh world of new jazz. If there is any justice in this world, The Moonwalkers should consecrate him as a leading improviser and creative force. Not that this solo album is especially original or displays exceptional musicianship. It simply works like a charm. Dato's previous solo CD Urartu had its moments, but was only an introduction to the musician's universe when compared with this effort. The Moonwalker comprises 18 short solos (only one of them crosses the four-minute barrier). This series is regularly interrupted by short street recordings from various exotic places (Thai children singing, an excerpt from a Balinese religious ceremony, etc.). Is there a relation between the two? It doesn't matter: The street tracks provide the listener audio material that is everything but saxophone. It works like a reset button -- when Dato resumes playing, he immediately recaptivates one's attention. His solos are short, bouncy (with strong bop accents at times), funny, and lively. His playing is exuberant, but also covers a wide palette. On "El Oued," he produces raspy sounds; on "Latin Lover," he shouts while manipulating his instrument's keys, and immediately after delivers a spirited bop improvisation ("Witches"). He builds contrasts out of a very personal sensibility to melody, an exuberance similar to Ivo Perelman's, a strong sense of humor, and, of course, those street recordings. The listener comes out of The Moonwalkers astonished that an hour has already passed. An album both strongly relevant and highly enjoyable. ~ Francois Couture, All Music Guide
Carlo Actis Dato
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Mar 21, 1952
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Modern Creative, Avant-Garde, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation
Multi-reedist Carlo Actis Dato has performed and recorded modern creative jazz since the 1970s. Over the next 30 years, he played on 50 recordings, serving as co-leader or leader on about 20 of these. An integral member of the Italian creative music scene, Dato was a co-founder of Art Studio, one of the first groups to play new jazz in Italy. He is also a member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, a project that occasionally groups together the finest in the Italian new jazz scene -- including composer and clarinetist Gianluigi Trovesi and trombonist Sebi Tramontana -- which released several recordings during the 1990s, including a live double disc on Leo Records. Dato also leads his own quartet, formed in 1984, which was voted Top Italian Group by the Musica Jazz magazine in 1988, 1990, 1992, and 1996, and has performed at festivals and for radio broadcasts in several European countries. The other members of Dato's quartet are bassist Enrico Fazio, drummer Fiorenzo Sordini, and reedsman Piero Ponzo. Dato also leads the reeds-only Atipico Trio and co-leads the Brasserie Trio, who also have a release on the Leo Records label. He has performed in many groups including Mama Quartet and Mitteleuropa Orchestra, and has collaborated with Georgio Gaslini, Roberto Ottaviano, Oliver Lake, Leroy Jenkins, Franz Koglmann, Pino Minafra, Mark Dresser, various members of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, and more. Dato also took part in many theater and dance performances, and taught jazz and saxophone in the Civic School of Torino and the Percstudio Music Information. At the end of the 1999, a duo recording with Kazutoki Umezu came out on Leo, entitled Wake Up With the Birds.
--- Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide |
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