Carlo Aonzo has published a new CD with Italian music – Mandolitaly. In this album the Carlo Aonzo Trio plays a set of Italian tunes in very entertaining way, with a light mood and jazzy influences. The mandolin has a beautiful tone, and the accompaniment by guitar and double bass prepares a colorful base for the mandolin.
You can hear selections by Raffaele Calace and Carlo Munier, songs like the Genoese song “Ma se ghe penso”, the Neapolitan song “Voce ‘e notte”, the song “Nebbia’a la Vall” from the Abruzzi, a Sicilian Tarantella joined with Taranta Steps by John Coltrane, and a classical Toccata in A.
Carlo Aonzo has a compiled a great and entertaining album for everybody who loves the mandolin, with lovely tremolo serenades and jolly tarantellas. Some of the recordings remind me of the great Dave Apollon.
For the recording Carlo has added some great guest musicians to add more colors to the unique sound.
Claudio Bellato (guitar)
Tommaso Bellomare (sicilian jew’s harp)
Rudy Cervetto (drums)
Antonio Marangolo (sax)
Ismaila Mbaye (african percussions)
Fabio Rinaudo (bagpipes, flute)
Daniele Sepe (sax)
Ike Stubblefield (hammond organ)
Riccardo Tesi (diatonic accordion)
Riccardo Zegna (piano)
The album can be ordered directly from Carlo Aonzo, it will be available soon on all other platforms.
Mandolitaly
You can hear some of the songs of this new CD as a live performance of the Carlo Aonzo Trio in the following podcast:
00:00 Indifference (short version)
06:35 Polke
11:53 Mazurka Sentimentale
18:13 Voce e’ Notte + Taranta Steps
25:00 Arrivederci Roma + Roma nun fa la stupida stasera
32:09 Mazurka (Calace)
38:06 Receita de Samba
43:46 Splitting it up
49:38 Vivaldi in New York (L’Estate 3° mov.)
54:30 Minuano (short version)
Playlist Mandolitaly
CD presentation on the website of Carlo Aonzo:
https://carloaonzo.com/mandolitaly-the-new-album
After “A Mandolin Journey”, musical tour through the continents, the Carlo Aonzo Trio – Carlo Aonzo on the Italian mandolin, Lorenzo Piccone on the acoustic guitar and Luciano Puppo on the double bass – is back, this time travelling along the Italian tradition to rediscover its peculiar soundtrack. Once again the main character is the mandolin which, in the personal unique modern and eclectic style of Aonzo, makes such repertoire surprisingly catchy and contemporary.
Additional Information
Review of “MandolItaly” in the Mandolin Cafe – including the track “Taranta Steps” from the album.
Review of the album (ondamusicale.it – Italian)
The previous album by the Carlo Aonzo Trio: