Label : ? MMP 295 Format : CD, Album, Reissue Country : Italy Year : 1976 Remastered : 1998 Genre : Jazz, Rock Style : Jazz Rock, Fusion
TRACKS
1. African Norge : 8:02 2. Bouzouki : 10:56 3. Giugno '75 : 12:03 4. A Milano E' Dura : 5:56 5. Zabaz : 2:50
CREDITS
Keyboards : Pino De Vita Guitar : Attilio Zanchi Percussion, Vibes : Jonathan Scully Drums : Joe Castanuela
INFO / BIO
«Made up of Italian and American musicians alike, this little-known quintet from Milan managed to blend together pulsating African rhythms and jazz-rock with interesting results. They recorded one album in 1976 as well as a single, "
Make Up
", that was used as the theme for a late 70's Italian TV show ("3 Pezzi Facili"). Among other musicians, the band featured sax player
Renato Rivolta
of Stormy Six and Come le Foglie as well as guitarist/bassist Attilio Zanchi who has remained in the professional jazz circuit and is still considered one of the best Italian upright bass players.»
«Their self-titled album is a highly experimental affair with an uncommon sound that highlights the piano, bouzouki and vibraphone (some vibraphone passages are very reminiscent of ZAPPA ). Tackling a variety of styles that run the gamut from salsa, brass-led jazz and funk to prog rock and outright avant-garde, it treats the listener to a dense wall of percussion such as congas, marimbas and drums. Not your usual prog staple but quite unique. If you like the world-music approach of Aktuala , one of their distant cousins in terms of style, there's a fair chance you will enjoy the music of MAad too.»