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Andrea Cortese
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Topic: Riccardo Zappa for inclusion Posted: May 04 2006 at 17:09 |
"Celestion" is one of the most beautiful instrumental albums ever!
An impressive musicianship. Zappa is one of the first to do "tapping" with the 12 strings acoustic guitar! I like when the acoustic guitar seems to be the bagpipes! Do you?
Excellent mix between acoustic guitars and keyboards.
"Chatka" is another excellent work even if more simple in structure.
P.S.
Another important artist to have included on the site. Edited by Andrea Cortese - May 05 2006 at 10:15 |
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 04 2006 at 17:34 |
Noted!
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ANDREW
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 08:13 |
I'm with you, Andrea.
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 11:31 |
Go go go go go go ZAPPA!
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ANDREW
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 11:41 |
Se le nuvole vanno al mare prendi il costume e vattene al mare, se le nuvole vanno ai monti prendi la ZAPPA e vai sotto ai ponti!!!
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 11:56 |
bella questa!
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Trotsky
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 12:38 |
No doubt about it Andrea ... based on Celestion and Chatka ... some very nice guitar led instrumentals ... closest comparison ... Mike Oldfield, IMO ...
Now all you need to do is prepare a bio and get the pic! |
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Mandrakeroot
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Posted: May 10 2006 at 04:50 |
Uhm... Sarebbe una cagata... Ma ho finito la carta igenica e quindi non posso più cagare!!!
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: May 10 2006 at 08:03 |
Here's the complete discography:
Celestion 1977 Chatka 1978 Trasparenze 1980 (with Pietro Pellegrini - Alphataurus) Haermea 1982 (with Pietro Pellegrini - Alphataurus) Riccardo Zappa 1983 (with Pietro Pellegrini - Alphataurus) Raccolta 1984 (boxset-compilation) Minuti 1985 Prenditi tempo 1986 Anthakarana Swami 1990 Santo & Zappa 1991 Fondali 1993 Dal vivo 1994 (Live) Definire significa limitare 1996 R. Zappa interpreta Bach 1997 Ikebana 2000 Patchouly & Vetyver 2000 Thesaurus Harmonicus 2002 Il Coautore... ed altre Rarità 2004
Just click on the image for the album's details (written in italian language). BTW, I think you should understand the line-ups. Edited by Andrea Cortese - May 10 2006 at 08:53 |
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: May 10 2006 at 08:04 |
(1974) This is the real first Zappa's album, within other guitarist Klaus Aulehla. Edited by Andrea Cortese - May 10 2006 at 08:06 |
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: May 10 2006 at 08:09 |
Next for me to buy:
...in the line up.......PIETRO PELLEGRINI from Alphataurus!!! (Sinth. - Korg). Edited by Andrea Cortese - May 10 2006 at 08:09 |
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: May 10 2006 at 10:28 |
Ricardo Zappa definitely merits inclusion in the archives.
He would be a fine addition. |
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avestin
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Posted: May 10 2006 at 10:34 |
Geez, Andrea, I see this discography and I for the first time I am not rjoiced but rather thinking of all the work to add it to Zappa's page...
Based on Celestion and Chatka, he is worthy of being here. |
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: May 10 2006 at 13:36 |
Thanks Assaf, Jody, Martin, ANDREW and Snowie!!
Many thanks also to Mandrakeroot for his compelling comment and opinion
I'll work for a bio.
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andrea
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Posted: May 10 2006 at 14:01 |
If it could help for the bio, Riccardo Zappa playied the acoustic guitar in a tour with Eros Ramazzotti in the nineties... (I'm not kidding!)
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memowakeman
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 19:14 |
Now im listening to Chatka... is great!
Include him !
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 03:54 |
He was a student of Miguel Ablioniz, one of the greatest classic guitarists of all time, he continued his research, even in electronic instruments and in all the new technologies to be applied to the sound. He was able to forge with delicacy and precision an elegant fusion between classic and modern music like no other did in Italy. His music is in fact an unicum in the whole italian prog scene. His unmistakable trade mark is the “Ovation” guitar, an instrument with a remarkable nasal sound, useful to be handled with special effects. After the first three albums, he added to his usual instruments also a twelve-strings “Bozo” guitar with which he extended the musical' spectrum toward more refined and polished results. His first work, “Auhlela & Zappa” was realized in 1974 as a duo with lyrics and vocals by Klaus Auhlela. After three years of silence, he began his solo career with the album “Celestion” (1977) where the confluences between classic (acoustic) and modern (electronic) apperar to be clearer. It is still now considered his best work. In 1978 it was released “Chatka”, in a very similar vein with the remarkable and famous opener “Emphasis” which is inspired by Juan Maria Da Crema, XVI century's lute player. “Chatka” becam soon very popular in Italy and is still now one of the most successful instrumental works ever released. On of the first example of “tapping” with an acoustic guitar. All these two solo albums were recorded in Zappa' own studio named “La Camera Incantata” (The Enchanted Chamber). From 1980 album “Trasparenze” he was joyned by Pietro Pellegrini (ALPHATAURUS) on synth and keyboards. On the cover the twelve strings guitar he started to use with this album. From the nineties on, he started to wrote operas for bass, mandolin and harp, helped by the increasing fame of the New Age movement. Riccardo Zappa is very appreciated and has collaborated with many other italian artists such as Eros Ramazzotti in a 115 dates european tournée. He also collaborated with Mina, Giorgio Gaber, Antonello Venditti, Fiorella Mannoia, Eugenio Finardi and many more. His albums and cds are very difficult to find. Fortunately Zappa has now his own web site (www.riccardozappa.it) from which you can order albums and music's score. Edited by Andrea Cortese - June 04 2006 at 03:55 |
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 06:33 |
Edited by Andrea Cortese - June 04 2006 at 06:34 |
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Raff
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 08:45 |
Hope no one wants a translation of that... Proverbs are hell to translate! |
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Raff
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 08:50 |
Back IT... Great work, Andrea! You can post a proposal for inclusion in the Collabs section, saying that you have written the bio - then I can post it on the site.
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