Quanah Parker (Crossover?)

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Quanah
Parker began life in Venice (Italy) in 1981, going against the tide in a
period when progressive rock was completely out of fashion. They split up
in 1985 but, after a long hiatus, in 2005 they came to life again on
the initiative of keyboardist and composer Riccardo Scivales. In 2012
Quanah Parker finally released a debut album titled “Quanah!”, on
the independent label Diplodisc, with a line up featuring Riccardo
Scivales (keybords), Elisabetta “Betty” Montino (vocals),
Giovanni Pirrotta (electric guitar), Giuseppe Di Stefano (bass) and
Paolo “Ongars” Ongaro (drums). Over the years all the musicians
have honed their skills and the result of the recording sessions is a
well balanced mix of classical influences, progressive rock and jazz.
Some pieces date back to eighties while others are more recent but
you can't find any discontinuity in the style of the band, the
overall sound is excellent and everything works. Well, if you like artists
such as Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Santana or Kate Bush, give this
album a try!

More info about the band:
http://www.quanahparker.it/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/42663686614/ 
http://italianprogmap.blogspot.it/2013/01/flying-over-lagoon.html

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andrea Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: May 20 2005 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 2050	Topic: Quanah Parker (Crossover?) Posted: March 10 2013 at 16:18
	Quanah Parker began life in Venice (Italy) in 1981, going against the tide in a period when progressive rock was completely out of fashion. They split up in 1985 but, after a long hiatus, in 2005 they came to life again on the initiative of keyboardist and composer Riccardo Scivales. In 2012 Quanah Parker finally released a debut album titled “Quanah!”, on the independent label Diplodisc, with a line up featuring Riccardo Scivales (keybords), Elisabetta “Betty” Montino (vocals), Giovanni Pirrotta (electric guitar), Giuseppe Di Stefano (bass) and Paolo “Ongars” Ongaro (drums). Over the years all the musicians have honed their skills and the result of the recording sessions is a well balanced mix of classical influences, progressive rock and jazz. Some pieces date back to eighties while others are more recent but you can't find any discontinuity in the style of the band, the overall sound is excellent and everything works. Well, if you like artists such as Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Santana or Kate Bush, give this album a try! More info about the band: http://www.quanahparker.it/ http://www.facebook.com/groups/42663686614/ http://italianprogmap.blogspot.it/2013/01/flying-over-lagoon.html
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yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 5820	Posted: March 11 2013 at 07:02
	And the samples from Youtube (some also on the band's website): Review in Italian by Donato Zoppo: http://www.movimentiprog.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Recensioni&file=view&id=3623 Google translate: "The progressive as a metaphor of the eternal return? More than metaphor is an indisputable fact, given the frequency and the magnetism of reunion and comeback. In addition to returns than high-sounding, often children of calculations at the table, there are also situations "craft" and honest, formation of standing who return to be felt, driven not only by the interest of the public but also by the need to tell the own. It 's the case of Quanah Parker. The band led by the excellent pianist and keyboardist Richard Scivales was among the first to try their hand at writing a new prog, to the recovery of certain sounds at the dawn of the '80s, when the post-punk and the synth pop rampant unstoppable. Active until 1985, but without an album that could stop in time and in memory of their experience, the QP are back in 2005 and after a few years of adjustment give birth this interesting debut album, released by Diplodisc Alessandro Monti. "Quanah" brings together old and new songs, share a current recording and especially the poetry of the group, next to a symphonic rock of romantic inspiration, with a clear preference melodic idea of arranging "light", never intrusive but hearty and full of ideas. At the crossroads between Yes and Orme, the QP working a lot on atmosphere, on a direct language but not for this little researched, even the figure "anomalous" to Scivales - acquaintances and great love for classic rock - perfectly embodies the spirit seized of the band. Among the pieces of the early "No time for Fears," "The garden Awakes" and "Quanah Parker" best summarize the objectives and forms of the quintet, agile and quick development of small sound sequences characterized by alternating between crystalline melodies and classical shots art-rock. If "Flight" moves in territories close to the rock-jazz as it did in "Tormato" superb "Asleep" turns determined in atmospheres genesisiane, in a kind of continuity between old and new QP. Speaking of continuity, " Shenn Menn "comes just from shooting in 1984, ending a record that comes at the end of one cycle and the beginning of a new phase. Quanah Parker fact is grappling with the new material. Welcome back."

seventhsojourn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 11 2009 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 4006	Posted: March 13 2013 at 14:37
	http://www.myspace.com/quanahparkerprog Crossover would seem like the obvious place for this band. Started out as a Neo outfit and UK artists provide their main inspiration - they cover tracks by Yes, Tull, Wakeman, Genesis. Betty Montino sings in English and Kate Bush is her main influence. Apparently Riccardo Scrivales transcribes piano pieces and there's a strong jazz feel alongside the prog / mainstream mix.

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 5820	Posted: March 15 2013 at 12:40
	Under evaluation in Crossover: http://progfreak.com/Quanah-Parker-155859.html?path=pa/recent.

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