Riccardo Zappa for inclusion
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Topic: Riccardo Zappa for inclusion
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Subject: Riccardo Zappa for inclusion
Date Posted: May 04 2006 at 17:09
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"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. |
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 04 2006 at 17:34
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Noted! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: May 05 2006 at 08:13
I'm with you, Andrea.
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Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: May 05 2006 at 11:31
Go go go go go go ZAPPA!
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date 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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Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: May 05 2006 at 11:56
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bella questa!
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Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: May 09 2006 at 12:38
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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!  ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date 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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ANDREW wrote:Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: May 10 2006 at 08:03
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http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Immagini/z03.jpg"> Celestion 1977 http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/celestion.htm"> Chatka 1978 http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/chatka.htm"> Trasparenze 1980 (with Pietro Pellegrini - Alphataurus) http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/trasparenze.htm"> Haermea 1982 (with Pietro Pellegrini - Alphataurus) http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/haermea.htm"> Riccardo Zappa 1983 (with Pietro Pellegrini - Alphataurus) http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/zappa.htm"> Raccolta 1984 (boxset-compilation) http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/raccolta.htm"> Minuti 1985 http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/minuti.htm"> Prenditi tempo 1986 http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/tempo.htm"> Anthakarana Swami 1990 http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/antakarana.htm"> Santo & Zappa 1991 http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/santo.htm"> Fondali 1993 http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/fondali.htm"> Dal vivo 1994 (Live) http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/dalvivo.htm"> Definire significa limitare 1996 http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/definire.htm"> R. Zappa interpreta Bach 1997 http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/bach.htm"> Ikebana 2000 http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/ikebana.htm"> Patchouly & Vetyver 2000 http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/vetyver.htm"> Thesaurus Harmonicus 2002 http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/thesaurus.htm"> Il Coautore... ed altre Rarità 2004 http://digilander.libero.it/riccardozappa/Cd/coautore.htm">
Just click on the image for the album's details (written in italian language). BTW, I think you should understand the line-ups.
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Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: May 10 2006 at 08:04
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This is the real first Zappa's album, within other guitarist Klaus Aulehla.
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(1974)Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: May 10 2006 at 08:09
Next for me to buy:
 ...in the line up.......PIETRO PELLEGRINI from Alphataurus!!! (Sinth. - Korg).
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: May 10 2006 at 10:28
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Ricardo Zappa definitely merits inclusion in the archives. He would be a fine addition.  -------------  |
Posted By: avestin
Date 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. ------------- http://hangingsounds.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - Hanging Sounds http://www.progarchives.com/ProgRockShopping.asp" rel="nofollow - PA Index of prog music vendors |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date 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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Posted By: andrea
Date 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!) |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 19:14
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Now im listening to Chatka... is great!
Include him ! ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date 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 ( http://www.riccardozappa.it/ - www.riccardozappa.it ) from which you can order albums and music's score. |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 06:33
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 08:45
Hope no one wants a translation of that... Proverbs are hell to translate! |
Posted By: Raff
Date 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. |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 07:15
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anyone listened to the 2 he did with Pietro Pellegrini, from Alphataurus? Pellegrini was one of the best keyboardist from Italy, I have not heard either release, anyone have any input? |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 11:38
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Yes he was a great keyboardist indeed, and i´ve listened to both albums Trasparenze and Haermea where Pellegrini plays keyboards and his participation is notable, you can check Andrea Cortese´s reviews about it. Excellent albums by the way ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 11:39
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Well, we all know who my favorite Zappa is....
hahaha ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 11:55
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He is here:
http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=2529 - http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=2529
I have Celestion (a fancy mini-LP cd sleeve) and Chatka, both good albums. Thanks to Andrea C for introdusing me to him.
Do you see the albums you mention in his discography?
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 11:58
| Shouldnt he be listed as Zappa, Riccardo???? |
Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 12:04
It is. I found it in Z.
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 12:14
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Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: February 27 2007 at 13:56
Yes, I will have to give Haermea a try.
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: February 27 2007 at 14:09
Then do it, you wont regret ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |