Italian songs?
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:54 am
Hello! I'm looking for Italian or Italian-themed swing songs, WWII era or earlier. No Louis Prima, unless it's his New Orleans Gang. 
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Italian Swing
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:06 am
Google for Pippo Barzizza, Angelini, Alberto Rabiagliati, Trio Lescano, L'EIAR Orchestra Moderna - there was lots of good Italian swing in the late 30s - early 40s
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 6:17 am
Check out user "tenorbanjo4" on YouTube
Re: Italian songs?
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 5:13 am
This is the best source that I've found for vintage Italian jazz and swing -caab wrote:Hello! I'm looking for Italian or Italian-themed swing songs, WWII era or earlier. No Louis Prima, unless it's his New Orleans Gang.
http://www.rivierajazz.it/catalogodischi.html
Sound quality is very poor unfortunately.
Alternatively, there are versions of the Italian song 'O Sole Mio' by Will Bradley and Wingy Manone that might fit the bill?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 4:03 am
Probably too late now for the original request, but there are swingin' old recordings of Besame Mucho and Corrine Corrina by Wingy Manone and others
Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 8:05 pm
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:30 pm
I think there're 4 discs that each go by a million names (they must be small runs no one can figure out how to describe), but the artist that they seem to be summed up under is:
Gorni Kramer
And they often go by names like "Jazz in the 30's" or "Jazz in Italy" or "Jazz in the 30's and 40's in Italy" and such.
I think they're more the kind of thing that floats around illegal MP3 traders than on Amazon.com as CDs for sale, but there you go!
Most of them kind of remind me of gypsy jazz, but not quite, often w/ accordion, and have really unusual names but are often just covers of American songs. Largely instrumental, so I guess you can't exactly tell they're Italian.
Gorni Kramer
And they often go by names like "Jazz in the 30's" or "Jazz in Italy" or "Jazz in the 30's and 40's in Italy" and such.
I think they're more the kind of thing that floats around illegal MP3 traders than on Amazon.com as CDs for sale, but there you go!
Most of them kind of remind me of gypsy jazz, but not quite, often w/ accordion, and have really unusual names but are often just covers of American songs. Largely instrumental, so I guess you can't exactly tell they're Italian.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:50 am
You can also search for "Natalino Otto".
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:54 am
I'm italian, and I can tell you that Gorni Kramer (Francesco Kramer Gorni) was an italian big band director, and author. He was very famous, in Italy, and he, with Natalino Otto, introduced the swing music in Italy before WWII, despite fascist law against this kind of music, under the label "FONIT".kitkat wrote: Gorni Kramer
I don't like very much "italian swing"... but if you need information about it, I think I can help!
Also Lelio Luttazzi (in the after WWII era) was a good example of "italian swing".