'A BANNA! by BANDA DI AVOLA (Sicily)
After Passione and Matri Mia, Banda Ionica’s critically acclaimed and highly popular reinvention of the Sicilian band sound along contemporary lines, BANDA DI AVOLA with the album ‘A Banna offers a richly rewarding continuation of the genre.
Again the man pulling the strings is Fabio Barovero who seems to have had great fun visiting town squares and festivals, keeping his ears peeled for the strains of the ‘old skool’ bands whose survival in our own time he’s made it his business to document. But far from being a mere cash-cow retread of the Banda Ionica path, this new chapter presents us with a number of significant variations, particularly regarding the way the repertoire has been put together.
Eschewing an intellectual approach to music making, from the very first note the BANDA DI AVOLA record careers with reckless abandon down the road to pure, playful enjoyment. In fact, Barovero along with the band’s director Sebastiano Bell’Arte (who also happens to be playing in Banda Ionica), have decided to focus exclusively on pieces from the 1920s, a series of spirited, tongue-in-cheek marches capable of captivating both players and audience alike. While many of these pieces may evoke the dark inter-war years of Mussolini’s rise to power and the fears and anxieties of generations who had worse coming, they are at the same time the living, breathing evidence of a culture of authentically lived joy.
Tracklist
| 1. | The King | 5:56 |
| 2. | Scottish | 3:15 |
| 3. | Tarantella N.8 | 1:52 |
| 4. | Non Ti Lassu | 3:07 |
| 5. | Sicilia Bedda | 2:10 |
| 6. | Armida | 4:21 |
| 7. | Ponte S.Pietro | 2:18 |
| 8. | Squinzano | 5:33 |
| 9. | La Ritirata | 3:07 |
| 10. | Ridolino In Marcia | 3:00 |
| 11. | Galop | 3:09 |
| 12. | Sfilata | 3:30 |
Credits
Produzione e coordinamento Fabio Barovero
Produzione esecutiva Etnagigante
Registrazioni Fabio Barovero in Avola
Assistente Vincenzo Cavalli
Missaggi e mastering Josh Sanfelici in “Orange Room” Collegno (To)
Grafica Lucio Diana
Fotografie Fabio Lovino
Associazione Almus Banda di Avola
Direttore Sebastiano Bellarte
FLAUTI
Arena Linuccia
Campisi Andrea
Caruso Giovanni
Muccio Angela
Nanè Sebastiano
CLARINETTI
Alfò Francesca
Battaglia Francesco
Caldarella Chiara
Caldarella Paolo
Campisi Sebastiano
Catinello Vincenzo
Gibellino Francesco
Muccio Maria Concetta
Rafalà Gianfranco
Russo Luca
SAX ALTI
Caldarella Roberto
Campisi Marco
Consiglio Roberta
Limpido Daniele
Tiralongo Fabio
SAX TENORI
Catinello Vincenzo
Gisina Vania
Tiralongo Salvatore
SAX BARITONO
Caldarella Giuseppe
Salvia Salvatore
SAX BASSO
Ortisi Carmelo
CORNI
Cifali Francesco
Consiglio Alessandro
Rinaldo Sebastiano
Sessa Sebastiano
TROMBE
Argentino Sebastiano
Calvo Sebastiano
Carpanzano Orazio
Chiriacò Davide
Coletta Salvatore
Di Maria Vincenzo
FLICORNO SOPRANO
Di Rosa Sebastiano
Fazzino Sergio
TROMBONI
Bell’Arte Corrado
Consiglio Giuseppe Junior
Consiglio Giuseppe Senior
Randazzo Alessio
FLICORNO BARITONO
Alfò Claudio
Gisina Giuseppe
Valentino Egidio
BASSO TUBA
Risina Fabio
Mazzone Gaetano
Migliore Salvatore
PERCUSSIONI
Boccaccio Paolo
Caruso Ivano
Consiglio Sebastiano
Emmolo Giuseppe
Ringraziamenti a:
Don Angelo Giurdanella , l'amministrazione del Comune di Avola, l'ufficio spettacolo del Comune di Avola, la biblioteca comunale di Avola, Nuzzo Calvo, Enzo Nanè, Michele Netti, Salvo Mallia, Nino Marino, Paolo Inturri, Calogero Pittari, Emanuele Nicastro, Francesco Caruso, Maria Antonietta, Tano Tiralongo, Vincenzo e Daniela Cavalli, Giuseppe
