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Hal Willner, Nino Rota & Beyond

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
August 1, 2018
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For Today's episode we go back in time to 1981, the year in which Amarcord Nino Rota by producer

Hal Willner

producer
1957 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Hal Willner was released. 37 years later it remains a reference record and one of the greatest tribute albums ever produced, and recently remastered and re-released by Corbett vs. Dempsey. We take a look back at the making of this great album with an interview with Hal Willner, and we play music from some of his other tribute projects (to

Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk,

Charles Mingus

bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus,

Allen Ginsberg

" data-original-title="" title="">Allen Ginsberg and vintage Disney movies)

Two hours of aural fantasy.

Happy listening!

Playlist

Ben Allison
bass, acoustic
b.1966
" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" from Mondo Jazz Theme (feat.
Ted Nash
saxophone
b.1960
" data-original-title="" title="">Ted Nash &
Pyeng Threadgill
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Pyeng Threadgill) (self-released) 0:00
Jaki Byard
piano
1922 - 1999
" data-original-title="" title="">Jaki Byard "Amarcord" from Amarcord Nino Rota (Hannibal) 0:17
Host talks 8:03
Interview with Hal Willner 10:04
Nino Rota
composer / conductor
1911 - 1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Nino Rota "Tema Di Gitone (Giton's Theme)" from Satyricon (Fellini Satyricon) (United Artists) 10:40
Interview with Hal Willner 11:15
Host talks 11:47
Interview with Hal Willner 13:17
Jaki Byard "La strada" from Amarcord Nino Rota (Hannibal) 14:08
Host talks 17:17
Interview with Hal Willner 18:44
William Fisher,
Wynton Marsalis
trumpet
b.1961
" data-original-title="" title="">Wynton Marsalis,
George Adams
saxophone, tenor
b.1940
" data-original-title="" title="">George Adams,
Branford Marsalis
saxophone
b.1960
" data-original-title="" title="">Branford Marsalis,
Kenny Barron
piano
b.1943
" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Barron,
Ron Carter
bass
b.1937
" data-original-title="" title="">Ron Carter, Wilbert Fletcher "Medley: The White Sheik, I Vitelloni, Il Bidone, The Nights of Cabiria" from Amarcord Nino Rota (Hannibal) 20:38
Host talks 29:24
Interview with Hal Willner 31:00
Dave Samuels
vibraphone
1948 - 2019
" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Samuels "Themes from La Dolce Vita and Juliet of the Spirits" from Amarcord Nino Rota (Hannibal) 31:30
Interview with Hal Willner 33:50
Various Artists
various
" data-original-title="" title="">Various Artists "La Dolce Vita Suite" from Amarcord Nino Rota (Hannibal) 34:50
Host talks 42:10
Interview with Hal Willner 44:03
Carla Bley
piano
1938 - 2023
" data-original-title="" title="">Carla Bley "8 1/2" from Amarcord Nino Rota (Hannibal) 44:30
Interview with Hal Willner 56:03
Bill Frisell
guitar, electric
b.1951
" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell "Juliet of the Spirits" from Amarcord Nino Rota (Hannibal) 56:47
Host talks 1:01:25
Interview with Hal Willner 1:03:30
Steve Lacy
saxophone, soprano
1934 - 2004
" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Lacy "Roma" from Amarcord Nino Rota (Hannibal) 1:04:23
Host talks 1:08:58
Interview with Hal Willner 1:10:30
Allen Ginsberg
" data-original-title="" title="">Allen Ginsberg "Hum Bom!" from The Lion for Real (Mercury) 1:12:05
Interview with Hal Willner 1:16:05
Was (Not Was)
" data-original-title="" title="">Was (Not Was) "Be-Lue-Bolivar-Ba-Lues-Are" from That's the Way I Feel Now -A Tribute to Thelonious Monk (A&M) 1:16:32
Interview with Hal Willner 1:18:31
Marianne Faithfull "Ballad of the Soldier's Wife" from Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill (A&M) 1:18:37
Interview with Hal Willner 1:22:58
Sun Ra
piano
1914 - 1993
" data-original-title="" title="">Sun Ra "Pink Elephants on Parade" from Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (A&M) 1:23:28
Interview with Hal Willner 1:28:15
Host talks 1:28:51
Greg Cohen
bass, acoustic
" data-original-title="" title="">Greg Cohen,
Vernon Reid
guitar
b.1958
" data-original-title="" title="">Vernon Reid,
Geri Allen
piano
1957 - 2017
" data-original-title="" title="">Geri Allen,
Don Byron
clarinet
b.1958
" data-original-title="" title="">Don Byron,
Don Alias
percussion
1939 - 2006
" data-original-title="" title="">Don Alias,
Michael Blair
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Blair, Francis Thumm, Bill Frisell,
Art Baron
trombone
" data-original-title="" title="">Art Baron "Work song" from Weird Nightmare -Meditations on Mingus (Columbia) 1:32:34
Hal Willner, Bill Frisell, Don Byron, Art Baron, Don Alias, Greg Cohen, Michael Blair, Francis Thumm "Self-portrait In Three Colors" from Weird Nightmare -Meditations on Mingus (Columbia) 1:39:28
Hal Willner, Bill Frisell, Don Byron, Art Baron, Don Alias, Greg Cohen, Michael Blair, Francis Thumm, Henry Rollins "Purple Hart" from Weird Nightmare -Meditations on Mingus (Columbia) 1:43:59
Charlie Watts
drums
1941 - 2021
" data-original-title="" title="">Charlie Watts, Greg Cohen & The Uptown Horns (Crispin Cioe, Bob Funk, Arno Hecht, Hollywood Paul Litteral) "Tonight at Noon" from Weird Nightmare -Meditations on Mingus (Columbia) 1:46:37
Michael Blair, Bill Frisell, Don Alias, Greg Cohen, Art Baron, Chuck D "Gunsling Bird" from Weird Nightmare -Meditations on Mingus (Columbia) 1:52:45
Bill Frisell "Weird Nightmare Interlude" from Weird Nightmare -Meditations on Mingus (Columbia) 1:54:00
Hal Willner, Bill Frisell, Don Byron, Don Alias, Greg Cohen, Michael Blair, Gary Lucas "Reincarnation of a Love Bird/Haitian Fight Song Montage" from Weird Nightmare -Meditations on Mingus (Columbia) 1:55:00

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