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The Cook the Clown the Monk and the Accordionist
The Cook, the Clown, the Monk and the accordionist
Maurizio Minardi -accordion
Shirley Smart – cello
Nick Pini –double bass
Jason Reeve– drums
Marco Quarantotto-drums
Label: Belfagor Label
Catalogue: MM11
Year: 2013
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The title is a parody of Peter Greenaway's 'The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover', a grotesque fresco of eccentric characters in a very elegant restaurant.
Baroque music, the Opera, contemporary Jazz, European folk and tarantella are the main ingredients of this album.
Tracks
- The Cook in Love*
- Penguin *
- The Monk’s Escape **
- The Monk Abandoned
- The Monk is Back **
- Five is Better than Four *
- The Black Book *
- Marcello *
- The Taming of the Shrew **
- The Gambling Queen *
- Dirty Clown **
Reviews
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Maurizio Minardi accordion and piano
Shirley Smart cello
Nick Pini double bass
Jason Reeve drums (track *)
Marco Quarantotto drums (track **)
"Maurizio’s music is certainly for the here and now, sounding fresh with its colourful and creative influences of jazz, folk, baroque, opera, dance, burlesque… even music hall."
(Adrian Pallant)
music by Maurizio Minardi
2013 © copyright by Maurizio Minardi
Recorded at:
Perry Vale studio - sound engineer Pat Collier
Strongroom studio - sound engineer Simone Filiali
Iguana Studio - sound engineer Andrea Terrano
London, January 2013
Mixed and mastered by Marco Biscarini at Modulab (Bologna)
Maurizio Minardi Accordion and piano
Shirley Smart cello
Nick Pini double bass
Jason Reeve drums (track *)
Marco Quarantotto drums (track **)
Artwork by Omar Bassi
Contact: www.mauriziominardi.com