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The Cook the Clown the Monk and the Accordionist
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The Cook, the Clown, the Monk and the accordionist

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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

  1. The Cook in Love*
  2. Penguin *
  3. The Monk’s Escape **
  4. The Monk Abandoned
  5. The Monk is Back **
  6. Five is Better than Four *
  7. The Black Book *
  8. Marcello *
  9. The Taming of the Shrew **
  10. The Gambling Queen *
  11. Dirty Clown  **

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Maurizio Minardi accordion and piano

Shirley Smart cello

Nick Pini  double bass

Jason Reeve  drums  (track *)

Marco Quarantotto drums (track **)

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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

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