So good
Great Mino Cinelu ( percussionist) on this track
Album lineup:
Miles Davis – trumpet, keyboards
Bill Evans – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Mike Stern – electric guitar
Marcus Miller – bass guitar
Al Foster – drums
Mino Cinelu – percussion
Montreal 1985
One could grasp the typical live concert atmosphere by simply looking at that woman in the audience at the beginning....
Guitarist's name is John Scofield
Miles' shirt design created by himself...He became a painter in his late years
Miles would ( most) always show back to audience during his live shows...
Youtube title (Hannibal) incorrect
Germany 1988
Very good percussionist...Her name is Marilyn Mazur...An American-born Danish musician
Bassist is a young Benny Rietveld who later would play w many musicians in live concerts ( Santana & McLaughlin, etc)
Caucasian keyboardist appearing in the beginning is Adam Holzman
"Neapolitan red" suite
Trying to put into music the atmosphere, sounds, colors, noises, feel of Naples streets and its people.....
With Edoardo Bennato ( vocals) , Paul Buckmaster-RIP ( keyboards.....has collaborated with Elton John and others.....) etc.
The elastic band vendor (great track)
Showing Toni's ability especially as a percussionist ....In this track he uses/plays everyday usage tools ie. pots & pans ( some really tiny), bottles, cutlery, glasses etc ...
Absolutely awesome
Dawn in the neighborhoods
Voice wants to re-create the feel of one of the many street market vendors namely in Naples where st. markets do take place every day and in most city neighborhoods starting very early in the morning (at dawn more or less)....
The guy keeps saying " Mille lire" (one thousand Liras)...That was of course before the Euro...1,000 Liras would be roughly 1.5 bucks back then....
Actually it's Renato Marengo's voice, a music journalist ( from Naples himself so he has just the right accent...), a friend of Toni and also the album producer
Winter song ....Love this one....Great atmosphere....To me one of the best tracks on album
I solemnly swear it can be listened to in every season of the year with no (bad) consequences whatsoever....Word
Market stand ( so typical in Naples)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples
There's also (or at least used to) a big US Army / Navy base in Naples ( it's a port city) in the Bagnoli area....AFI (Allied Forces in Italy) base if I'm not mistaken.....
Celebration / party on the mountain
Album lineup:
Toni Esposito (drums, percussion)
Gigi De Rienzo (bass)
Francesco Bruno (guitar)
Stefano Sabatini (keyboards)
Robert Fix (Italian despite the name...saxophone)