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Sunday -- Lino Patruno
Lugano 1985
We present you with a clip from another Italian Lino Patruna jazz show in which he features the music of the legendary jazz violinist Joe Venuti. Joe claimed to have been born in Italy and naturally many Italian violinists followed in his musical footsteps. Joe started his famous career with the Jean Goldkette Orchestra and this group recorded the tune "Sunday" in 1926. Other members in that band were Bix Beiderbecke, Eddie Lang and also Spiegle Wilcox. In his later years I became a good friend with Spiegle and he told me that in the seventies he would go on annual trips to Europe together with Joe.
They would start in the north in Scandinavia and work their way south to always finish in Italy.
In this clip there is some good jazz playing by the violinists. Unfortunately the only musician I recognize is Oscar Klein on cornet. I played with Oscar once in New Orleans and of course remember him from his earlier days as a member of Peter Schilperoort's Dutch Swing College Band. And....of course, Lino Patruna is the driving force on his guitar. The members are Martin Weiss (violin 1° solo), Pier Giorgio Farina (violin 2° solo),
Oscar Klein (trumpet), Paolo Tomelleri (baritone sax), Mario Rusca (piano), Lino Patruno (guitar), Marco Ratti (bass), Gil Cuppini (drums).
Sunday -- Lino Patruno
Lugano 1985
We present you with a clip from another Italian Lino Patruna jazz show in which he features the music of the legendary jazz violinist Joe Venuti. Joe claimed to have been born in Italy and naturally many Italian violinists followed in his musical footsteps. Joe started his famous career with the Jean Goldkette Orchestra and this group recorded the tune "Sunday" in 1926. Other members in that band were Bix Beiderbecke, Eddie Lang and also Spiegle Wilcox. In his later years I became a good friend with Spiegle and he told me that in the seventies he would go on annual trips to Europe together with Joe.
They would start in the north in Scandinavia and work their way south to always finish in Italy.
In this clip there is some good jazz playing by the violinists. Unfortunately the only musician I recognize is Oscar Klein on cornet. I played with Oscar once in New Orleans and of course remember him from his earlier days as a member of Peter Schilperoort's Dutch Swing College Band. And....of course, Lino Patruna is the driving force on his guitar. The members are Martin Weiss (violin 1° solo), Pier Giorgio Farina (violin 2° solo),
Oscar Klein (trumpet), Paolo Tomelleri (baritone sax), Mario Rusca (piano), Lino Patruno (guitar), Marco Ratti (bass), Gil Cuppini (drums).
